Monthly Archives: December 2013
Let’s Scare the Little Woman
Of course we sometimes scare the big old hairy men, too. If you spend enough time on social media, some well intentioned person will either send you directly or post in a public forum some kind of “tip” to help … Continue reading
The Problem with Teachers Today (or the Three Great Principles)
My family has had teachers for several generations now, and trust me, lazy parents always look for someone else to blame, and of course, occasionally a teacher is less than ideal, but I have yet to find a teacher, who … Continue reading
What Child is This? Or What Christmas Means to Me
Christmas Eve, Christopher asked me how come I hate Christmas. I said I don’t hate Christmas. I really like Christmas, except the gift part. “That’s the main part, isn’t it?” he asked. No, I explained. The big part of Christmas … Continue reading
Fully Dressed
Reblogging this! Never done this before today and now I’m doing it twice. Hope I’m doing it right! Gotta say Rick is spot on, though us southerners never say “spot on”
Luke 13:27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
Sometimes, when I think back on all the wonderful times I spent with people I loved so much in the Bible Methodist and Weslyan Methodist churches, I wonder, with sadness, how it is so many of them were so hateful? … Continue reading
Why Are Christians so Silent About Phil Robertson, Duck Dynasty Star’s Racial Comments?
Originally posted on The Vindication of Verbosity:
While the whole world is in an uproar over Phil Robertson’s suspension by A&E, and apparently — to the thinking of most — this is an unjust reprisal for a simple expression of…
A Mystical Atheist Looks at Jesus
As most of you know, i come from a devout evangelical holiness background (for those of you who dont know, that means i was raised about halfway between Jerry Farwell and David Koresh) My path to liberty and freedom of … Continue reading
Protected: My recent email to Auburn’s Continuing Ed dept
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Harvard is Free, Too!!!! (Not so Sure About Auburn)
The other I wrote about signing up at Yale thru Coursera.org. i bemoaned that I could not wear the Harvard Crimson, even though there were several Ivy League schools, the mother (or father) of all Ivy League schools was absent. … Continue reading
And If a Woman Runs Naked Through the Town Square
A friend of mine, an internet friend, of whom there is certainly more I do not know than I do know, posted the following picture on Facebook. I know my friend from an online literary group: Better than Starbucks. http://www.shelfari.com/groups/23648/about … Continue reading
Anthony Uplandpoet Watkins 