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Jun.09.2013
“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God!”
Yes, that WAS the title of a sermon given by Jonathan Edwards in the 18th century.
The title has changed over the years; the message has remained the same.
You are a sinner.To be a sinner is bad.Jesus suffered God’s anger so your sins could be covered.If...
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Apr.26.2013
In the old days (olden days?) there was the occasional horror story of a manuscript or thesis being lost on a bus or left in a taxi. Or stolen with a briefcase. One such tale, which I heard from my working-in-the-library days, was of a doctoral fellow who had an enclosed carrel in the...
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Feb.01.2013
Let's start with a quiz! What do you think the following word could mean?
血迷う (ちまよう) blood + to lose
a. to lose dangerous amounts of bloodb. to menstruatec. to give bloodd. to lose one's mind
Photo Credit: Eve Kushner
Here's the answer:
d. 血迷う (ちまよう: blood + to lose) means...
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Jan.30.2013
Photo: A Florida Box Turtle, from the Wikipedia page for "turtle." (You'll have to read below to get the connection between the title and the pic.)
Just a quick note:
My poem, "An Old Man," (which is not about an old man, per se; it's an extended metaphor, representative of...
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Nov.01.2012
Photo: Jackson asleep on the couch. A colleague said he looked "angelic" in this picture. True dat. What can you say when your dog is more photogenic than you are?
Been away for awhile again, this time because my dog's been very ill, to the extent that I...
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Feb.07.2012
photo: Book cover for Dr. Julie Holland's Weekends at Bellevue.
Awhile ago I blogged about the quick and entertaining memoir, Weekends at Bellevue, Nine Years on the Night Shift at the Psych. ER; you can read that here. (Again, the book is highly recommended, and not just for its...
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Oct.21.2011
Things you do not have to worry about with books of paper - you know, unless you use bearer bonds as bookmarks.
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What to Do if Your Ereader Is Lost or Stolen
by Lauren Indvik
This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where...
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Jul.15.2011
This day was just not going well...nothing major but several annoying occurances over which I have no control (including the weather). So I logged on to do some writing, which has been a joy since I got my courage up earlier in the week to stop thinking and start posting, and found that my blog...
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May.22.2011
I am stuck.
I don’t know how to get out of it.
I clam up in frustration because I have nothing relevant to say or to share.
I sit and try to listen or stare into blank space waiting for time to pass when I can excuse myself and leave.
I know it’s rude and impolite but I don’t have the...
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Feb.15.2011
Illness precluded a timely response to blogging about something I had lost. Then, the notice to blog about something I have found. Well, since I’ve lost something rather important, but will also find it this year, I’m attempting both.
In October of 2008, I lost my Dignity when my body collapsed in...
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