The queen asked for help with her phone and the two princes modified the message a little differently than she thought they would.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,256960,00.html
enjoy!
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Street Prophets
Pretty interesting website,
http://www.streetprophets.com/
It is a nice blend of Politics and Faith, it has a pretty broad readership.
one interesting blog a was about the subject of interim pastors. I have not really thought about this at all, but the article was interesting. It helped put it into perspective that pastors doing that are there to do something, not just taking up space until the new "better" pastor gets there. Being an Interim pastor is a choice not something forced.
well, enjoy
http://www.streetprophets.com/
It is a nice blend of Politics and Faith, it has a pretty broad readership.
one interesting blog a was about the subject of interim pastors. I have not really thought about this at all, but the article was interesting. It helped put it into perspective that pastors doing that are there to do something, not just taking up space until the new "better" pastor gets there. Being an Interim pastor is a choice not something forced.
well, enjoy
Monday, January 22, 2007
Six Word Story
ok, was looking around and found this article through Wired. I guess that Hemingway wrote a story with only six words.
"For Sale: Baby Shoes, never worn."
They have a list of other stories that they asked writers to compose.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.11/sixwords.html
it's really interesting stuff, one of them is
In the beginning was the word.
- Gregory Maguire
Well enjoy
"For Sale: Baby Shoes, never worn."
They have a list of other stories that they asked writers to compose.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.11/sixwords.html
it's really interesting stuff, one of them is
In the beginning was the word.
- Gregory Maguire
Well enjoy
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Saturday, January 06, 2007
R.I.P. Cutlass Ciera 1989 Station Wagon "Woodie"
I regret to inform everyone that Woodie has passed from the Olson Family.
He had recently retired in Oct in his home town of the Twin Cities after a four year stay in Iowa. He retired after suffering from a Engine aneurysm of one spark plug. And left during the Christmas break to the Newgate school.
He passed with over 150,000 miles on him, and came into the Olson family with around 30,000.
He is survived by Vibe and Geo. He was predeceasded by "the Gray car."
He had recently retired in Oct in his home town of the Twin Cities after a four year stay in Iowa. He retired after suffering from a Engine aneurysm of one spark plug. And left during the Christmas break to the Newgate school.He passed with over 150,000 miles on him, and came into the Olson family with around 30,000.
He is survived by Vibe and Geo. He was predeceasded by "the Gray car."
1989-2006
Sunday, December 03, 2006
Chili Cookoff Champion!!
Hey,
We had the Wartburg Chili Cookoff tonight before Lessons and Carols.
My Chili won best traditional chili! It was pretty fun and exciting to win.
It was the same Chili I entered (ok not the exact same, just same recipe) into the Iowa State University Chili Cookoff last year and we did not win. There they were going for presentation as well as taste and we were not so great with the presentation. Whatever, this time I won!
k, Lesson and Carols was really fun as well, it works off of O come, O come Emmanuel. Starting with stanza 2 you go through each individually and have a lesson reading and a carol.
yep,
laters
We had the Wartburg Chili Cookoff tonight before Lessons and Carols.
My Chili won best traditional chili! It was pretty fun and exciting to win.
It was the same Chili I entered (ok not the exact same, just same recipe) into the Iowa State University Chili Cookoff last year and we did not win. There they were going for presentation as well as taste and we were not so great with the presentation. Whatever, this time I won!
k, Lesson and Carols was really fun as well, it works off of O come, O come Emmanuel. Starting with stanza 2 you go through each individually and have a lesson reading and a carol.
yep,
laters
Sunday, November 12, 2006
Funny Quote
Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae.
- Kurt Vonnegut
I just like this quote.
e
- Kurt Vonnegut
I just like this quote.
e
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport Taxi's
A recent development started happening at the MSP airport in the last couple years, people would buy alcohol at the duty free stores and then bring it with them as they left the airport in clear plastic bags. Hailing a taxi, they would be turned away by the Muslim driver because in Islamic law it is illegal to transport alcohol. This left the passenger to wait for the next driver. Being that now 3/4 of the taxi drivers at MSP are Muslim, some passengers were left for a number of taxi's in a row.
The solution that the MSP transportation committee came up with was a two light feature that distinguished whether a driver was willing to transport alcohol. This, in the eyes of this opinion http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCommentary.asp?Page=/Commentary/archive/200610/COM20061011a.html , this would be a issue of Islam forcing itself on law. " Namely, the two-light plan intrudes the Shari'a, or Islamic law, with state sanction, into a mundane commercial transaction in Minnesota." (A side, I notice that he uses the term intrusion, yet never mentions separation of church and state.)
