Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Romans 7 and zombies

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A few years back I puzzled a bit about the popularity of zombie stories , and puzzled again. . I was thinking then in terms of fear of diss...
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Sunday, January 25, 2026

Spiritual Disciplines

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"You fight the way you train" What spiritual challenges and temptations do you expect to face? Not the easy ones, the weaknesses ...
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Fast Breaking News

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often reminds me of Twain's story of The Admiral in Roughing It .

Strangely dim

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"Turn your eyes upon Jesus. Look full in His wonderful face, and the things of Earth will grow strangely dim in the light of his glory...
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Friday, January 23, 2026

Privateers

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Grim's sense is that privateers could work better than the more bureaucratic armed forces. He has far more experience with the bureauc...
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Thursday, January 22, 2026

Cold

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Below about 5F is biting cold. Up near freezing, with the air loaded with moisture, is hammering cold.
Friday, January 16, 2026

AI and religion

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First Things has an article suggesting that AI may increase people's interest in religion , as they find themselves more purposeless. “...
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Thursday, January 15, 2026

Not the optometrist's waiting room

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Hold your breath

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Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Divisions

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I wasn't familiar with how the Sri Lanka Tamil vs Sinhal rivalry developed. The author blames a few politicians, and points to paralle...

Apart from the law

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We were discussing Romans 7 this morning, and ran across "I would not have known about coveting if the Law had not said, “You shall not...
Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Scott Adams will be missed

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By some. I regret not taking the time to explore an observation I made years ago at UW, and tried to measure where Dilbert cartoons could be...
Monday, January 12, 2026

Measuring happiness

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AVI posted on a new series from the Free Press about happiness by a researcher of the field. What does a happiness score mean? We wonders,...

Hot potato

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"Notwithstanding the above restriction, -REDACTED- may not purchase physical commodities or sell physical commondities unless acquired ...
Saturday, January 10, 2026

Locality

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AVI posted a link to a Steve Hsu podcast (sadly without the slides) about using AI as a kind of "idea generator" linking concepts...
Thursday, January 08, 2026

Knit together

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"For just as we have many members in one body and all the members do not have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in C...

Comparing

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"because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. For since the creation of the world His...
Wednesday, January 07, 2026

More Motse

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Following up on the earlier post An easier-to-read site From section I, a call for the rule of universal love: Suppose everybody in the wo...