In the Foothills of the Ozarks...

This was one of the finest 18 minutes I have had the pleasure of experiencing lately. In the middle of episode two (on youtube), I'm pretty sure I saw one of my fine brothers - he's a tall dude, with a rainbow afro, flippers, a honking nose, and a portable bathtub. Harding alum will see lots of familiar faces - and you can even listen to the melodic tones of Dr. Burks.

I'm a Quaker! Who Knew?

My friend, Cheryl, had us take a little survey thing on her blog today. Here's my results:

1. Orthodox Quaker (100%)
2. Eastern Orthodox (92%)
3. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (92%)
4. Roman Catholic (92%)
5. Orthodox Judaism (85%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (84%)
7. Seventh Day Adventist (83%)
8. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (81%)
9. Sikhism (80%)
10. Islam (78%)

I don't have to like move to Pennsylvania or anything, do I? Where do you fall on the scale?

Road Trip

I have spent the morning plotting a potential road trip out on Google Maps for my sabbatical this year. It's been fun to think of the friends, family, and sites we could visit along the way. Now if we can find a spot on the calendar in which to fit the trip, we'll be on our way!

Technical Pain of Epic Proportions

Note To Self: When one is implementing a new spectacular tagging system for one's prized, uber-organized email structure, deleting one's previously used email folders will in fact erase all of one's emails. That would be years and years worth of emails. Including all of those marked "important" and "follow-up". Losing all of one's emails can be that little shove that sends an already mentally fragile mind over the precipice.

Note To Self: Good call marrying a guy who can fix all of that in a few days.

Reason for Women

I came across this section of writing from Augustine, one of the great influences in church history.

If it was not the case that woman was created to be man's helper specifically for the production of children, then why would she have been created as a "helper"? Was it so that she might work the land with him? No because there did not exist any such labor for which he needed a helper, and even if such work had been required, a male would have been a better assistant. One can also posit that the reason for her creation as a helper had to do with the companionship she could provide for the man, if perhaps he got bored with solitude. Yet for company and conversation, how much more agreeable it is for two male friends to dwell together than for a man and a woman!...I can not think of any reason for woman's being made as man's helper, if we dismiss the reason of procreation.

Poor guy. He had such potential.

A Little Ray of Sunshine in an Otherwise Depressing Football Season Finale

Harding's own Torrance "Tank" Daniels will play in the Super Bowl on Feb. 3 as a member of the New York Giants. Tank (#52) played yesterday in the Giants' 23-20 overtime victory in sub-zero temperatures at Green Bay and had a tackle on a kickoff return.