Sometimes it's just one of those times.
"Thank you for always trying to do the right thing."
It's a good goal.
Do you prefer odd numbers or even numbers?
What's your typical workplace snack?
"This consciousness of divine grace of the elect and holy was accompanied by an attitude toward the sin of one's neighbour, not of sympathetic understanding based on consciousness of one's own weakness, but of hatred and contempt for him as an enemy of God bearing the signs of eternal damnation." -Max Weber, "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism"
May we all live with humility and kindness.
How many body parts have you had removed?
Hungry in Ninevah? Stop by Snackerib for a royal treat before they're Sar-GONE!
I honor those who have died in the service of our nation and our communities. I look forward to the day when war is no more.
"People have told me that this is what you're supposed to do with power. You're supposed to punish your opponents. Really? Is that how it's supposed to work here? Crushing the minority opposition is not a demonstration of strength. It's an admission of fear and a show of weakness. Maybe we've become convinced that the only way to preserve the republic is to implement policies that are contrary to the founding ideas of the republic. I don't seek power to punish. I want to uplift. Competition makes you better, y'all. A legitimate opponent will make a competitor better every time. They do it to you, so you should do it to them? Do unto others as you believe they would do unto you? Is that what we teach our children? I think you should do what you know to be right."
I'm not sure where the bounds are with person-centered language. Is a lawyer an "esquired person?" Is a trucker a "trucking person?" Is the Pope a "Catholicized person?" Help me understand!
Act, speak, relate in good faith.
"The first duty of every Starfleet officer is to the truth, whether it's scientific truth or historical truth or personal truth!" -Jean-Luc Picard
Happy Seis de Mayo! Maybe you can get some discount tacos today or something.
I saw a bumper sticker the other day that said, "If it ain't King James 1611, it ain't Bible." Although I consider the King James / Authorized Version of the Bible to be a masterpiece of English literature, I'm curious why all other versions- perhaps including translations into other languages or even original-language versions or ancient translations like the Septuagint- might be excluded.
What translation of the Bible do you use? If you're a KJV-only person, why?
How many electric devices do you use for personal grooming/hygiene in the average week? (I use 2: hair clippers and electric toothbrush.)
What are some ideas that matter to you?
we crawled up the steep steps
in the room were
two steel-frame twin beds
two upright pianos
and every stuffed animal we had ever known
and loved
"For modern rational capitalism has need... of a calculable legal system and of administration in terms of formal rules." -Max Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
Rule of law is important!
Today marks the death of Ferdinand Magellan, a man who made a name for himself getting out of dire straits.
"Premodern thought saw lust as confused love. Modern thought sees love as rationalized lust." -Peter Kreeft
Joined Nov 2022
