Category Archives: meta

Plans Afoot

Posted on February 21, 2012 by ehurst

I’ve asked my friend, Tim Butler, to set up a blog on our server using his Open Source CMS, SAFARI 2 (all caps). I won’t have a link until it’s up and running, but I’ll post that soon as it … Continue reading →

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This Change Is Not Good

Posted on February 19, 2012 by ehurst

I see WordPress is changing the Dashboard, taking it away completely. It also appears they are disabling the raw HTML posting option. Folks, this won’t work for me. After visiting the forums and help pages, I see the folks running … Continue reading →

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Archive Update

Posted on February 17, 2012 by ehurst

(Please note: This ancient post refers to a static website that no longer exists.) For those keeping track of my static website, I’ve updated my Christian Mysticism HOWTO, both the webpage and the PDF version. In essence, I added one … Continue reading →

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No Advertising Here

Posted on February 8, 2012 by ehurst

Lately I’ve gotten a few requests from marketers to advertise on this blog. First, I have a hard time imagining my blog has enough traffic to justify advertising. These people offered money up front for links within a story, for … Continue reading →

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Open Line Monday

Posted on February 6, 2012 by ehurst

Ask your questions in the comments space. There are no limits to the questions I’ll entertain. Spam comments are always deleted. Sometimes I don’t know the answer and won’t guess, but I’ll tell you that and why. Some questions will … Continue reading →

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2011 in review

Posted on January 12, 2012 by ehurst

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: Madison Square Garden can seat 20,000 people for a concert. This blog was viewed about 64,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert … Continue reading →

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The Tao of Spiritual Writing

Posted on October 1, 2011 by ehurst

All truth is God’s truth. When some ancient pagan religion manifests a thread of understanding consistent with Scripture, I’m obliged to give credit for getting something right. Terms such as Zen and Tao have already passed into common English usage, … Continue reading →

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Clueless: Tulsa World News Site

Posted on September 21, 2011 by ehurst

Where I live in Oklahoma, the state capital is just a few miles west. It’s a busy place with all the horrors of any modern socialist bureaucracy. Some of the buildings are almost tolerable, but most are ugly as sin. … Continue reading →

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Return of the Geek Jedi

Posted on July 16, 2011 by ehurst

There is an attempt to revive the early Internet hacker culture with all its reliance on virtual virtuosity. For some time it has been obvious the corporate-government (read “fascist”) alliance has been trying to tame the Net. The corporations are … Continue reading →

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The Prophet’s Trilemma

Posted on May 2, 2011 by ehurst

The call it the Lord, Liar or Lunatic Trilemma. It was made popular by Josh McDowell, but I understand it first came from C.S. Lewis. In summary, Jesus claimed to be the Son of God, among other things. You cannot … Continue reading →

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