I feel guilty. I am a threat to the universe. When the universe reaches maximum entropy it will be my fault. Woe is me, I am undone…
At least, that is what some of the chicks over at WowOWow are saying. Here’s what they have to say about the fact that I will soon have five, count them, five children.
According to Joan Ganz Cooney my irresponsible childbearing will result in the extinction of whole species, [Read more…]
WSJ’s John Murphy reviews Mazda’s new hydrogen hybrid, the Premacy Hydrogen Rotary Engine Hybrid. The vehicle, he says, is unique because it attempts to combine different types of green technology.
One of the advantages of spending several hours on the highway every day is that I get a chance to listen to lots of recorded lectures and sermons. Today I listened to four of Pete Briscoe’s sermons preached back in May and June of 2007. They were part of his Turning a Kind Eye series and were on the topics of Darfur, The War In Iraq, Abortion, and the Environment.
All four were artfully woven together and Biblically tight. It made me think of a definition of “rhetoric” offered by Agricola. He referred to rhetoric as “the utility of truth.”
All four can be found in the Bent Tree sermon archives. Check them out and let me know what you think.
Several days ago I went to my son’s Famous Texans Living Museum. Each of the fourth graders in his school selected a famous Texan, researched biographical information on him or her, and prepared an exhibit on a cardboard tri-fold background. Then, they dressed up like their Famous Texans and stood perfectly still in front of their exhibit while those attending walked through “the museum” and admired their work. It was pretty impressive.
In fact, it was impressive enough that it made me wonder about a trade show I had been to a few weeks earlier. At the trade show probably twenty-five percent of the exhibits were nothing more than a 8′ X 4′ table that was draped with a table cloth and skirted. On this the exhibitionists then placed a miscellaneous collage of literature or samples. The fourth graders had put a lot more time and effort into creating a stimulating environment than had the so-called “professionals.”
Personally, my creative skills are pretty inadequate for most such tasks. But there are tools out there for people and businesses who make their living from such endeavors. Those looking for ideas or supplies can check out the Godfrey Group who specialize in trade show displays. There are plenty of ideas at their website to help those of us who are creatively challenged, whatever the need; creative support services and products, showrooms, corporate information centers, retail environments and promotional events. With a little help we might just be able to do as good a job as those fourth graders — dare to dream!
If I am going to share with my kids the area where I spent my teenage years, I am going to have to do it right away because, it will all be gone soon. It sounds strange to say that a whole town, the school, the churches, the businesses will be gone . . . but they will. [Read more…]
