Hidden From View

Scars are funny things. Do you see the one in this picture? I’ve been up and down this street a number of times in recent years, but it was not until I went last night into the center structure with the gray plaster facade and saw the courtyard behind it that things didn’t match up [...]

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Duty Free?

Should we offer him thousands of rams and ten thousand rivers of olive oil? Should we sacrifice our firstborn children to pay for our sins? No, O people, the LORD has told you what is good, and this is what he requires of you: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk [...]

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Jake and the fatman

“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.” ― Edgar Allan Poe “The vanity of others runs counter to our taste only when it runs counter to our vanity.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil “Perception and reality are two different things.” ― Tom Cruise Something must be amiss [...]

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The 46 Defense

The 46 defense is an American football defensive formation. The formation comprises four down linemen, three linebackers, and four defensive backs. The 46 defense was originally developed and popularized by Chicago Bears defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan, who later became head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles and Arizona Cardinals. Today the scheme is currently used on [...]

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The other side of the mirror

When you look in the mirror, what do you see? I wonder what he saw? Did he look below the surface? Did he ever think he might be wrong? More on that in a moment. Touring a museum has only given me goose bumps twice. Once was in Europe in 2008, while viewing relics of [...]

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Now I know how Jimmy Buffet feels

Big orange ball, sinkin’ in the water Toes in the sand, couldn’t get much hotter… …Now I know how Jimmy Buffet feels Not really, but as I’m stirring on this silent Saturday morning, and I’m on Day 2 sans Facebook, it feels like forever since I’ve creeped on my kids and my friends. I awoke [...]

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Social Media and the Socratic Method…

…and spiritual disciplines: don’t let me neglect spiritual disciplines. Matthew 19:23-25 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “I tell you the truth, it is very hard for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. I’ll say it again—it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for [...]

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Not trying to be funny, but…

I was doing a bit of internet browsing earlier about the quake last night, and found the following on the Oklahoma Geological Survey website. See if you find it as humorous as me: Persons near an Oklahoma earthquake epicenter may hear and/or feel the P wave, and shortly after (only a second or so) may [...]

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Antiquated

You can tell a lot about a hotel by how it is “equipped”. How was my lodging on this trip? Pretty nice, to be honest. The place my colleagues and I stayed was a small Inn located in a quaint Silicon Valley hamlet not far from our “secret” meeting locale. Aside from there being no [...]

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Common side effects may include…

I was watching cable television tonight with the ladies in my family, and their choice of programing was sponsored by a particular new prescription drug. This was perhaps the most dramatic case to date for the side effects being worse than the basic treatable condition. With limited editorial deletes (for the family friendly under 25 [...]

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