Earlier this month was the anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. As part of a History Channel program on the life of MLK, the performer John Legend created a pared down rendition of U2′s anthematic “Pride (In the Name of Love” which has com to be their tribute to the civil rights …
Monthly Archives: April 2008
Not dark but dim
Regular followers of this site may remember my logs of homebrewed adventure from last summer. Those logs took me up to batch T-8. Then…nothing. No posts to the site. That doesn’t mean that I’ve been idle. It just means that for any number of various reasons (laziness, lack of energy, forgetfullness, disappointment) I haven’t posted …
5th Sunday of Easter 2008: Dealing with Sick Bodies
Though with a scornful wonder Men see her sore oppressed, By schisms rent asunder, By heresies distressed: Yet saints their watch are keeping, Their cry goes up, “How long?” And soon the night of weeping Shall be the morn of song! —”The Church’s One Foundation”, Samuel J. Stone/Samuel S. Wesley This past week has been …
2008 Rock Creek Shootout
Saturday was the 2nd Rock Creek Shootout here in Tiffin, OH. Once again, Clare and his team put together a top-notch event that ran smoothly. As much as I mistrust Subway, they came through with good quality sandwhiches donated for lunch, and Ballreich’s donated potato chips that reportedly arrived still warm from thier Tiffin plant. …
Some shameless plugs
Good friend Ken Morefield recently had an interesting essay on mentors and judging posted at The Matthew’s Project. Apart from his main point, he makes wonderful sense of a shared teaching experience we had. In other news, while I don’t really think that I can be called a mentor, a former student of mine–Michial Farmer–has …
4×4 meme tag
So, friend and author Sara Zarr, in response to being tagged herself writes, “Consider yourself tagged if you want to play and/or are looking for work avoidance.” I am and I will (And same to all y’all who read this mess.) Four Jobs I’ve Had: evening/night DJ for WHLO in Akron (included one or two …
Forthcoming Rush
For the past couple years, we’ve been members of LibraryThing, a great online tool for cataloging your books. (In case you’re curious, we claim to have 1952 books in our library.) A recent feature added to the site is the opportunity to be a Library Thing Early Reviewer: you get the opportunity to acquire new …
2008 First Round
Well, the weather and my schedule have finally combined to produce my first opportunity since winter started to toss a disc. Ok, I suppose I should admit my lack of taste for winter golf this year. At any rate, today I sloshed through the course and had a decent rusty round. Here’s the skinny: Putting: …
