what say ye to a game of sorts? let's have an info-race to see who can find out the most the first about the mystery ship the "high aim," found off the coast...
Piracy seems to be the working theory: http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,5857411%255E662,00.html Interestingly, the captain and first...
ever hear of the concept of the food desert? picture lawrence of arabia tromping through potato chips? well, the idea is that even in wealthy countries there...
In a message dated 5/5/03 3:17:35 AM, barry@... writes: << ever hear of the concept of the food desert? picture lawrence of arabia tromping through...
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a thought-provoking article on warriors and their sense of honor throughout history. <http://chronicle.com/free/v49/i28/28b00701.htm> sooooo, in your opinion,...
I think there is a difference in types of forgiveness, which muddies the discussion of religious perspectives on forgiveness. There is the type in which God...
rich writes: <<So in Wiesenthal's story, the act of forgiving the Nazi would not have absolved the Nazi of his sins - that would be between him and God. >> ...
... to forgive some things. Therein lies one of the differences between relious groups, possibly. My belief is that we're told to forgive people, not things....
by the sometimes redoubtable george f will: can we make iraq democratic? <http://www.city-journal.org/html/14_1_can_we_make_iraq.html> i'd be interested in...
Well, Barry, glad to see you are firing off missiles once again to you constituency! I'll read the George Will piece and comment later. Your Cousin, Tim Market...
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favorite quotes: jason y passes on this link -- i'd read it when it was published a few weeks ago. it's an article by alex ross, critic at large, talking about...
by the way, has anyone seen mel gibson's 'passion?' i saw it on opening night, and came away with a number of expected and unexpected impressions. what are...
richard florida is coming under attack for his theory of the "creative class," which i mentioned here a couple of years ago. read about the various points of...
ever hear any of edvard grieg's piano renditions of norwegian folk tunes? here's a remarkable recording of them, with a traditional fiddler playing the...
sobering and excellent thoughts here from a thoughtful conservative ... we'd all like to say "that's not really us," but the facts always tell otherwise....
LOL! Just the mental image was enough to make me choke on my Earl Grey. Thanks. (kick, kick)...
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heheheeeeeeee! next sing act: kicking a possum to death in stony silence. probably fiji, right? only they could muster the intensity. heh!! say, your birthday...
Some squads just release the baby bear to chase the border collie across the field—verbal phrasing and physical movement provided by the fans...! Paul ... ...
i'm reading a fascinating book on the making of the king james bible. the author, adam nicolson, is one of those historians who has become so familiar with the...
i was thinking about faith cary and hope middleton at our church -- all we need is a girl named charity, and you'd have it all. if you ever wondered where the...
here's an article about the phenomenon of lurid sadness in children's books. i've often joked with catherine about the "newbery death books," but she doesn't...
An interesting article. Hannah (14) just finished reading The Lovely Bones, which I believe is in the tradition of "lurid sadness" and victim-recovery. How...
<http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2004/09/12/against_types?mode=PF> i'd be interested in your responses to the above -- an article that talks...
I happen to be a believer in these kinds of tests- to a limited degree. I was on staff at a wilderness camp years ago and our small staff of 13 went through a...
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I have taken the Meyers-Briggs and the DISC multiple times. I seem to get different results each time I take one, based on my particular mood. Over time,...