quote of the day

The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.
- B. F. Skinner

This makes a similar point to one Douglas Wilson made in his talk "Devil in a Blue Dress" in the "Church and Pop Culture" Ministerial Conference, which I've just started listening through.

The technology in and of itself- internet, television, ipod, cell phone - isn't sinful. It is the way you use it that determines whether it is helpful or problematic, acceptable or sinful.

Trailer for "Is Christianity Good for the World?"

So true

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Today...

A small time town parade and town days. Booths everywhere. The perfect necklace, but made of healing magnetic beads that the vendor assured me would be "too strong" for me unless I had chronic pain issues. Hmm. Decide to pass on the necklace in case she is right that it will make me sleepy or unconfortable if it is "too strong". Kettle corn. Brisket and chips. The parade, prominently featuring tractors, four wheelers, bicycles, and horses, wound around the streets. Small dogs in costume. Scary clowns. Kids, high on sugar, and face painted. Sweet tea. Too loud local bands replace country played over the PA after a while. Cedar chests are down the way, on the left. People know us that I've never heard of. They've already seen the baby, he's been up and down the street already, aunts escorting him hither and yon.

Amoretti is having another giveaway!

This time, it features sea salt and an antique silver urn, as well as a Skirty!

Laughter

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
- e e cummings

'How to make Yorkshire pudding

Ok, this is not an endorsement, because I haven't tried it, but my "how to of the day" widget displayed the link this morning and I didn't want to misplace it.

Quote of the moment...

In politics, absurdity is not a handicap.
- Napoleon Bonaparte

That explains a lot about our current political situation. Politicians do something ridiculous, and we all go, "Hmmmmm...." and stretch our minds to figure out how it could somehow be ok or mean something completely different. Either way they've got our attention.

Amoretti Giveaway!

You can visit Bekah Merkle's new blog and enter to win a Skirty and some snazzy bookplates too!

So what are you reading?

I'm reading The Penguin Complete Father Brown, and I'm really sad that I'm 7/8ths through! I wish it was much bigger. :-)

Nathan's newest accomplishment...

is switching things from hand to hand! So far he only seems to switch from left to right, so we're wondering if that means he is right handed. I guess we'll just have to wait and see!

quotes

"Try to learn something about everything and everything about something."
- Thomas H. Huxley

"You probably wouldn't worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do."
- Olin Miller

I've got three quotes daily on my homepage, and I liked these two today.