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The Christian Humanist Podcast- Episode 77: Great Book, Rotten Movie
- Episode 76.3: Red States and Blue States
- Episode 76.2: The Brothers Karamazov
- Episode 76.1: The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship
- Episode 76: Autobiography
- Episode 75: Ante-Dante
- Episode 74: The Documentary Hypothesis
- Episode 73: Patience
- Episode 72: Valor
- Episode 71: Humility
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Category Archives: Family
A Good Bourgeois Warm Fuzzy
When I was giving Micah his bath last night, he pretended to be Daddy, up early on Saturday morning and making cinnamon rolls and coffee so that Mommy could sleep a while longer.? I know he wasn’t role-playing scenarios of … Continue reading
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Sick and Tired
That about sums it up.? I’m battling a cold, and Mary’s home sick with a stomach virus.? Micah for the moment is healthy, but I know full well that can change.? And neither Mary nor I slept much at all … Continue reading
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Good Day with the Boy
When we left the house yesterday morning I forgot the camera, or this would be a Micah pics post. We started out the day with a trip to Washington Farms in Watkinsville, where we enjoyed a petting zoo, a hay … Continue reading
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To the Circus
We had a good evening yesterday–the Cole Brothers Circus was in town, so armed with discount tickets but forgetting my camera, we set out for the farmland south of Watkinsville, and we had a late (for us) but enjoyable evening.? … Continue reading
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Johnson City Road Trip
Mary and I took off yesterday morning for lovely Johnson City, Tennessee, and tonight we’re at the close of two good days together.? We’ve seen Paul (briefly), Emily, and John Helphinstine, who graciously allowed us to stay with them, and … Continue reading
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Once Again, my Father is Cooler than I am
No, this is not a metaphor about God.? I’m talking about Steven Gilmour of Plainfield, Indiana. I’ll start from last Christmas: instead of buying individual gifts, my brother, my wife, and I decided to pitch in and get my parents … Continue reading
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37-cent stamps
I found a book of them this week.? That’s what happens in a garage that so desperately needs cleaning.? But now we’ve got a couple cheap shelving units to hold gardening tools, my limited collection of tools, and sporting goods; … Continue reading
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For Daddy there is no rest
Normally I could sleep through a smoke alarm’s low battery warning chirp.? After all, I grew up just a couple miles from an airport.? I was a freshman floor RA my last two years of college.? And with comps coming … Continue reading
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Flu Break
I’ve already had one person contact me wondering where the blog went.? The answer is relatively simple: for the few days after we got our computer back, I was playing catchup.? Then Micah got the flu, and I’ve been playing … Continue reading
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The Computer is Back
On one hand, it’s great that I now have a hard drive four times the size of my old one, twice the RAM that I did before, and DVD/DVD-R drive. On the other, it rather stinks that those events came … Continue reading
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New Couch
We’ve made some changes around the house recently. The desktop computer and its desk, along with some of my bookshelves, are no longer in the TV room but in our bedroom. The futon is in the garage, waiting for Ollie … Continue reading
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Christmas 2007 Pictures–Indiana
Here are the Indiana pics.? I imagine I’ll write more later today, but I wanted to get these boogers online for the sake of grandparents and such. Christmas 2007 Indiana
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Christmas 2007 Pictures–Pennsylvania and West Virginia
Keeping with recent tradition, I’ve uploaded these photos into two separate albums, one for the segment of the trip during which we visited Mary’s family and one for that during which we visited mine.? Click on the album to get … Continue reading
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For my Mother
Since my links to Micah pictures and such things keep moving around the site, I’ve put a permanent link at the top so that she, and anyone else, can link directly to Micah pictures, Mary’s site, Ryan’s site, my UGA … Continue reading
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Chaos in the Classroom
Whenever I miss a class as a teacher, some things go wrong.? When I miss a class this close to the end of the semester, my students look positively betrayed.? I maintain a pretty well-oiled web presence simultaneously with every … Continue reading
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Thanksgiving Pictures
Some pictures of Micah’s visit with Grandma and Pap-pap Burd to the Bear Hollow Wilderness Park. And a legendary meringue. A Thanksgiving Visit
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Micah’s Going to Do All Right
If this study is right, at any rate, he ought to do pretty well in the K-12 rat race. Study Links Drop in Test Scores to a Decline in Time Spent Reading Apparently kids whose parents had high school degrees … Continue reading
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More Thoughts on Steroids
Actually, nothing profound to say.? Just an update that we did go to Micah’s doctor’s office today, and he’s on the Barry juice until Friday.? We have learned to live a bit with them; keeping Micah’s hands active takes some … Continue reading
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Reflections on Steroids
No, not another post on Barry Bonds. Because middle school substitute teachers are nigh-impossible to find right before a national holiday, I was in charge of watching Micah through his bronchiole inflammations and the steroids that his pediatrician prescribed to … Continue reading
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