7.21.2006

On Nothing At All

My goal for this week has been to avoid all deep thoughts as much as possible. So far my plot has succeeded but that leaves me with nothing interesting to post. Obligation to updating compels me to procede nonetheless...

...I think I've mentioned before my addiction to Half Price Books, but I'll say it again. I LOVE HALF PRICE BOOKS. This week's collection addition: A book called The Lovely Bones and U2's All That You Can't Leave Behind. Yeah for cheap finds!

...I made dinner tonight. My pound cake turned out to be a disaster thanks to the convection fuction of the oven deciding to not bake thoroughly! 2 teaspoons of Neilsen-Massey vanilla wasted in an ooey gooey glob. But failure was offset by a two thumbs up from Grandma C on the salad dressing. Trust me, that's a rarity and those moments usually go down in my history as a red-letter day.

...I'm currently reading Love the Lord Your God with all Your Mind by J.P. Moreland. It's been a decent read, although a bit wordy. I don't understand why authors take up entire paragraphs to tell you they're returning to the same subject chapters later. Why the suspense? Just surprise me when I get there. Anyways. I've especially enjoyed the chapter on empty minds. Yes, there goes my resolve to have no deep thoughts for the week... I like what he says here:
Expose yourself to ideas with which you disagree and let yourself be motived to excel intellectually by the exposure. Spend time around those who do not simply reinforce your own ways of looking at things. THere are two advantages to this. For one thing, we can learn from our critics. For another, such exposure can move us to realize just how serious the war of ideas really is and how inadequately prepared we are to engage in that contest.

...I found myself in situation this week and were I had absolutely no idea what to say. I was talking to a friend about Veritas, and he was surprised that "intellectual Christianity" was possible. "But Jesus opposed organized religion," he said. Organized religion? Who said anything about organized religion? I thought we were talking about intellectualism. Insert smile and nod. "Well, get me a quote on that and then we'll talk." Then he attempted to convince me that attending a presentation by the female Unitarian poet he's bringing to campus would be a much better use of my time. What, then hearing three days worth of Rich Ganz? Uhh, maybe next time.

...Oh and the three sisters got to spend some sweet bonding time in the pool this week. Yeah for a hot sun and splashing without disturbance! Thanks, Aunt Beth!

1 Comments:

At Friday, July 21, 2006 12:47:00 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

You are very welcome. I wish I would have been home to enjoy it with you. Any time! Aunt B.

 

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