Shameless plug time:
The Barbershop Harmony Society International Convention will be held right here in Music City USA this July 1-5. There are three competitions that are held for the title of International Champion: Quartet, Chorus, College Quartet.
My dear father-in-law will be competing in the chorus competition which will feature 28 choruses from across [...]
He ventured outside
seeking the perfect green leaf
to make it his own
The trees that he saw
stood naked alone dying
they were all the same
“Eaten by the worms
bewitched infested blighted
what could have done this
I must have my leaf
what injustice befalls me
today in my wood”
The whole forest moaned
“you demand of us our fruit
our root seed and wood
Reap without sowing
peel [...]
I started tutoring a student at Brentwood High School in math. This student is a bright person who is active at school, extra-curriculars, and takes honors classes when possible. Not someone I would describe as lazy.
Since this was my first time tutoring this student, we went over their current assignments, that night’s homework, and then looked through [...]
The United States Federal Government spent $2,730,000,000,000 in fiscal year 2007 (October 2006 - September 2007). That is $2.73 trillion or $2,730 billion ($2,730B). That spending can be divided into about five (not so) equal parts. I’ll give you a minute to figure out what those five parts are…no cheating but the answers are at [...]
I began this post as a part of the Museum of Sacred Space post last fall. Portions of it have been sitting in draft form since then for fear of sharing these thoughts.
It is said that there is a darkened room in the recesses of every person that we dare not let anyone else near for [...]
I am watching the local news this morning. The news crawler at the bottom of the screen states, “this has been the coldest winter in the United States since 2001 according to scientists at the national climactic data center”. Then that is followed by, “it is also the 54th coldest winter in the United States since national [...]
Are you a conservative frustrated with the inevitable nomination of John McCain to the Republican ticket for the 2008 presidential election? Are you fearful that no matter who the president, Democrat or Republican, that your taxes will go up and Federal spending will continue to spiral into the stratosphere? Are you concerned that the U.S.A. will [...]
Hopefully this post makes sense.
There are times I allow myself to contemplate what the “gospel of Christ” fully means. In general, I find the topic to be rather scary because it illuminates how deficient I am as a “Christian”. Sure it is easy to rationalize and even talk about certain seasons in life when “worldly” matters [...]
Playing the “what if” game can never be done in a vacuum. If you want to reconsider Ralph Nader’s candidacy as a spoiler for Al Gore in 2000, you must also reconsider all the other factors that led to the actual results. Bear in mind the link above is from the California Green Party, so they [...]
I was in New York City recently on business. On my last day there I had a little time to kill before I needed to catch the subway to the airport so I decided to do a little sightseeing. My work was based near Times Square in Midtown so I had had enough of the [...]
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