Monthly Archives: March 2011

Trail: Axing for It

Posted on March 21, 2011 by ehurst

So I’m racing against the season as the deer ticks and chiggers proliferate. The first section nearest my home has a new trail, and it crosses the first cut and reconnects with what’s left of the old trail. Today was … Continue reading →

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Forget Theory; Simply Observe

Posted on March 19, 2011 by ehurst

The most important thing you can ever do is learn the very tight limits of theory in human behavior, and learn observation instead. It’s a tough call. You get an awful big boatload of material on human behavior claiming a … Continue reading →

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The Principle of Divine Trust

Posted on March 17, 2011 by ehurst

The shape of our world is not what God had in mind. We were made to be managers of Creation, with full authority over all things in this universe. We gave it away; we traded it for something which did … Continue reading →

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Remarkable: Open Source Project That Cares

Posted on March 16, 2011 by ehurst

Let’s consider the Trinity Desktop Environment. Okay, I admit it’s people who actually care. That’s the point: Open Source people usually don’t care about people, though they claim otherwise. As noted here ad nauseum, most Open Source developers don’t understand … Continue reading →

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Taking a New Path

Posted on March 15, 2011 by ehurst

Sometimes there is nothing you can do, so you put your hands to whatever is before you. I recall a small bit of movie seen somewhere long ago, centered on a luxury automobile from the 1930s. In one scene some … Continue reading →

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While You Were Distracted by Japan’s Quakes

Posted on March 14, 2011 by ehurst

Things are cooking on the Internet, regarding the Internet itself. On the blogging front, we have a significant miscarriage of justice in Minnesota. On Friday, a Minnesota jury found that a blogger must pay $60,000 in damages because of statements … Continue reading →

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Trail: Now with Wildfire

Posted on March 11, 2011 by ehurst

It’s the end of the trail. Several wildfires struck in central and eastern Oklahoma today. I know for certain some of them were arson, having overheard some police band radio traffic. It seems they all started almost at once across … Continue reading →

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Unacceptable Facts

Posted on March 11, 2011 by ehurst

Telling the truth in Washington DC is cause for firing top officials. James Clapper has let slip the reality of things too often, and is taking flak for it. In a world where the entire political dialogue is nothing less … Continue reading →

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Morals of Finance and Debt

Posted on March 10, 2011 by ehurst

People do not borrow money for business. They seek investors who become part owners. Shared ownership requires a close familial or covenantal relationship first. Without that connection, that assumption of shared loss and gain on a fundamental level, there is … Continue reading →

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Not Likely to Notice the Coup

Posted on March 9, 2011 by ehurst

Most people are unlikely to notice when the current coup d’etat is complete. We’ve been experiencing here in the West an incremental coup. It began at different times in different places. Here in the US, the single most significant event … Continue reading →

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