October 2007

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10.15.07

WriMoFoSho Notecards, Writing | (0)
Go to my author page (and if your participating, by all means add me as a writing buddy). This is where, starting next month, you can track my progress towards the 50,000-word goal. Place your bets now on whether or not you think I'll make it.
10.15.07

I guess all the tortillas were already booked. Religion, Thinking | (0)
What do you see in this photo? Just some fire, you say? Why you dirty, hell-bound heathen. Only a despicable atheist could deny the plain fact that it is none other than Pope John Paul II taking a break from eternal paradise to give a little wave. Gregorz thinks so. But don't take his word for it—both his brother and his sister agree! See? And that's not all! He was joined by his favorite dog, the late, great Squiggles. Can't argue with that. It's not like I took the first image of fire from Google, thought it kind of looked like a dog ...
10.13.07

Brevity is the soul of wit. Which is why, as anyone can see, it’s so important to pare down (remove) every extraneous bit you can to the core, essential, and ultimately most important insight. Language | (2)
I love boiling life down to simple axioms, finding the pithy proverbs that summarize everything neatly and wittily. "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results." "A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out." It's all part of my search for a Grand Unified Theory of WTF? The trouble is, more often than not, they're overly simplistic, if not blatantly ridiculous. Life will never be wholly contained in a string of words (even if the universe is shown to be wholly comprised of vibrating strings). Further reflection on ...
10.10.07

Critical Thinking Thinking | (1)
I'm fairly confident that the single biggest failure of our education system is the lack of critical thinking in the curriculum. (I can't say I'm sure this is the biggest failure, because that would violate the laws of critical thinking, as I haven't done the necessary research.) In my K-12 education, I don't recall ever discussing practical logic in a meaningful way (other than the scientific method). There were what seemed to be token attempts at encouraging real thought—those "Reflection" questions at the end of chapters in history books: "Would it have been possible to ratify the constitution without the ...
10.09.07

Midnight Links Notecards | (0)
Some worthwhile sites. Literally, A Web Log From Nigeria, With Love PassiveAggressiveNotes.com Thank you, and good night.

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