After a fine discussion yesterday via email with a climbing friend, I’ve decided that my critique of Christopher Hitchens’ article about the Ten Commandments was a bit, well, over the top. After re-reading his piece and then my post, I realized that at the time, I just didn’t get the satire. So Hitchens can make […]
Posted on October 19th, 2004 by admin
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Gideon Strauss has written what seems to be the theological and philosophical basis for being a hacker: I really like the notion that most of us are vocational experts in a limited number of areas of life, and at the same time responsible for being thoughtful amateurs in several more areas of life. That’s the […]
Posted on October 13th, 2004 by admin
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I’m really not a baseball, at all, but I sorta wish I could watch the Yankees/Red Sox playoff series. Honestly, regardless of what happens in the World Series (even if an NL team beats this series’ winner), this is the best thing to happen to baseball.
Posted on October 12th, 2004 by admin
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One of the founding fathers of deconstruction, Jacques Derrida, has died. Leave it to Gregg Easterbrook to write a moving eulogy: The philosopher Jacques Derrida died Friday. Few thinkers have had more impact for such recondite ideas. Derrida was given to gibberish pronouncements such as “deconstruction, if there is such a thing, takes places as […]
Posted on October 12th, 2004 by admin
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We had the first of (hopefully) many discussions at our house last night with a few other folks from our church. The idea is to find interesting/challenging articles and papers about “faith in the public square” and how we should interact with culture as Christians. First, a quick rundown of who was there: * A […]
Posted on October 8th, 2004 by admin
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The remains of Hurricane Ivan have dumped a record amount of rain on us today (over 4 inches of rain were recorded at Pittsburgh International Airport). Of course I rode my bike to work (like I ever don’t), and the ride home was, uh, interesting. Traffic was completely out of control. Total bedlam. Smallman Street […]
Posted on September 17th, 2004 by admin
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As the remains of Hurricane Frances hit the Mon Valley, we can expect lots and lots of rain for the next couple of days. Yesterday’s ride home was an adventure, as I left just as it really started to pour. There was at least 2 inches of rain on most of the roads, and I […]
Posted on September 8th, 2004 by admin
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After 1300 miles and five days away from home, we survived the East Coast tour. The trip, in a nutshell — Philadelphia to Hartford to Ocean City NJ. Note to self — if going to beach again, be sure to bring the bike. I did manage to find an open wifi node in Ocean City […]
Posted on September 6th, 2004 by admin
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The tour continues — right now we’re just outside Hartford CT staying with Jen’s sister Jackie and family. This is a bit nicer than a hotel, as we don’t have to go to bed when Seb does. We actually watched GW Bush’s nomination acceptance speech last night. I’ll let William Saletan sum up what I […]
Posted on September 3rd, 2004 by admin
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We’ll be travelling the next five days, making a whirlwind East Coast Hemphill family tour. No climbing to be had this trip, however — though I may have to do some track bike shopping in Philly. If all goes well there we’ll find some wifi hotspots to check email and post up.
Posted on September 1st, 2004 by admin
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