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 | Morning Coffee |
 A nice quiet morning reading and drinking turkish coffee. I thought I would share the tranquil view.
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Posted by admin on Thursday, August 07 @ 21:24:17 EDT (11 reads)
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| Happy Birthday! |
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Happy birthday George! Have a great birthday celebration. I love you!
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Posted by admin on Thursday, July 31 @ 18:26:14 EDT (11 reads)
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| Second Week in Hell |
 Our reading for this week should go through canto 11. Feel free to read ahead of that. Try to keep notes as you are reading.
Some questions to ask as you read: - How are the punishments of the occupants of a particular circle appropriate to their sin?
- What is Dante's reaction to the occupants initially?
- How does Dante's reaction to Filippo Argenti in canto 8 signal a change? Is this a positive or negative change in Dante? Why?
- Use allegorical interpretation to decide how you should respond to the plight of the damned in each canto.
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Posted by admin on Saturday, July 19 @ 13:03:26 EDT (23 reads)
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| Turtle eggs |
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I was working on my little boat and heard some rustling behind me. A turtle was digging away. Didn't seem bothered by my presence and just paused briefly when I came too near it. She laid her eggs and covered it over. It was so well covered when she was done I had a hard time finding it again. Chris said he saw another turtle laying eggs a little ways away. Hopefully we will have a good crop of young. Seems like the wildlife population is on the increase down at the boat. I've seen many more snakes this year swimming around my dock. Here is a picture of the turtle doing her digging.
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Posted by admin on Wednesday, June 25 @ 00:21:58 EDT (36 reads)
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| Sugar Mice |
I was flicking through the channels on the TV
On a Sunday in Milwaukee in the rain
Trying to piece together conversations
Trying to find out where to lay the blame
It was almost Father's Day. Like other Hallmark days I despise it. But since the divorce somehow it has taken on new meaning. Another day the world can remind me my kids are in one state and I'm in another and nothing but a fragile and occasional internet connection keeps us in touch. Last night I got to see Fish in concert in Milwaukee. It was rainy, it was Milwaukee, and it was almost Father's Day. That rare breed of us who know Fish know this was a magical and pretty emotional show. Getting to meet a man who's work I have followed since the 80's was a thrill. The other Freaks were great company and it was a true joy to find other people who even knew this great bard's name let alone could understand and discuss the lyrics.
Fish's new material is, indeed, fantastic. I have held off buying the 13th Star album waiting to hear him present the material in concert. Now I can't wait to order the album get to the most enjoyable task of studying it. Most of the playlist last night was from the Clutching album and his early material and the night was just lots of nostalgic fun. It was in his second encore that Sugar Mice came out after several minutes of the crowd chanting "Sugar Mice". We knew he couldn't leave without it but he seemed reluctant. Perhaps in part because the band hadn't had a lot of time to rehearse it. Part, perhaps, because it was so intensely emotional. There were a lot of damp eyes in the crowd and Fish seemed to get a little choked toward the end. It was truly the culmination of a long awaited evening that delivered on all our expectations.
So if you want my address it's number one at the end of the bar
Where I sit with the broken angels clutching at straws and nursing our scars
Blame it on me, blame it on me,
Sugar mice in the rain, your daddy took a rain check
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Posted by admin on Sunday, June 15 @ 11:46:58 EDT (28 reads)
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| Emmanuel Looks at Hell |
We have a great fascination for Hell. Or so it seems. As the high school group is finishing up John's Revelation (we are on chapter 20 of 22) the suggestion was made to next read Dante's Inferno. Of course, me not liking things incomplete, insisted on reading the full comedy of 3 canticas (Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradisio). The Divine Comedy is one of the great Western classics and was written by Dante Alighieri between about 1308 and 1321 in Italian. It is the first major work in Italian (rather than Latin) and helped define the Italian language we have today.
The three canticas are a Christian allegorical vision of the afterlife in Heaven, Purgatory, and Hell presenting us with not only an image of the popular conception of the afterlife in Dante's time but a very rich picture of the socio-political milieu of his time.
None of the youth have read this text in school so this has the added bonus of giving them part of the classical education so desperately lacking in our schools today. We will be reading Jon Ciardi's beautiful verse translation and availing ourselves of his helpful notes. I think the students are a bit relieved that I don't know Italian as well as I do Greek and so will have far less recourse to the original language. But don't think I won't still try to use a bi-lingual edition ;)
The translation we will be using is about $12 for all 3 books in one volume and can be found in the bookstore on my website. I will be purchasing a copy for each of the students. Any adults wishing to participate please arrange to bring a copy for yourself. We will begin the study 29 June. I will post a more detailed reading schedule in a couple weeks.
Please feel free to pass the word and invite church members and friends to this study of a western classic.
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Posted by admin on Friday, June 13 @ 15:11:49 EDT (48 reads)
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| Off Grid vs. My Grid |
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I've recently been discussing with my neighbors at the marina the possibility of building our own electrical power plant. The materials aren't a problem and we all understand veggie oil well enough now to use it as a fuel for a small diesel power plant. I'm certainly intrigued by the idea. I am struggling a bit with the impact it will have on my original intent which was to wean myself off electricity. In fact, I would end up going the other way. I would have great incentive to use electric for everything in place of LP or lamp oil. I would not be going off-grid as I originally planned. Or would I? If I build my own grid does that accomplish the same purpose? If electricity can be produced with little or no emission and at little cost does that fulfill my intent? It is energy independence. It is environmentally friendly (even more so that LP heat). I'd love to hear other thoughts on the subject.
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Posted by admin on Tuesday, June 10 @ 18:14:55 EDT (31 reads)
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| Monday in Chicago |
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Last day in Chicago. Went to the Chicago History Museum. That was very interesting. Extensive exhibits on the various fairs there. The Fire and Haymarket exhibits were very small. After that we went to lunch at Billy Goat Tavern. Great burgers and fun atmosphere. I love those places that have been around forever. Reminds me of the Hot Dog Shoppe in Warren. From there we just wondered around town. Saw the Picasso statue and then off to the fountains. The final pictures are up.
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Posted by admin on Tuesday, May 27 @ 17:44:40 EDT (40 reads)
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Below are the public courses I am teaching at North Hennepin Community College.
19 Sept HTML 1
22 Sept Access 1 24 Sept PowerPoint 1
26 Sept HTML 2
29 Sept & 1 Oct Excel 1 (eve) 2 Oct Vista
3 Oct Dreamweaver 1
6 Oct Access 2
9 Oct Outlook 1
10 Oct Excel 3
13 & 15 Oct Excel 2 (eve)
17 Oct Dreamweaver 2
21 Oct Access 3
23 Oct Outlook 2
3 & 5 Nov (eve) Excel 3
6 Nov Acrobat Pro 7 Nov Vista 8 & 10 Dec (eve) HTML 2 | |
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