I’ve posted this same brief post for the past few years around this time, in hopes of drumming up a bit of discussion regarding this national holiday. About five years ago I was reading the paper in a small town in Minnesota. I read an article by Congressman Mark Kennedy entitled: “The Great Experiment” which discussed the sacrifices many soldiers had made to make this country what it is today. I did not disagree with his article, I simply felt that he’d left some other important people and groups out. …
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The brutalities of the Nazis stand for many people as the ultimate refutation of nonviolence. Surely, they reason, only violence could have stopped Hitler. The facts indicate just the opposite.
Diaz told him, “Hey, wait a minute. You forgot something. If you’re going to be robbing people for the rest of the night, you might as well take my coat to keep you warm.”
Apparently, blessing and need are not mutually exclusive, and one can hypothesize, money might not be a blessing at all.
Another amazingly interesting piece by GOOD:Let’s Harvest the Organs of Death Row Inmates
ALZHEIMER “FORTUNATELY”
Introducing the world’s most authentic drinking water.
I don’t consider environmental concerns to be one of my ’soapboxes’, but it is something I think is important and tend to watch out for. I recycle, conserve water, buy CFL bulbs and more, both in an effort to conserve my own dollars and the environment. One thing I’ve realized recently that I’ve had to accept is that my children are not very eco-friendly.
I don’t mean in the sense that they take up space, breath air, eat things, defecate and are much like a parasite feeding off this planet (aren’t …
Great video by GOOD about companies exploiting the “Green” craze.
Very cool Red Cross video
Dance Party, maybe this is staged, maybe not. But I would love to encourage people to move (figuratively and literally) in the same way.
I’m working on an article for Geez Magazine, and you loyal readers get a sneak peek. It’s pretty rough. I just wrote it up last night (and stoled a couple paragraphs from a previous blog post), but wanted to get some feedback on it. So, without further ado:
Who’s That Big Yellow Bird?
Each week I walk my two toddlers down the hall at the Children’s hospital, past the large statue of an over stuffed yellow bird and up an elevator to our appointment. Sometime’s they’ll point out the “big birdie”, other …
Just three random, but very cool videos.
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Cul-De-Sac
Post-its
“Secrets”
As I mentioned last week, I’ve got a lot of random things I’m working on at the moment and thus have been brain dead for new blog material. That said, the other projects are things I would love to have some input on. Here’s a few things I’m working on, of which I could use some feedback, so if your interested, it would be appreciated.
A short article for Geez Magazine about our experiment in using female pronouns for God (on which there is still a great ongoing conversation, thanks to …
I just don’t have a lot of new thoughts to share on here. Could be my mind is spinning with other ideas or projects, but mostly my writing has reached a semi-lull. For better or worse, I’ve got a bit of a writers block.
That said, I’d really love some feedback on Monday’s post, How Much Is Enough? I know a lot of people read it, and I’m just curious of where people stand, what thoughts folks have.
Take a minute and leave a comment on Monday’s post, if you don’t …