The author brings up the issue that if this goes through (it was later repealed) where will it stop. Will it be used to keep people off buses? Will it be extended to women showing skin and hair? He then goes on to say that the MSP commission went to a Islamic bod y, the Minnesota chapter of the Muslim American Society, for consultation. From there he starts to state that this society has plans to make the US into a Islamic state.
He uses this as his reasoning for not wanting the two light system. That he views it as a vehicle for Islamic thought and law to be brought into the realm of politics and law. That this is a "stepping stone" (my phrase) to other areas or a "domino effect". hmmm, why does that sound familiar? The term domino effect was used in response to the beginning of the spread of communism. That attitude started us on a path of seeing trouble and trying to "fix" it in countries and regions where we were not supposed to be.
The same attitude is now being compared with how we are seeing trouble in the "axis of terrer (to put it like bush pronounces the word)." We saw that issues started in the world then became internal issues, then spread to the world again. The soviet union is created and a cold war develops between us and them. This turns to internal fear of Communism the "Better dead than Red" phase. The US then started to try and counter communism from developing in countries, getting us into wars We have the situation starting again. And if authors and people with similar thinking become the norm, we could be heading down a road that is worse off than the one we are on now.
I agree with the author's main point that the new system is wrong. But our reasoning is completely different. His argument is that it would give Muslims an "in" to the law system. And that the worst thing that can happen in this world is for us to be understanding and respectful to others beliefs (my own sarcasm). My reasoning counter to his argument is that a separation of any means is the wrong route for this country to go. Counter to his "in", I see it as an "in" for another group. A group that would use this as the opposite, not to go along with one groups beliefs, but to separate that group out and distinguish it. Putting a light on the top of a car may seem like a good idea, but what happens if we have someone disturbed coming through and they now have all their "targets" lit up for them.
Soon we could be marking everything that has to do with every religion, people would have to wear their religious symbol on their shoulder so that everyone knows what things they can do and what they can't do. We would have crosses, crescents,
and even little gold six pointed Stars of David.
The solution that the MSP transportation committee came up with was a two light feature that distinguished whether a driver was willing to transport alcohol. This, in the eyes of this opinion http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCommentary.asp?Page=/Commentary/archive/200610/COM20061011a.html , this would be a issue of Islam forcing itself on law. " Namely, the two-light plan intrudes the Shari'a, or Islamic law, with state sanction, into a mundane commercial transaction in Minnesota." (A side, I notice that he uses the term intrusion, yet never mentions separation of church and state.)
The author brings up the issue that if this goes through (it was later repealed) where will it stop. Will it be used to keep people off buses? Will it be extended to women showing skin and hair? He then goes on to say that the MSP commission went to a Islamic bod y, the Minnesota chapter of the Muslim American Society, for consultation. From there he starts to state that this society has plans to make the US into a Islamic state.
He uses this as his reasoning for not wanting the two light system. That he views it as a vehicle for Islamic thought and law to be brought into the realm of politics and law. That this is a "stepping stone" (my phrase) to other areas or a "domino effect". hmmm, why does that sound familiar? The term domino effect was used in response to the beginning of the spread of communism. That attitude started us on a path of seeing trouble and trying to "fix" it in countries and regions where we were not supposed to be.
The same attitude is now being compared with how we are seeing trouble in the "axis of terrer (to put it like bush pronounces the word)." We saw that issues started in the world then became internal issues, then spread to the world again. The soviet union is created and a cold war develops between us and them. This turns to internal fear of Communism the "Better dead than Red" phase. The US then started to try and counter communism from developing in countries, getting us into wars We have the situation starting again. And if authors and people with similar thinking become the norm, we could be heading down a road that is worse off than the one we are on now.
I agree with the author's main point that the new system is wrong. But our reasoning is completely different. His argument is that it would give Muslims an "in" to the law system. And that the worst thing that can happen in this world is for us to be understanding and respectful to others beliefs (my own sarcasm). My reasoning counter to his argument is that a separation of any means is the wrong route for this country to go. Counter to his "in", I see it as an "in" for another group. A group that would use this as the opposite, not to go along with one groups beliefs, but to separate that group out and distinguish it. Putting a light on the top of a car may seem like a good idea, but what happens if we have someone disturbed coming through and they now have all their "targets" lit up for them.
