{"id":17853,"date":"2010-07-13T00:00:53","date_gmt":"2010-07-13T06:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/07\/13\/unblogged-bits-tue-13-jul-10-0200.html"},"modified":"2010-07-13T00:00:53","modified_gmt":"2010-07-13T06:00:53","slug":"unblogged-bits-tue-13-jul-10-0200","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/07\/13\/unblogged-bits-tue-13-jul-10-0200.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits (Tue. 13-Jul-10 0200)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries …. <\/p>\n
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  1. The world is subtle\u2026 and that\u2019s why it\u2019s beautiful<\/a> – I endorse this message, and the philosophy described.<\/li>\n
  2. Scrutinizing Simplicity<\/a> – My critique of “contemporary” Christian music in the local hymanals is that it is either (a) that kind of meditative and repetitive drivel — good under certain quiet circumstances, but way overused — or (b) adaptations of popular Christian singer tunes, never designed to be sung by a congregation. Give me the “classics” any day.<\/li>\n
  3. BBC News – Women bishops should be allowed, General Synod rules<\/a> – I find it fascinating that an increase of freedom is labeled by the traditionalists as a narrowing of their faith options.<\/li>\n
  4. Repealing the 17th Amendment<\/a> – Some very nice (and occasionally ironic) dicussion of why changing how Senators are elected is not a good idea.<\/li>\n
  5. Dilution<\/a> – HA!<\/li>\n
  6. Night Owls Are Smarter Than Other People<\/a> – I think, if I didn’t have a job and all, I’d probably operate on an 11am – 3am cycle. Really.<\/li>\n
  7. Science reporting officially dead at CNN<\/a> – Teach the controversy!<\/li>\n
  8. Mike S. Adams, bad professor [Pharyngula]<\/a> – Wow. So when you don’t get your way, you kick over everyone else’s toys? Not sure if that’s less collegial, less Christian, or if it’s a tie.<\/li>\n
  9. The 5 Most Impractical Aspects of Superhero Costumes | Cracked.com<\/a> – As I get ready for the San Diego Comic Con, here’s a fun ditty (esp. since it’s solely, title notwithstanding, about female superhero costumes …)<\/li>\n
  10. 6 Completely Legal Ways The Cops Can Screw You | Cracked.com<\/a> – Yes, once again, Cracked provides highly useful (and funny) info, this time in the civil liberties category.<\/li>\n
  11. squid314: Stuff<\/a> – Truth is stranger than fiction, to quote the cliche.<\/li>\n
  12. 6 (Unlikely) Developments That Could Convince This Atheist To Believe in God | Belief | AlterNet<\/a> – To be perfectly fair, these are all things that I think would convince most people God is real. That God seems disinclined to do them may be evidence that God doesn’t exist, or else that God’s intent is not to be coercively obvious, or else maybe something else. Still …<\/li>\n
  13. Etch A Sketch turns 50: amazing art created with the drawing toy – Telegraph<\/a> – I never did much better than … well … lots of boxes.<\/li>\n
  14. TV’s Crowning Moment of Awesome<\/a> – I was never a huge fan of “The Price is Right” (I was more into “Let’s Make a Deal” back in the day), but this is kind of fascinating.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries …. The world is subtle\u2026 and that\u2019s why it\u2019s beautiful – I endorse this message, and the philosophy described. Scrutinizing Simplicity – My critique of “contemporary” Christian music in the local hymanals is that it is either (a) that kind … Continue reading “Unblogged Bits (Tue. 13-Jul-10 0200)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-potpourri"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":131525,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/09\/13\/when-a-muslim-center-moved-in-across-from-a-christian-church.html","url_meta":{"origin":17853,"position":0},"title":"When a Muslim Center moved in across from a Christian Church","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 13-Sep-16 9:56pm","format":false,"excerpt":"One can imagine so many things going wrong. 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