Christ in Us, Us in Christ

April 24, 2011

Beautiful A Portrait of Christ from Jeremy Cowart on Vimeo. Make no mistake: if He rose at all it was as His body; if the cells’ dissolution did not reverse, the molecules reknit, the amino acids rekindle, the Church will fall. It was not as the flowers, each soft Spring recurrent; it was not as [...]

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Eiger Speed Solo Record

April 23, 2011

Ueli Steck soloes Eiger (3,970 m (13,025 ft)) in 2 hrs 47 minutes. As was pointed out on Sullivan’s blog, the first ascent happened in 1938 and took 3 days. Steck starts hauling around 2:20.  The first ascent of the Eiger was made by Swiss guides Christian Almer and Peter Bohren and Irishman Charles Barrington, [...]

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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

April 21, 2011

“Perhaps science does not develop by accumulation of individual discoveries and inventions.” – Thomas Kuhn As part of my ongoing study of the theories of John Boyd, I recently read Thomas Kuhn’s “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.”  Boyd frequently cited Kuhn and his influence on Boyd becomes all the more obvious as one gets in [...]

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My Wifey’s New Blog – Not Without My Mom

April 18, 2011

I know that many of you have already checked out my wife’s incredible new cooking blog, Not Without My Mom (some in fact have already tried recipes and reported back), but if you haven’t yet made your way over don’t wait, do it now! The longer you wait the longer you have to live in [...]

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Are You Not Motivated!?

April 13, 2011

Wow! This just filled up my motivation bucket…to the brim people, to the brim… Are you not entertained!? Seriously, if you’re not please blame @chase_reeves for sharing this video on his blog. Tweet

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We Did It Ourselves

April 13, 2011

 The wicked leader is he who the people despise, the good leader is he who the people revere, the great leader is he who the people say, “We did it ourselves.” – Lao Tsu    Tweet

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The Work of Aled Lewis

April 12, 2011

Aled Lewis makes me laugh h/t Lost at E Minor Tweet

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Barrelponics

April 11, 2011

Last summer the family and I made our foray into the world of small-scale vegetable gardening.  While a three-week period of rain in late May drowned many of our veggies the few that survived (mainly tomatoes) turned out very nice and really inspired me to take this hobby a bit further. With our move to [...]

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Variations On a Theme

April 11, 2011

Some thoughts on creativity, innovation and learning: “Nothing is new except arrangement.” – Will Durant “Creativity is nothing more than variations on a theme.” - Mgt 303, USAFA “What has been will be again,    what has been done will be done again;    there is nothing new under the sun.” – Ecclesiastes 1:9 Discovery is a cumulative process “Good [...]

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Andrew Bacevich Reading List

April 5, 2011

Recently I was watching an interview with Andrew Bacevich and found myself thinking something along the lines of, “Hmm, every time I watch an interview or talk with Professor Bacevich I’m always incredibly impressed by his tenacity in taking on the sacred cows of American defense policy, but also his eloquence in laying out his [...]

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