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Archive for June, 2008

A New Poet

Posted in Joy of Language, Just for fun, books, poetry on June 24, 2008 | 5 Comments »

(to me, at least)
I am reading a book called The Body Remembers, which is helping me understand a bit more about how my memory works–both why I apparently (so they tell me) remember things so well, and why I have such a propensity to post-traumatic stress. Fascinating stuff, and I am enjoying the book and [...]

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Catching Your Eye, Globally

Posted in Just for fun, books on June 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Symbols and brands–why do they work? What makes one work and another not? I am enjoying studying this chart from the cascades, and thinking about these kinds of things.
I also enjoyed looking at these symbols and wondering which country I would want to visit, if the only thing I had to go on were the [...]

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A soapbox

Posted in books, friendship, personality, questions on June 17, 2008 | 10 Comments »

(for lack of the creative thinking skills needed to come up with a better title)
I suppose my blogging habits of late fit me in with this predictably hyperbolic description, courtesy of David Ker:
the rest of the blogosphere has rolled over on its back and feigned death
I’m supposed to be keeping my word to write a [...]

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Rock and a Hard Place

Posted in Just for fun, Sadness and suffering, emotions, friendship, simple technology, work on June 7, 2008 | 10 Comments »

This was the best visual I could find for expressing where I’m at emotionally today. Quitting is too costly. Keeping on going seems, well, pretty near impossible.
I thank God for the perspective of a friend who listened to me wail about being stuck today. Having a friend around when you’re stuck doesn’t necessarily mean you [...]

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Contentment, Part III

Posted in Sadness and suffering, contentment, emotions on June 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Or What’s the Use of Crying Over Spilt Milk?

(Has anybody else read this book? It’s a fun one which I enjoyed reading with my kids. It has nothing to do with this post, except that whenever I think about spilt milk, this is the picture that comes to mind.) I will warn you ahead [...]

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Worship is Not a Spectator Sport

Posted in emotions, personality, worship on June 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Have you ever heard that statement? I don’t really disagree, even though I don’t exactly agree either (e.g. it operates on a false assumption pointed out on a great post at Beyond Words that worship = music.) It’s a good post and I’m still thinking through all of it, but, for the moment, let me [...]

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