Soon we could be marking everything that has to do with every religion, people would have to wear their religious symbol on their shoulder so that everyone knows what things they can do and what they can't do. We would have crosses, crescents,
and even little gold six pointed Stars of David.
Saturday, September 16, 2006
CHANGES!!!!!!!
hey, just updated to the news version of blogger,
Had to change the format, I may spend some time later changing it around a bit.
let me know how you like it.
other news, Iowa State - Iowa Game is tomorrow ... oh today, man I need to get to bed. Go Cyclones!!!
Laters
Had to change the format, I may spend some time later changing it around a bit.
let me know how you like it.
other news, Iowa State - Iowa Game is tomorrow ... oh today, man I need to get to bed. Go Cyclones!!!
Laters
Thursday, September 07, 2006
Minjung theology
well pretty interesting day today.
I have a prologue week class this week. It is called Theology in Context. It has been a interesting class, if a bit overwhelming, just because they have covered a subject a bit and then the next day covered something else. While they are connected to each other, it is just a bare minimum of information about the subject and a whole semester probably could be used for each.
The subject today was Theology, and also Lutheran Theology. In our second session of class today one professor Paul Chung talked about Lutheran Theology and Lutheran Theology in Context. The part that really interested me was the Theology in Context, Professor Chung talked about different contexts that Lutheran Theology has fit into. One area was in Japan dealing with the regards to the "Social reality of post-Hiroshima Japan." and the work of Kazoh Kitamori, a Japanese Lutheran Theologian. Kitamori used the term turasa to define the relationship between God and Jesus and also between God and the people that suffered and died because of the bomb. Turasa is a Japanese term that refers to the Father's pain over the death of the son, not just pain but extreme agony.
Chung then turned to Ahn Byung Mu, the father of Asian minjung theology. and it relationship with turasa. Minjung deals with Jesus's connection and solidarity with ochlos a Greek word meaning crowd, usually a poor crowd, (vs Loas meaning the people or regular normal individuals of society). It challenges turasa by asking "Who was there in Hiroshima?" Chung then talked about minjung meaning "the poor mass" and "Han" (outcry of victim) and how the relationship with God is based on God hearing the "Han" or the outcry of the victims.
The problem now arises that we did not delve into this any further, Chung stated that he talks about it more is his book Martin Luther and Buddhism. I look forward to learning more about this subject and how I can use it.
My first reaction was the thought that "Can it be modified to the change that has happened in the US with regards to 9/11?" It is a subject that would be interesting to ask Professor Chung during the class.
well, that should give you something to chew on for a while,
laters
I have a prologue week class this week. It is called Theology in Context. It has been a interesting class, if a bit overwhelming, just because they have covered a subject a bit and then the next day covered something else. While they are connected to each other, it is just a bare minimum of information about the subject and a whole semester probably could be used for each.
The subject today was Theology, and also Lutheran Theology. In our second session of class today one professor Paul Chung talked about Lutheran Theology and Lutheran Theology in Context. The part that really interested me was the Theology in Context, Professor Chung talked about different contexts that Lutheran Theology has fit into. One area was in Japan dealing with the regards to the "Social reality of post-Hiroshima Japan." and the work of Kazoh Kitamori, a Japanese Lutheran Theologian. Kitamori used the term turasa to define the relationship between God and Jesus and also between God and the people that suffered and died because of the bomb. Turasa is a Japanese term that refers to the Father's pain over the death of the son, not just pain but extreme agony.
Chung then turned to Ahn Byung Mu, the father of Asian minjung theology. and it relationship with turasa. Minjung deals with Jesus's connection and solidarity with ochlos a Greek word meaning crowd, usually a poor crowd, (vs Loas meaning the people or regular normal individuals of society). It challenges turasa by asking "Who was there in Hiroshima?" Chung then talked about minjung meaning "the poor mass" and "Han" (outcry of victim) and how the relationship with God is based on God hearing the "Han" or the outcry of the victims.
The problem now arises that we did not delve into this any further, Chung stated that he talks about it more is his book Martin Luther and Buddhism. I look forward to learning more about this subject and how I can use it.
My first reaction was the thought that "Can it be modified to the change that has happened in the US with regards to 9/11?" It is a subject that would be interesting to ask Professor Chung during the class.
well, that should give you something to chew on for a while,
laters
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