Things I’ve seen, heard, or was told by someone. Item in this category usually originate from the Internet.
68-84% Pretty good, you know that there are libraries and newspapers, and you remember what you’ve read. You were a child that wasn’t left behind!
via Quinn McGinnis
“If this homework were a race horse, they’d put it down.”
-TA-Sub for Econ
Quinn messaged me last night. Dr. John Medina gave a talk at The INN a few weeks ago and Quinn said it was a “really good talk” and “highly recommend[ed] it”.
He was right, it was good. Very good. You can listen to it below or download it here.
Dr. Medina starts his talk at timecode 3:50.
[tags]Dr. John Medina, John Medina, The INN, UPC[/tags]
I love learning new things, especially things that don’t concern what I’m studying…because I get to learn about that all day. The other day, I learned more about the phrase speak of the devil.” I had called Laura, she answers and says, “Speak of the Devil.” We had a short conversation over that and I learned that the full phrase is, “Speak of the Devil and the Devil shall appear.”
Honestly, that makes a whole lot of sense. It also makes me feel a little bit better when someone says that to me.
Here’s more background:
From www.phrases.org.uk:
The phrase is old and appears in various Latin and Old English texts from the 16th century. The Italian writer Giovanni Torriano has the first recorded version in contemporary English, in ‘Piazza Universale’, 1666:
“The English say, Talk of the Devil, and he’s presently at your elbow.”
Caitlin actually beat Ben to punch on this one, sending her email out a full 3 minutes sooner…at least that’s what Gmail reports. In any event, after 5 wonderful years including almost all of high school, they broke up. I was initally confused by the email, but after it was explained to me, I thought it was a cleaver way to let everyone know what happened and that they’ll still be friends.
Dear Folks,
We are writing this evening to inform you that we (Ben and Caitlin) have recently finalized our divorce. Our July 2004 elopement in Vegas and honeymoon in Fiji were some of best weeks of our lives. However, the birth of our twins Oliver and Jennifer led to a gradual decline in our relationship. We now see how we were not ready to get married as we did not have the support of our peers and no real jobs or degrees of any kind to feed our little “bundles of joy” (sigh). After our run-in with CPS, and the incident with the “Federalies”, we decided it was best to give them the opportunity to be fed and changed on a daily basis. We are ending our boyfriend/girlfriend status, but will continue to date/’chillax.’ We know this is the end of an era, and hope you will all be able to cope with this drastic change to your emotional and social support system, as we were the backbone of this posse.
We have not yet set a date for the “Divorce Party of the Century” due to the pending custody battle, Mexico v. Rhode Island, concerning OJ, whom we are eager for you to meet.We don’t know what course each of our lives will take, but as we end this stage of our relationship, we leave the options open for getting back together in the future.
Sincerely yours,
Ben and Caitlin
[tags]ben andersen, caitlin swanson[/tags]
Bob Barker is retiring. From show business and, more importantly, from The Price is Right. So after 35 years after hosting The Price is Right, and 50 years in television, Bob will retire in June.
Here’s what irks me though:
From www.eonline.com:
A CBS spokesperson told Reuters that Price will go on after Barker’s departure but that “it’s premature to discuss any transition plans right now. Our focus now will be giving Bob a proper sendoff.” A CBS prime-time special celebrating the man is also in the works, he said. [emphasis added]
Bob Barker is The Price is Right. You can’t have The Price is Right without Bob Barker. CBS really should just retire The Price is Right. It’s made them tons of money (presumably) and the desire to keep it on the air simply to make more money is worse then greed. I’m not quite sure what to call it, but I’ll start with corporate whorism for now.
I’ve always wanted to at least go see The Price is Right, so I’ll be planning a trip soon (within the next 8 months).
Note: Thanks to Kurtis for the heads up on this.
[tags]Bob Barker, The Price is Right, CBS, retiring[/tags]
Via 27B Stroke 6 at Wired.com
In case you haven’t been completely in the loop, here’s what’s happened in the last few days or so:
I was talking with my Mom this week, she said that Earl Palmer, the Senior Pastor at UPC is leaving. Here’s the note he sent out:
Dear UPC Family,
These past fifteen years as senior pastor at UPC have been totally joyous and fulfilling because I love what I am doing! I recently shared with our church Session a new vision of a ministry that would allow me to serve God in teaching, writing and encouragement of pastors and laity in a more expansive way, both here in Seattle and beyond. The Session has endorsed this vision in which I will eventually move from my current responsibilities into a new and exciting mandate. While I continue in my role fully engaged as your senior pastor, the church will spend the next year conducting a search for a new senior pastor. Following the arrival of that new pastor, I will move into this ministry-at-large post under the auspices of a newly created Encouragement Foundation formed by members and friends of UPC and managed by a separate, independent board of directors who would shepherd me in this new ministry.
As you know I don’t believe in the kind of retirement that means disrupting the biblical rhythm of the Fourth Commandment, “six days thou shalt labor, one day thou shalt rest,” and ministry with people young and old is for me the most rewarding work I know. I feel great and my health is strong, but I know that patterns change throughout our life journey, especially as our chronological age moves upward. Since this year I will turn 75, Shirley and I have been praying and thinking about this age marker and in prayerful conversations with friends this new vision has emerged.
I look forward to this year ahead of ministry here at UPC as your senior pastor, and then Shirley and I are excited about the next era that opens new ministry opportunities as the Lord leads. For us, one of the best parts of this new era is staying right here in Seattle and continuing in our friendships with you, our beloved UPC congregation. Most of all our prayer for us all is that as we grow in age we will grow in grace.
Your Pastor,
Earl F. Palmer
Jacqueline Passey posts that Bruce Guthrie is running TV ads now. Apparently, this is a big deal. I’ve only been voting for 2 years now (I am only 20, you know), so I haven’t paid much attention to previous senate races. But the ad is good freaking awesome.
You should honestly see some of the crap that’s being run here in Colorado right now.
In any event, the title says “Guthrie for Senate TV Spot 1”. Spot 1? I guess more might be on their way!
[tags]Bruce Guthrie, Libertarian, US Senate, TV, Washington, advertisement, election[/tags]
In case you didn’t hear, or rely on me to tell you such things, Firefox 2 is out.
Check out the Release Notes for a list of the things that have changed. Among my favorites is the built-in spell checking feature!
Have at it: Get Firefox 2!
[tags]firefox, firefox 2[/tags]
