Monthly Archives: October 2003

National Public Purveyor of Ignorance

Posted on October 31, 2003 by Jacob

On All Things Considered this evening there was an “in-depth” report (at leat 10 minutes worth of air time, so it was really really in-depth) on the gay marriage debate. In fairness to ATC, I don’t know how much of … Continue reading →

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Hmmm. . .

Posted on October 30, 2003 by Jacob

My life is rated R.What is your life rated? A couple of comments – 1.) This seems to be focused toward singles. 1a.) I’m guessing that my answer to the last question sent me from PG straight to R. What … Continue reading →

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Here I Go a-Waffling

Posted on October 29, 2003 by Jacob

We always went trick-or-treating when I was a kid. I don’t remember anyone condemning it at my church. When Jamie and I first talked about it, we decided that we wouldn’t have our kids participate in Halloween because of what … Continue reading →

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Les Miser-

Posted on October 27, 2003 by Jacob

Saturday Jamie and I spent the day in Springfield doing Christmas shopping. Our good friends the Logans took care of the kids for us — what a blessing! We also went to an 8 PM showing of the musical Les … Continue reading →

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Career Fair Madness

Posted on October 24, 2003 by Jacob

I didn’t have a chance to post about the Career Fair on Wednesday. It was smaller than I remember from years past, but man were we busy. I got to see Marcie M. (that made twice in 4 days, what … Continue reading →

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Reloading TM:Reloaded

Posted on October 24, 2003 by Jacob

Okay, so over the past 2 nights I watched TM:Reloaded at home for the first time. In my home I took the liberty of basically skipping 2 whole scenes, and that made the whole movie much more palatable. Much better … Continue reading →

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Hollow “victory”

Posted on October 23, 2003 by Jacob

I can hardly consider the passage of the ban on partial birth abortion a victory. Baby-killers are in complete control — even the language used in the debates is determined by them and their media lapdogs. When we stop debating … Continue reading →

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Neil is dead

Posted on October 23, 2003 by Jacob

Neil Postman died last week or so. Who is left to carry the torch lit by McLuhan?

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Smells like toddler spirit

Posted on October 21, 2003 by Jacob

Signs that your toddler might be close to potty-trainable: a couple of nights ago I sniffed the air and asked “Is someone poopy?” Our boy’s response was to back slowly towards his mom while saying “Would you smell me?”

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The Eaglet

Posted on October 21, 2003 by Jacob

Some of you may remember Jeff Miheve. He graduated from Rose in 1991 (I think) and went onto IVCF staff sometime after that. When I was at Rose he was on staff at Franklin College (about an hour east and … Continue reading →

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