from The Writer’s Almanac:
It was on this day in 1936 that the novel Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell was first published. When she handed the manuscript over to editors, it was in terrible shape, with more than 1,000 pages of faded and dog-eared paper, poorly typed and with penciled changes. But they loved [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Happy anniversary to Gone with the Wind
Posted in Margaret Mitchell, books on June 30, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Yeah, this too
Posted in Pixar, movies on June 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Oh and one more thing, the headmaster of our school (Ed Lang) sent out a link to an interview with Andrew Stanton from Pixar films about their latest hit: WALL-E. Then Jon Barlow pointed to the review of the movie by the New York Times.
Right now, Pixar is doing it.
Wowsers with jeepers on top
Posted in Federal Vision, I can denounce more people than you can, Presbyterians gone wild on June 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well, I was going to say something about the action of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America in DECLARING their opposition to all things generally related to the Federal Vision and the New Perspective, but our internet service went out and has been out for the last two days. So now I can just [...]
Sadler on 1 Corinthians 12:12-13
Posted in 1 Corinthians, Baptism, The Church, ecclesiology on June 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
v. 12 “For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ”
“The connection between the last verse [v. 11] and this one is this: The formation of the Church and its inherence in Christ as the Body of [...]
To whom it may concern:
Posted in dog poop, dogs, poop on June 20, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Dear unknown Dog Owner:
Just a note to express my astonishment over your dog’s regularity. Really, it’s extraordinary — you must let us know of your presence someday so that we can come out and meet him. And speaking of meeting, do you continue to remain anonymous or will we ever meet? (What time do you [...]
Tired of me
Posted in General on June 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Am I the only one who thinks Duane has been just a tad SLACK about posting on this blog????
I don’t think so.
Solution: email and harrass.
begin.
Up and down
Posted in Escher, art on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today is the birthday of the famous graphic artist, M. C. Escher. Escher’s popular work (his “impossible structures”) has always been amazing to me but I never knew of his other works (especially those of his “Italian period”). Nice. Escher is said to have remarked, “Are you really sure that a floor can’t also be [...]
Billions and billions . . . and billions
Posted in billions, dough and more dough, lotta clams, trillions on June 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I received a note on how much a billion is and it got me started. I wondered what the Federal budget is for this year — and, after some searching, I found it (it’s approximately $3.1 trillion for fiscal year 2009). Now, wondered I, just how much is that? I got my calculator out but [...]
Well, whatcha know.
Posted in PCA, Sacraments on June 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday, at the PCA General Assembly being held in Dallas, they had a colloquium on sacramental efficacy. Wonder what brought that on?
anyway, here are the papers that were presented.
And here you can listen to the audio of all the presentations.
No. Don’t tell me this.
Posted in Moscow, makes me cold to think about it, snow in the wrong season on June 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So it’s 85 degrees and sunny here in beautiful downtown Monroe and my daughter-in-law writes to tell me that it’s snowing [SNOWING!!!!] in Moscow, Idaho.
which is so . . . . so . . . . . . . so . . . . . . wrong.
And people wonder why Southerners don’t trust the North.
Because we care
Posted in Dispensationalism, plain ole sensationalism, send me a letta on June 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This is very thoughtful, no?
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