| it's sad to have so much turmoil on multiple fronts.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/16/taiwan.president.typhoon/index.html |
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| been so busy with moving, planning, fundraising. life is pretty hectic. but some things are doing pretty well right now too. i'm currently in Pittsburgh for the night, participating in training with my colleagues who are also new on staff here. it's been a blast so far, and i'm absolutely loving it so far. here's a fun quote(not verbatim):
"You're an SJ? I'm an SJ too! We're all SJ's! We're totally busting out the FDtool tomorrow...we're gonna love it" |
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| iGoogle was so cool, until I discovered 15 minutes afterwards that the GMail gadget doesn't support keyboard shortcuts. That was enough to turn me away form iGoogle! *sigh* |
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| i'm such an geek, but i wonder why i'm so drawn to the arts...
http://www.williambustagallery.com/index.html.
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commentary on Cleveland and art. this place has a ton of art galleries downtown. in fact, there's a ton of art galleries just West of downtown, right around my church. in fact, these art galleries have an art walk once a month all year round!
http://www.tremontartwalk.org/index.htm
sigh, i wish i could go see all of these! |
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| after Darwin's Theory of Evolutoin...is it going to be the Hawking's Theory of Evolution?
http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2009/07/stephen-hawking-the-planet-has-entered-a-new-phase-of-evolution.html
this is an interested read. personally, a bit funny.
so, it seems that either Hawkings is bored and wants to make new theories...or, he wants to be famous and make up his own theory? in other words..i suppose he really hasn't really changed from what he has always done. come up with theories.
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on another, yet slightly related note. i met up with a friend of mine the other day, and he said a series of things, in regards to the Cambridge area(he worked there for a few years in academia). the part that was interesting was the mention he made that the intellectuals that claim to be agnostic, that claim to not believe in any specific religion, but yet believe that there is a God/higher being out there...are no more philosophically sophisticated in spiritual matters than people of ancient(or even modern!) primitive civilizations that worshiped the wind(or fire, or earth, or anything else) because they perceived those forces to be more "powerful" and mysterious. obviously, those in academia in Cambridge may be more intellectually sophisticated(educated), but his statement was to link the fact that those in Cambridge were sometimes so unwilling to believe in a Christ, but would believe in a higher being...which pretty much placed them at the same level as those who didn't understand anything at all. he thought it was humorous and to be honest...so did i. i think it'll prove to be an interesting talking point with others who are on the agnostic boat....Gospel outline anyone? |
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