Monthly Archives: August 2009
Just a Few Thoughts for Today
I have been in a contemplative mood ever since Wednesday evening and night when I drove Desiree back up to Lewisburg after she had spent a few days with me. On the way up we listened to the music she likes on my iPod, and on the way back I listened to several episodes of [...]
A Test of an Opera Widget
Sometimes you just want to jot down a few notes to your blog without having to go to the website or open up a full-fledged program like windows live writer. When that happens from now on, I will be able to post here by just clicking on this neat Opera widget. Well, I will be [...]
There’s An App for That
As Patrick Appel of The Daily Dish asks, “Is there nothing the iPhone can’t do?” Funny video, if you ask me. from Mental Health Break Andrew Sullivan Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:20:00 GMT Technorati Tags: iphone,commercial,parody video
Giving and Receiving
"When you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that you have received – only what you have given." – St Francis Technorati Tags: St. Francis quotes,receiving and giving
Believing and Seeing
Your beliefs will be the light by which you see, but they will not be what you see, and they will not be a substitute for seeing. – Flannery O’Connor Technorati Tags: Flannery O’Connor quotes,believing,seeing
God Is Not Like Us
"It is very odd that people should think that when we do good God will reward us and when we do evil he will punish us. I mean it is very odd that Christians should think this, that God deals out to us what we deserve. … I don’t believe in God if that’s what [...]
Cynicism
“No matter how cynical I get, it’s just never enough to keep up.” – Lily Tomlin Technorati Tags: Lily Tomlin quotes,cynicism
How Does the Internet See Me?
The following is from the website Personas. Here is what the creator of the site has to say about it: Enter your name, and Personas scours the web for information and attempts to characterize the person – to fit them to a predetermined set of categories that an algorithmic process created from a massive corpus [...]
God’s Wisdom and Strength
“God has a way of wanting to be God and refusing to get too involved where we have our own wisdom and strength. Then when we run out of wisdom and strength, He is suddenly present, a lesson I find myself relearning practically every day that I am in my right mind.” – C. John [...]
Art
"Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail." – Theodore Dreiser Technorati Tags: Theodore Dreiser quotes,art
