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02/08/2009 22:05 #47684
One last yinz luvCategory: football
02/06/2009 12:33 #47658
movie tonightCategory: religion
my house. "The Ordinary Radicals."
This is the story of a peculiar people,
with no King but God,
practicing a revolution of love,
and making the world anew.
Their isn't the old-time religion of saving up for going to heaven;
this is bringing heaven to the world.
7pm.
This is the story of a peculiar people,
with no King but God,
practicing a revolution of love,
and making the world anew.
Their isn't the old-time religion of saving up for going to heaven;
this is bringing heaven to the world.
7pm.
02/04/2009 11:24 #47631
A good quote.Category: religion
The old words of churches are incapable of being
saving words anymore.
The old words fail and fall silent,
and our Christian life consists only
of prayer and trying to do the right thing.
It is not for us to foretell the day,
but the day will come
when some are called
to utter the word
of God
in such a way
that the world is changed and renewed.
There will be a new language,
perhaps quite unreligious,
but liberating and saving,
like the language of Jesus,
so that people are horrified by it,
and yet conquered by its power,
the language of a new truth,
the language that foretells the peace
of God
and the coming
of the Kingdom.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Letters and Papers from Prison
saving words anymore.
The old words fail and fall silent,
and our Christian life consists only
of prayer and trying to do the right thing.
It is not for us to foretell the day,
but the day will come
when some are called
to utter the word
of God
in such a way
that the world is changed and renewed.
There will be a new language,
perhaps quite unreligious,
but liberating and saving,
like the language of Jesus,
so that people are horrified by it,
and yet conquered by its power,
the language of a new truth,
the language that foretells the peace
of God
and the coming
of the Kingdom.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Letters and Papers from Prison
02/02/2009 09:29 #47599
Amazing brains.The power of our brains blows me away. Here's what I was thinking this morning.
At the end of a night, we tend to be tired and think less clearly, so we go to sleep.
And then, when we are asleep, our brains don't really stop--it re-charges by working!
And it does things that we rarely do when we are awake. What really blew me away last night is that in my dream, other people were telling jokes, and they surprised me and made me laugh.
Which means that part of my brain is writing comedy material, but hiding it from the other part of my brain that is going to hear it in the dream.
Or (more likely, actually) it is spontaneously creating it for one character of the dream, and then experiencing it in the first person.
Either way, to have creative thought like that is great in and of itself, but to actually hide it from my own mind until the right moment really blows me away.
If I were an intelligent design guy, I would spend a lot of time talking about dreams. I haven't kept up with the latest research, but when I did, neuroscientists didn't have a clue what was happening.
At the end of a night, we tend to be tired and think less clearly, so we go to sleep.
And then, when we are asleep, our brains don't really stop--it re-charges by working!
And it does things that we rarely do when we are awake. What really blew me away last night is that in my dream, other people were telling jokes, and they surprised me and made me laugh.
Which means that part of my brain is writing comedy material, but hiding it from the other part of my brain that is going to hear it in the dream.
Or (more likely, actually) it is spontaneously creating it for one character of the dream, and then experiencing it in the first person.
Either way, to have creative thought like that is great in and of itself, but to actually hide it from my own mind until the right moment really blows me away.
If I were an intelligent design guy, I would spend a lot of time talking about dreams. I haven't kept up with the latest research, but when I did, neuroscientists didn't have a clue what was happening.
ladycroft - 02/06/09 05:50
i love dreams and dreaming and thinking about dreams and daydreaming....i especially like the fact that i can speak several languages in my dreams. i wonder if we all really know them and they are just kept in the vast storage facility called our brain, but we don't have access.
i love dreams and dreaming and thinking about dreams and daydreaming....i especially like the fact that i can speak several languages in my dreams. i wonder if we all really know them and they are just kept in the vast storage facility called our brain, but we don't have access.
lauren - 02/04/09 11:07
sometimes they have crazy shows on the history channel about the brain...very interesting stuff. it makes me realize how very fragile we really are.
sometimes they have crazy shows on the history channel about the brain...very interesting stuff. it makes me realize how very fragile we really are.
tinypliny - 02/02/09 19:32
Yes, very impressive indeed. We underutilize it all the time. What a pity we don't know YET what unlocks all the potential hidden within... That day could be very scary or very rewarding, depending on how you choose to look at it.
Yes, very impressive indeed. We underutilize it all the time. What a pity we don't know YET what unlocks all the potential hidden within... That day could be very scary or very rewarding, depending on how you choose to look at it.
02/01/2009 07:40 #47588
Don't F with the towel.Do not click to watch the video if you are offended by swears.
metalpeter - 02/01/09 10:16
Great video. I do have one of those towels but I have no idea where it is, But if memory serves the last time the Steelers won the NFL championship I had it and didn't know where it was so If I look for it maybe I'll Jink the team. Funny video I could see they guy not knowing but he has a Jersey on. Hey maybe he is from another country where they use there flags on head bands and Hankees and things like that. Go Steelers!!!!!!
Great video. I do have one of those towels but I have no idea where it is, But if memory serves the last time the Steelers won the NFL championship I had it and didn't know where it was so If I look for it maybe I'll Jink the team. Funny video I could see they guy not knowing but he has a Jersey on. Hey maybe he is from another country where they use there flags on head bands and Hankees and things like that. Go Steelers!!!!!!
Great Video