This morning I was listening to the Minnesota Public Radio Midmorning podcast. In particular, I was listening to a discussion of the topic “New polls indicates a dim view of U.S. scientific achievement” (listen to it here). The short of it is, there is a new poll that found (surprise!) the vast majority [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Watchtower’
Natalie Goldberg and the Accidental Buddhist
I just started re-reading a book I haven’t read in at least 20 years, Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg. I find it absolutely kick me in the nuts jaw droppingly amazing that despite the fact that I haven’t read this book since 1989 I remember it. I remember everything in here. [...]
Just Finished Reading The Making of the Fittest
I just finished reading Sean Carroll’s excellent book The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution. What a great book.
As somebody who has been interested in evolution since he was a kid (although for years I thought I was debunking it) I think there is little more fascinating than [...]
The Week In Tweets
Give Star Trek two thumbs up. #
Planned second SHTA hiking trip last night, also ordered new backpack and sleeping bag. This one is going to be over 20 miles! Woohoo! #
just discovered the official podcasts of the Watchtower and Awake magazines… Two words: Unintentional hilarity!!! #
Watchtower and Awake podcasts here: http://www.jw.org/ I [...]
Certified Apostate
Last night I came home from work and found Cindy cleaning the kitchen. For those if you who are regular readers of my blog, my wife is Esther, Cindy is a friend who is staying with us for a few days. Anyhow, she and I got to talking and she told me about a conversation [...]
The Long Dark Night of the Soul
I’ve been trying to sleep for the last hour and a half. It’s about 3:30 in the morning. I fell asleep around 8:30 tonight, according to Esther. I don’t remember, precisely.
I got a letter from my grandmother today wondering if I was OK. She hasn’t heard from me in a while and she is [...]
New Episode of the Hue and Cry Podcast Available Now!
If you aren’t subscribed to my Hue and Cry Podcast, now’s a great time to start listening as the latest episode features an interview with James Zimmerman of http://www.watchtowerletters.com, a great site that will be of interest to anybody who is a Jehovah’s Witness, knows a Jehovah’s Witness, used to be a Jehovah’s Witness or [...]
Hope
There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills. – Buddha
Last night I watched Barack Obama officially accept the nomination of the Democratic Party for [...]
Therapy and Meditation
In early 1995, shortly after my wife had beaten cancer and my mother had given birth to my baby sister Jasmine, I was feeling as if I were at my wits end from stress. I bottled up anger, bitterness, sadness, and even joy just so I could maintain a calm demeanor in the middle [...]
