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Q: Okay, while you’re on the subject, what exactly does “holy” mean? A: It means “set apart,” in the sense that something is set apart when it is sacred. And of course that means that whatever is holy or sacred is set apart from all that is not holy or sacred. from an interview of […]

Lethe (LEE-thee)A river in Hades whose waters caused forgetfulness. It was on the banks of another Underworld river called the Styx that the shades, or ghostly remains, of the dead congregated to seek passage to the Afterlife. Unless they bribed Charon to ferry them across the stream, they wandered aimlessly on the near bank forever. […]

i have been thinking. what if the earth really IS getting warmer? what if climate change really is coming? not in my lifetime, maybe, but eventually? what if the poles melt? what if the permafrost in the north softens? what if the sea levels rise? what if florida becomes an island, hawaii disappears, the coasts […]

dear god, please let it be. dear god, no. Listening to: 2 Rights Make 1 Wrong from the album “Rock Action” by Mogwai Technorati Tags: future, google, keys, longnow, longview, prediction, saerchengine, search

a question about life has been brought to my attention: how do you convince a person of something? people believe what they have come to conclusions about, on their own. it is true of math, of grammar and of most other things in life. i believe in gravity because i have experienced it. i believe […]

ESV Bible Online: Passage: Psalm 37 Trust in the Lord, and do good;dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.Delight yourself in the Lord,and he will give you the desires of your heart.Commit your way to the Lord;trust in him, and he will act.He will bring forth your righteousness as the light,and your justice as the […]

In litigation and interviews with the Los Angeles Times, some former gallery owners depict Kinkade, 48, as a ruthless businessman who drove them to financial ruin at the same time he was fattening his business associates’ bank accounts and feathering his nest with tens of millions of dollars. Dark Portrait of a ‘Painter of Light’ […]

look, everyone! the new cube! Technorati Tags: apple, applesucks, funny, humor, ipod, ipodgigantor, ipodhifi, photoshop, satire, stevejobs, sucks

“What Does Everybody Else Know That I Don’T?: Social Skills Help for Adults With Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (Ad/Hd) a Reader-Friendly Guide” (Michele Novotni, Randy Petersen) Technorati Tags: ADD, ADHD, book, help, selfhelp, socialskills

so last week i took a bus to florida and back. it was almost thirty hours long, one way. i have spoken a bit about it, but now that i’ve had some time to reflect, i’d like to share more. riding the bus is kind of fun and exciting. there’s lots of opportunities for people-watching, […]

i’m sitting at the abbey coffeehouse, just off of pennsylvania avenue in downtown indianapolis. it’s nice here: there’s a girl playing a guitar and signing like lisa loeb, there’s espresso machine sounds in the background, and there are people sitting around studying or surfing or chatting. i have started reading a new book that i […]

when i was a kid, my parents, my mom mostly, but my dad too, read the bourne identitty, and the following books. i have always been a reader, and i tried to read these books at my mom’s request, as she knew i would like them, but i tried, one time, and i didn’t get […]

sometimes things occur to me. deep thoughts. meaningful thoughts. things that mean something in the grand scheme of thing of things. and then they slip away, and i try to blog about them, and i have no idea what it was i was going to say… it is frustrating. Technorati Tags: ADD, ADHD, forget, forgetting, […]