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Greed
Some wise words from a pastor-friend: I think Tony Campolo once asked if Jesus would own a BMW. We have our own form of a BMW if we aren’t willing to give it up or share it. If we all had to raise our own financial support – independently of church offerings – we may […]
Shower Curtains ‘Toxic’?
That ‘new shower curtain smell’ gives off toxic chemicals, study finds An environmental organization finds high concentrations of dangerous chemicals in shower curtains sold at major stores. By Tami Abdollah, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer June 13, 2008 Vinyl shower curtains sold at major retailers across the country emit toxic chemicals that have been linked […]
How to Avoid Debt Slavery
I found this to be very interesting when I read it today… It’s long.. Around 57 KB. This pamphlet was written anonymously, because the identity is not important to the article. by Anonymous Introduction I am very unusual. I have almost no debt (I still owe $8,000 on my house-but I have only been a […]
Yesterday when I was young
Yesterday when I was young……Charles Aznavour Music by Charles Aznavour and photographs of his father Location; Bursa, Turkey in 1930s-60s… Charles Aznavour Yesterday when I was young http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV7MELY44DQ She… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGDv4jVFE4g Charles Aznavour is now…Aged 84…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7qyMBDDjvU June 2008
Censorship and Free Speech
Here’s one point of view on this: Free speech means the right to obscene speech, too * Chris Berg * June 1, 2008 THE French philosopher Voltaire never actually said the words he is best known for: “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” […]
Old Age is a Gift
Old Age, I decided, is a gift I am now, probably for the first time in my life, the person I have always wanted to be. Oh, not my body! I sometime despair over my body, the wrinkles, the baggy eyes, and the sagging butt. And often I am taken aback by that old person […]
Words to live by
When I die, I want to die like my grandfather–who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.’ –Author Unknown Advice for the day: If you have a lot of tension and you get a headache, do what it says on the aspirin bottle: ‘Take two aspirin’ and ‘Keep […]
Is Grandma drugged up?
http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/05/28/ep.age.meds/index.html ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) — One cold November weekend five years ago, Kelli Phillips and her husband traveled from their home in Norman, Oklahoma, to Kansas City, Missouri, to watch their beloved Oklahoma Sooners play in a Big 12 championship against Kansas State. Checking into the hotel, they looked forward with great excitement to the […]
Religion and public
(The tendency to treat all religions as equally silly actually has the effect of giving space to the mad, the marginal and the dangerous.) 21 May 2008 Religion and public life Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick, Roger Trigg on the pressure to privatise religion and keep it out of public life. This […]
In praise of silence
May 22, 2008 LiveWire Is technology’s quest to fill every waking moment driving out our memories, dreams and reflections? Carolyn Johnson reports. A DECADE ago, boredom’s doldrums were unavoidable. Time ticked away standing in a queue, waiting for the bus or listening to the hold music on your phone. Yet these monotonous minutes were also […]
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