New Word, Same Old World

The New Oxford American Dictionary has announced it’s 2009 word of the Year: unfriend (HT cNet).
Surely this is clear testimony to the role Facebook has played in our collective lives recently.  Facebook now claims over 300 million members.
I think I’ve only unfriended one person.  I am not particularly strict on friending people.  I’ve got at [...]

Are you in it for the Long Haul?

Driving by Baylor this morning on my way to Common Grounds Coffee House, I noticed a field of yuong, recently planted oak trees.  Here is a picture of one of them.
Upon seeing this field, I remembered, for some reason, that it had once been occupied by a building. This building had once been a set [...]

I’m Through Waiting

Listening to John Mayer’s “Waiting for the world to change” in a nearby office brought clarity to me on a recent matter of discussion.
If you are old enough to ask for ID, you are too old to be trick-or-treating!
For a coupe of years now I have noticed instances of people clearly old enough to be [...]

Spiritual Consumption Disorder(s)?

I am reading David Walsh PhD.’s Why Do They Act That Way? for the class I am taking that is called The Adolescent Brain. In the chapter on Adolescent Mental Illness, under Eating Disorders, Walsh writes this:
We deluge kids with supersized portions of high-calorie junk food as we simultaneously glorify unhealthy, unrealistic thinness.
Because I am [...]

I Like My Music LOUD

Got in the Civic yesterday afternoon to get my haircut.  As I backed out of the driveway, a sudden urge hit me to click on my iPod (connected to our car stereo by a Monster).  Of course, when I play music, and I’m alone in the car,I play it rather loud.
So I soon began to [...]

Belated Disgust

I am habitually late in remembering important dates
I don’t always do a good job of following news.  Especially lately, when I’ve been out of town two weekends in a row and trying to keep up in between.
Yes, I had heard President Obama was going to give a “Back to School” speech to children.  Yes, I [...]

Friend, can you spare some CHANGE?

Wednesday morning I began pondering the difference between changing my mind and having my mind changed.
For reasons I’ll never quite understand, lyrics of random songs from my past bubble to the surface now and then.  These words, from a Dallas Holm song from the 1970’s came bubbling up this morning:
Hey, I’m a believer now
Since Jesus [...]

Sustainability II

Just found this great post by Tyler Bradt at We Are Informed on sustainability and the meat industry.  Notice that neither Tyler nor I are calling you to vegetarianism!

Sustainable Argument

I’ve blogged several times about water conservation and usage. (Here, here, here, and here, for a few)
Word gets around (apparently) because someone asked me recently if I thought water down the drain was gone for good and not reusable.
Of course not, I replied.
Then why did I care how much water I used?
Here’s the best argument [...]

It’s All in the First Amendment

Freedom of the Religion and Freedom of the Press, all in the glorious First Amendment. The two may be becoming one in Waco.
We subscribe to the Waco Tribune-Herald. A local family recently bought the trib from the Cox company, which had owned the trib for 33 years. The new chairman, Clifton Robinson, wrote a piece [...]