We arrive at St. Rumwold's parish, about thirty miles from (1)
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Canterbury Tales from the Fringe (11)
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We arrive at St. Rumwold's parish, about thirty miles from Canterbury, set among "amber waves of grain." Surrounded by nearly ripe wheat fields, on the edge of what used to be the coast (before the area was drained, Henry VIII's warships were built here, and the soldiers who would murder Thomas a Becket landed here from France), St. Rumwold's has hosted Christian worshippers since A.D. 786. The present building "only" dates back 1,000 years!Let me ...
Mormons & Founding Documents (1)
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I believed that Mormons held the Constitution and Declaration of Independence to be “inspired” in a similar sense that sacred scripture was divinely inspired. Brad and Ray — American Creation’s resident Mormons — informed me that this isn’t quite true. They say Mormons believe the US Founding and its documents were divinely inspired in some sense but not at the same level as sacred scripture. I’d like them or some other learned Mormon to clarify ...
Is Sepp Blatter a Marxist? (1)
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For all those enraged by the hundreds of millions of pounds in inflated transfer fees flying between the stadia of Europe this summer: there was once a bearded man from a long time ago who proposed that the use-value of a commodity or service should determine its price, not market forces. No, I’m not talking about Gandalf, or even Santa Claus – I’m referring to Karl Marx. Marx fought against wage-slavery long before Sepp Blatter’s ...
25 Words (1)
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Blogger Liz Strauss has invited her readers to participate in an intriguing challenge: Put 25 words of advice or wisdom in a blog post. Having just come off a challenge to write 50 thousand words, I thought I could manage twenty-five. Twenty-five words is easy. Smoothing her skirt and straightening her shoulders, the young woman faced the door to the boardroom, took hold of the knob, and entered with confidence. To her surprise, the room ...
Evernote might have been great (4)
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I’ve been lucky enough to be able to play around with Evernote ever since it was still in closed test. Granted I didn’t use it as much as I wanted being the hard core OneNote (Microsoft) user but that changed in the last little while if only to give Evernote a really fair shakeout. Due to this increase in usage and thinking that there could be some really interesting stuff beyond its already cool features ...
*The Obama Tour* What exactly is Barack Obama trying to (1)
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The Obama TourWhat exactly is Barack Obama trying to accomplish on this foreign trip? He is taking along an army of journalists, so he might be trying to gain their favor like John McCain did back in 2000 with the Straight Talk Express. I have read some reports’ memoirs since then and every last one of them has said traveling with McCain was the most fun they had since college. But Obama is already the ...
NOT TO WORRY (1)
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Rowan Williams has a Plan: Dr Williams is cheerful, confident and thriving on the ultimate challenge that could be presented to any church leader. The Anglican Communion is a cross he has to bear, but in the Christian theology of the Cross, he carries it happily and with conviction. And the Archbishop — who believes that God takes care of the results only if His people put in the footwork — is engineering a daring ...
Word of the Day (1)
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I learned a new word today, nerdcore. Here’s how the Urban Dictionary defines it: Any form of music that is made by nerds, for nerds, or about nerdly things. Nerdcore can be made in any style of music, but most people identify it in either its pop-punk or hip-hop forms. With the important caveat: Nerdcore should not be confused with bands that are simply stereotypically popular with nerds such as They Might Be Giants, DEVO, ...
» Spammers and Scammers on Social Networks (4)
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It’s ironic that a few days before speaking on Using Social Media for Social Good I would wind up filing a complaint with the FTC about a possible fraud being committed on social networks. That same day we held a plurkshop on Internet security issues and microblogging. Hence the title of this post: spammers and scammers have arrived on your favorite social network. Jennifer Leggio, network security geek and ZDNet blogger, introduced us to Adam ...
Simple Country Blogger Watch, 18JULY08 (1)
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Some excerpts from today's entry:Today (Friday), we leave for Canterbury, where the bishops have been gathered in retreat since Wednesday. After all the planning and praying, I still don't know what to expect.Lights, cameras and reporters focused on you, most likely. Hint: Giving interviews and appearing on BBC2 does not a "quiet presence" make.I still don't fathom why my presence in their midst would be such an affront.Oh, I don't know. See Report, Windsor, or ...
