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Job Hunting: Relief Work

I’ve been wishing over the past few years I could find some job meaningful to me. Sure, I have this computer ministry going, but it’s just something to keep me busy for awhile. Much as I like computers and helping … Continue reading →

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On the Virtue of Decentralized Power Structures

No one has any business poking about in your personal life who isn’t related by blood or covenant. Thus saith the Lord. This was His part of His intention in promulgating the Covenant of Noah, because the primary burden of … Continue reading →

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Rampant Deception

The officials and news outlets have been steadily lying to us about the danger from the nuclear reactors in Japan. The idea was to protect GE’s stock, since they designed and built these failing reactors. The US government has been … Continue reading →

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GNU for Win32

Did you know a large number of GNU Open Source command line utilities are available for Windows? See this list for what’s available. Under Unix/Linux, there are certain command line goodies I use quite often. Nothing in Windows Land comes … Continue reading →

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Step Outside to See In

Our intervention in Libya makes more sense when you understand who is in charge of what we are doing there. For the Christian Mystic, to be truly objective about the world requires a position external to it. The third pillar … Continue reading →

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Trail: Axing for It

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

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

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

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

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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