Posted in More About Me on February 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Short Answers
Describe the type of relationship you are looking for. What qualities would you like in this relationship or person? Are you seeking a particular age range?
I am looking for a helpmeet to share the joy of life with. Not a goddess or a slave, but a helpmeet. Not in the “hamburger helper” sense, but [...]
Posted in Adventuring on February 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My Turkish adventure…
I think I had spent twelve days there, eight in the company of my guide, without whom I could not have seen half of what I saw had I been traveling on my own. This had been my first overseas foray in awhile and was the start of my investigations into Turkish [...]
Posted in Adventuring on February 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Countries & places I’ve been too..
…Through the St. Lawrence Seaway, by ship …(three times) … Iceland (a few times)… Greenland … The Polar Ice Pack (really) …. Denmark. The Czech Republic (while part of Czechoslovakia)… Serbia (while part of Yugoslavia) Austria. …. [...]
Posted in More About Me on February 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This used to be on one of the masthead pages of my old ‘blog. I don’t agree with it all now, and in fact my thinking has profoundly changed, and is changing. But most of it I do. It is also worth noting that Calvin, whom I approvingly quoted, actually had [...]
Posted in Poetry on February 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So wild they are, those geese; flying
in their dance; they embrace all they know
and scheme not for the morrow; crying
to one another in their flight. For sorrow
is known to them, as well as joy; sighing
for the sights that bring them joy, and happy
they are to live. They do not give in, for
not a moment do [...]
Posted in Poetry on February 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Cumulus
To be that man I am inside
I choose the storm. Calm bays
and placid quay; a place to hide
but not to be; nor grow. I say
I choose the storm.
Wherefore art thou? Source
and muse stand mute, I know
the chorus sings; true force
lies in that which subtly grows.
I choose the storm.
Posted in Adventuring on February 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So, in the fall of 2006 I spent 10 days in Cambodia; a trip that was about a year and a half in off-and-on planning. I spent two days SCUBA diving around Koh Tas and Koh Krang Salem while at Sihonoukville, saw one of the “Killing Fields” sites and the infamous S-21 prison, chatted with [...]
Posted in More About Me on February 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
*from an old blog
So, it’s become a kind of routine for me when I go to tango class in D.C. to go to the Adams Morgan district for a bite to eat afterwards. Wednesday was no exception. Parking is a bear there, and if you don’t want to be paying something like 15 bucks for [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on February 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Cessationism is the idea that God no longer speaks to people through, or via, the Holy Spirit. There are variations on this theme — aren’t there always when people talk about theology? But I acknowledge that God at times does “lead” us — perhaps through what is called an “inner witness” or [...]
Cognitive Dissonance
Posted in Commentary on February 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From Wikipedia: In simple terms, it can be the filtering of information that conflicts with what one already believes, in an effort to ignore that information and reinforce one’s beliefs. In detailed terms, it is the perception of incompatibility between twocognitions, where “cognition” is defined as any element of knowledge, including attitude, emotion, belief, or behavior. The theory of cognitive dissonance states [...]
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