A couple posts back, I explored some connections between scripture and Christianity. Before I continue this line of thinking, I think I ought to say that I don’t know how many of these connections are intentional. And it’s clear that were many other sources for these movies beyond Christianity. In terms of religions, Buddhism and [...]
There is this pain that runs so narrow and deep
That I understand how the canyons are etched out by a trickle…
Because that trickle
Has etched out this canyon
In me.
And there is this sorrow
That is not this season to be walked through
But a thing that lives at the core of me.
I love you.
Though I never had a [...]
There are all these Christian themes running through the Star Wars movies. People have written bazillions of books. I didn’t think any were all that impressive. I’m feeling kind-of nerdy (and arrogant) tonight. I think I’ll blog about them.
I think that these become more obvious in the more recent movies. The most obvious connections are [...]
Last post, I mentioned this interesting online tool: babelfish. Babelfish is a translator. I was curious about this because it seems like you need a human touch to be an effective translator. I was also intruiged by this because sometimes randomness turns out interesting things.
This time, I decided to begin with a Spanish version of [...]
So, if you click here, you end up at something called Babelfish.
Babelfish is this translation tool. You input words in a certain language. It outputs them in a wide variety of other languages.
My geekiness, curioisty, and poetic nature all conspired. (Maybe these are all the same thing.)
I was curious how good it was. Among the [...]
If somebody claimed “I am the Queelebegooten” or “The queelebegooten will set you free” It would be natural to want to know just what the word “Qeelebegooten” means… Even if we had a tenative, working definition of the word, we’d probably be quite curious, especially if one (or both) of these statements didn’t really connect [...]
So I’m on this retreat with the rest of the lead team of Fellowship Church.
It’s amazing.
This is a ski resort in the Winter, I guess. It is blanketed in green and tucked in by this perfect sky blue. A river winds through this place, providing this lovely little chatter wherever you go. People stroll about, with [...]
The breeze ruffles the curtains. It carries the smell of the sea and salt. It lands on my skin.
The room is long and narrowish and light and high. Ten rows of bnenches fill up the majority of the space in the room, but mostly they escape notice. The butt and back of the [...]
O.K., but why?
There are very few things we do or feel that we can’t ask that question of. The toddler “Why” game is annoying partially because it is nearly endless. Nearly every single thing we do, we don’t do for it’s own sake. We do it because it leads to something else which leads to [...]
The school I teach at: Two days ago, a gaggle of seniors engaged in the time-honored tradition of The Senior Prank. Police officers then engaged in the time-honored job of catching them. The principal engaged in the time honored tradition of suspending them. In my opinion, every body pretty much did what they were supposed [...]
