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SL: Universe
Exploring on Second Life can turn up some really beautiful places. One such place is the build called Universe. It’s an interesting build with lots of tricks of light and shadow. Still please be careful, you might just meet … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study Tools, Uncategorized
Tagged Beautiful, Bible Study Tools, Build, Fate, Light, Planet, Shadow, Universe
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First Principles: What Makes for Great Speech
“I should consider the speeches of Livy, Sallust, and Tacitus, as preeminent specimens of logic, taste and that sententious brevity which, using not a word to spare, leaves not a moment for inattention to the hearer. Amplification is the vice … Continue reading
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Tagged Amplification, Livy, Oratory, Sallust, Speech, Tacitus, Thomas Jefferson
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Thought of the Day: Conscience Isn’t Dictated By Majority Rule
“The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” -Harper Lee, writer (28 Apr 1926-2016) Atticus Finch states this in Chapter 11 of To Kill A Mockingbird. If you’re inclined to read the full text of this … Continue reading
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Tagged Conscience, George W Bush, Harper Lee, Literary Classic, Majority Rule, Science, To Kill A Mockingbird
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Day 27: A Taste of Tokyo
Day 27 brings the challenge of writing a poem based on some conception pertinent to ‘taste’ and it’s impression that it has made on our lives in some manner. After a lot of swirling around in the chaos of my … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Blade Runner, Choreography, Eel, Fish Market, Ginza District, Integrity, Kaleidoscope, Octopus, Plum Sauce, Rice Wine Vinegar, Sake, Sashimi, Sushi, Tokyo, Toro, Tuna, Yellow Tail
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First Principles: Character Builds A Nation
“If men of wisdom and knowledge, of moderation and temperance, of patience, fortitude and perseverance, of sobriety and true republican simplicity of manners, of zeal for the honour of the Supreme Being and the welfare of the commonwealth; if men … Continue reading
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Tagged Character, Commonwealth, Foundation, Knowledge, Moderation, Samuel Adams, Supreme Being, Virtue, Wisdom
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Shameless Plug: Isabella Rumsford
Every once in a while in the SL environment, there is a person who has such absolutely brilliant talent that they stand out from the crowd. In this instance, I have had the pleasure of knowing the SL personage Isabella … Continue reading
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Tagged Andreea Keller, Classical, Classical Crossover, Isabella Rumsford, Music, Reverbation
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Thought of the Day: Authority Through Reason
The being cannot be termed rational or virtuous, who obeys any authority, but that of reason. -Mary Wollstonecraft, reformer and writer (27 Apr 1759-1797) The above quote is taken from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792). This book may … Continue reading
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Tagged A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Authority, Rational, Reason, Virtuous
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First Principles: Constitutional Interpretation
“(T)he true key for the construction of everything doubtful in a law is the intention of the law-makers. This is most safely gathered from the words, but may be sought also in the extraneous circumstances provided they do not contradict … Continue reading
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Tagged Constitutional Interpretation, Construction, Thomas Jefferon
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Thought for the Day: Feeling Safe
Oh, the comfort — the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person — having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a faithful … Continue reading
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Tagged Chaff, Comfort, Dinah Maria Mulock Craik, Faithful, Feeling Safe, Grain, Kindness, Novelist, Poet
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If Only God…
A little poem based on the sermon from tonight: If Only God… by Michael Romani The Devil taunts With all our wants Making us wish We could re-dish Changing up our days Changing up our ways To do it all … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Devil, Down and Out, God, Poetry, Prayer, Spirituality, Torments, Worship
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