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"Doubting, But Still Following"
A couple of weeks ago I gave a sermon at our church titled "Doubting, but Still Following." I think it encompasses well a lot of my beliefs. If you want to give it a listen, there's a recording of it at https://stpaulswaldorf.org/testimonies/ ; the text of it is at Read more... ) -
Anthony F. Gryn (January 10, 1935 - January 15, 2018)
My dad's obituary.
Anthony F. Gryn, 83, of Telford, passed away on Monday, January 15, 2018 at his residence, husband of Mary Anne (Walsh) Gryn with whom he celebrated 53 years of marriage ( Read more... ) -
Thoughts on long-form critique essays, maximization self-help, etc.
(modified comment originally written to https://siderea.dreamwidth.org/1333601.html)
Typically long-form critique essays have a bad tendency to devolve quickly into strawman arguments and misrepresenting the side they're criticizing; contributions on Medium seem notorious ( Read more... ) -
Thoughts on the Syrian air strike
The narrative the opposition seems to have settled on for why the Syria strike was wrong is that it cost too much (each Tomahawk costs $~1 million), and that that money should be used at home instead. Thing is, there's been a universal principle in place since WWI that chemical weapons were out of bounds in any conflict, and allowing their use to ( Read more... ) -
Moved over to Dreamwidth
As with many folks, I've moved over to Dreamwidth in the light of the most recent changes to the LJ TOS (see https://mdlbear.dreamwidth.org/1592457.html for more details). My journal there is https://tagryn.dreamwidth ( Read more... ) -
Depression in three drawings
Three drawings which I think do a good job showing some of the inner workings of depression.
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens - initial thoughts (with spoilers)
Overall, I liked the movie, and plan to see it at least one more time. I didn't have the sinking "oh, no, they messed this one up" feeling I did with the prequels, and it was fun to watch.
Some general thoughts:
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Panarama of lunar eclipse
Here's a series of pictures I took of the lunar eclipse last night. These were taken using a basic digital camera, nothing extravagant. Click on picture for full size @ Flickr.
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The need to write
From an interview with playwright Michel Tremblay, circa 1982.
This resonated with me, in both good and bad ways:
"The need to write? You can say what you want, you write to be loved ( Read more... )
