Tick Spot Time Tracker. I’ve started using this instead of the back of a bill - or whatever else is near the computer - when working on projects.
I’m glad to know I can still pass multiple choice tests with little effort or knowledge of the subject.
Thanks to Daily Writing Tips I passed a basic vocabulary test with 90% accuracy. What does this mean? Nothing really, and here’s why:
The test was fun to take, and I learned a few new words from taking it. In the end however, the test did a better job at evaluating my reasoning and deduction skills than my actual knowledge of the words.
Of all the test I’ve taken in my life - academic and professional - I’m guessing more than 90% (including math tests) were multiple choice tests. I learned how to pass this kind of test at such a young age, it’s scary to think about how much I actually don’t know.
I’m still convinced that multiple choice tests are one of the least effective ways of measuring someone’s understanding and comprehension of a subject. While they are efficient - apposed to an essay form - they fail at accurately assessing knowledge savvy of a given subject matter.
Maybe one day tests will look more like this.
Follow the Rabbi is a great resource for historical, cultural, and religious context of Jesus as Jew and a rabbi.
Our ice freezes up - seriously! Reverse-osmosis water, a normal freezer, and look what we get.
I can’t believe I don’t have to wait until Thanksgiving to have my first glass of Egg Nog for the year. This is going to be a great Winter.
The great thing about reading both the KJV and NASB is that every time I come across a difference in a verse, I have to stop and really think about what the passage is saying.
This happens a lot since I’m so used to the KJV.
Two weeks after I placed an order for a NAS thinline Bible I received a call from LifeWay letting me know the Bible still hadn’t arrived, but they did receive one I might be interested in. Sure enough, I was interested, and I quickly grabbed this with some remaining birthday funds. Here it is.
Andrea and I spent yesterday evening enjoying the company of a sweet couple headed for Columbia as missionaries. They’ll be leaving the US in January, ‘08 with a four year commitment of investing into the Prado Veraniego community.
Jorge is originally from Columbia, and Virginia grew up there as her father planted churches throughout the area. With the constant goal of going back to Columbia, they will finally be back after 3 years of living in the US - they’re on their farewell tour right now. Read More
It’s hard to deny that capitalism is the best economic system around…. But for all its advantages, capitalism has one major drawback… it needs people to stay perpetually hungry for more…. The undeniable truth is that capitalism runs on greed. Greg Boyd
It took me a while to make it past the first paragraph on this one, but the rest of the article is quite interesting:
In his interview with Larry King (CNN, June 20, 2005), Joel Osteen said that he is not sure what happens to people who reject Christ. King followed up with the question about Jews, Moslems, and other non-Christians. “They’re wrong, aren’t they?” Osteen replied, “Well, I don’t know if I believe they’re wrong. I believe here’s what the Bible teaches and from the Christian faith this is what I believe. But I just think that only God will judge a person’s heart. I spent a lot of time in India with my father. I don’t know all about their religion. But I know they love God. And I don’t know. I’ve seen their sincerity. So I don’t know. I know for me, and what the Bible teaches, I want to have a relationship with Jesus.” Michael S. Horton
I just received a job offer from California from the T1 theme I put together.
Comparing Translations is a great resource from a mostly objective point of view for understanding where our current Bible comes from. This is a great chart comparing Bibles’ literalness.
Why is it that when I try to research where translations of the Bible come from, I either get overwhelmed with ultra-detailed information, or end up with a verse-by-verse list of differences between any version and the KJV?
As big as a couple of quarters, this will track my distance, pace, time and more.
I started running again for the first time in a long time - just finished a 10 minute run to get my body up and moving again.
Fire Bug - Web Development Evolved
Great tool for web developing - why haven’t I used this before?
An “It just keeps on going” Birthday Gift
Thanks Drew and Sam
