things i like. mostly ridiculous.
Two things happened to Sandra Bullock this month. First, she won an Academy Award for best actress. Then came the news reports claiming that her husband is an adulterous jerk. So the philosophic question of the day is: Would you take that as a deal? Would you exchange a tremendous professional triumph for a severe personal blow? via nytimes.com David Brooks, one of my favorite conservative commentators, weighs in on what's most important. And while I think he massively overdoes it with an "either/or" scenario...
I have been "bought by the Holy Spirit and marked as Christ's own forever."
via achurchforstarvingartists.com Jan Edminston hits it on the head.
"Wingnuts" and President Obama A socialist? A Muslim? Anti-American? The Anti-Christ? Large minorities of Americans hold some remarkable opinions A new book, Wingnuts: How the Lunatic Fringe Is Hijacking America by John Avlon describes the large numbers of Americans who hold extreme views of President Obama. This Harris Poll seeks to measure how many people are involved. It finds that 40% of adults believe he is a socialist. More than 30% think he wants to...
Unemployed Man Giving Away $10 Every Day Yeah, I pretty much don't want to hear anyone else complain that they can't afford to do the right thing.
Jonathan Walton (Professor of Religion at UC Riverside) was one of the highlights for me when I attended Theology After Google. #tag10
The Simplest Bean Burgers Makes 4 to 6 Servings Time: 20 minutes with cooked beans This is the way to go when you want a burger and have neither the time nor the inclination to fuss. When made with chickpeas, they're golden brown and lovely; with black beans, much darker; with red, somewhere in between. Lentils give you a slightly grainy texture. There are, of course, an infinite number of ways to jazz these up (see the variations, as well as "13 Ways to Build Delicious Burgers"), but this has good flavor...
I'm not someone you'd probably like. Unless you like people like that...then you'd love me.
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