I wish I didn’t have to do a “bonus post” today, but this is a sign of a serious problem in the culture of the United States. It needs to be addressed. Ahmed Mohamed is a young man who loves to tinker and create and build. He loves electronics, go karts, and even built a…
Category: Thoughts
Just my general thoughts on things.
What difference?
In Williamsburg there is a bridge which begins the path from the Visitor’s Center to the Historic area. Embedded on this bridge are a series of plaques. Heading into the Historic Area the plaques show some of the fundamental differences between the 21st and 17th Centuries. On the way back to the Visitor’s Center the…
Difficult Conversations
Lately I’ve been struggling with a frustrating problem. There are quite a few times when I have absolutely no idea how to speak with Christians. Given my vocation this might seem like a strange issue. It’s not even a specific type Christian which is causing my communication struggles. When “Christ-followers” rail against “chuchianity” I have…
Waning Crescent
I took this image of the Moon last week and posted it on Flickr, but I wanted to make sure to share it here as well. It’s a waning crescent, which I took on a manual setting around 5:45AM. I took this image with my 300mm lens at full extension with ISO set to 125…
Hello Weirdness
Our family does the traditional “first day of school” pose each year. I think it’s a form of self-torture for parents, who remember their kids as the cute munchkins they sent off to first grade long after they’ve become grumpy teens, but we do it anyway. It’s a compulsion. My daughter always gets her picture…
Getting M*A*S*HED
Over the last month or so I’ve been watching through M*A*S*H on Netflix. This was a show my parents and grandparents used to watch constantly, both during it’s original run and when it hit syndication. Over the years I caught quite a few episodes myself, and I’m actually surprised at how much of it I…
