Annex came and went. Then Earth Hour did the same.

There were a couple interesting discussions. And as usual I paid close attention to the way that people talked about action and issue, to the way that people constructed appropriateness and normalcy, and to the way that people talked about what is and what isn't. I noticed some common patterns, ( Read more... )

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1993368502337678412

I think most of you will know exactly what she talks about.

Earth Hour: also known as "something we should not participate in"

From the site (wwf.ca/earthhour - no it's not the wrestling federation, earthhour.org):

On March 29, 2008, cities across Canada, and around the world will turn off their lights for Earth Hour, a WWF event to raise awareness about climate change and symbolize that, working together ( Read more... )

I saw (and bought) a card last night that showed a homeless person sitting on a vent, with a streetlight near by. Which gave me an idea for an e-card. This one might make for a better contrast.


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I recommend this article. I almost cried but that's another story. This article tells the story of the Kayapo, an indigenous group of Amazonian people, who--spectacularly resisted (and defeated) attempts by various interest groups at what would amount to ecological destruction. It is also a story of unity among uncommon allies, a story of anti- ( Read more... )

For those who were asking, here is a linguistic (and social-science) analysis on tongues in Acts 2:

A New Look at Tongues, Robert Zerhusen

That is pretty cool. The comments are also interesting. By the way, here's a quick introduction to Bayesian reasoning. It's simple statistical reasoning, and you might skim this before you read the link. If you do read it, after you finish, reflect for a moment--it's probably describing something you do very naturally.

Bayesian reasoning is about ( Read more... )

This winter I will be going through OT material with
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My LiveJournal Trick-or-Treat Haultinandcopper goes trick-or-treating, dressed up as conservation kleenex box.acharmedlife gives you 18 red-orange spearmint-flavoured pieces of taffy.anarielsun tricks you! You lose 17 pieces of candy!arnold_philips gives you 18 light green banana-flavoured nuggets.axver gives you 1 light green raspberry-flavoured ( Read more... )

If there's one thing I really want to encourage my friends in doing, it's this...

Learn all that you can.  And always ask, "How can I help people with this?"

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