The Story of Mel, by Ed Nather. Real Programmers write in FORTRAN. Maybe they do now, in this decadent era of Lite beer, hand calculators, and “user-friendly” software but back in the Good Old Days, when the term “software” sounded funny and Real Computers were made out of drums and vacuum tubes, Real Programmers wrote … Continue reading The Real Programmer.
Month: September 2015
The pool is getting too shallow.
A couple of comments here. Health professionals are a diverse lot, ranging from the ultra-bright to the ultra-caring. The caring are generally not the same people as the bright. Lumping them together does not work American college students should have a mean IQ one standard deviation above the mean. In the rest of the world, … Continue reading The pool is getting too shallow.
He must judge — in self-defence [Matthew 7]
Why do I say we must judge? Why do we need to discern? Can we not just tolerate all types of theology, worship any God, for we are all going to be saved? No, because thoughts matter. What I have described above is Universalism: that all will be saved regardless of our actions: that atonement … Continue reading He must judge — in self-defence [Matthew 7]
Pithy. True. Quotage.
Brevity is part of rhetoric. Some of the utter rubbish that passes for academic inquiry these days should embarrass every theologian. #WhatPointTotalIrrelevancyButToBeIrrelevant And Rhetoric is what you have to argue with now, for postmodernists have decided facts are inconvenient because narrative. Just when you think the Useless Nations can't get anymore retarded, they floor it … Continue reading Pithy. True. Quotage.
Dalrock for the Ladies.
Women, divorce is common. Tearing down your husband is the beginning of contempt, and contempt kills love. My wife explained that no, she couldn’t see their crosses because she was behind them, but that their extended discussion tearing down their husbands with a litany of petty grievances gave them away. She urged them to repent … Continue reading Dalrock for the Ladies.
Recall our priorities [I Cor 7]
These passages challenge me. For divorced I am: and the way it is written is intersting. That the wife is bound to the husband. Paul was aware of the tendency to go full EPL, and destroy marriages as they seek holiness. Consider the role of the young woman: she is to soeek to be be … Continue reading Recall our priorities [I Cor 7]
The death of the narrative.
One of the bands that existed when I was a kid, and played in a now demolished pub (the Gluepot, of Ponsony) had a hit that is covered here. No, it is not written in England though it is about Liverpool: Graham Brazier, who was a first-generation New Zealander, died this month. Another one of … Continue reading The death of the narrative.
The Kingdom comes as sure as spring in the Antipodes [Mt 6].
We spend much of our time worrying. About work, about our children, about our nation: we are men and women of conscience. We are aware that overwhelming worry is both a sin and a diagnosis. But we wade in. Lord, do we wade in. To the trivia of this time. See wading into “climate change” … Continue reading The Kingdom comes as sure as spring in the Antipodes [Mt 6].
It is a fearful thing to provoke the hand of the living God. [II Kings 12]
One of the nicknames for New Zealand is Godzone, for the nation merges two Peoples: the English (and Scots) of the British Empire who colonized the land, and the Maori, who had been converted by the Anglican and Catholic Missionaries before the treaty, stopping three decades of genocidal tribal warfare. When American was founded the … Continue reading It is a fearful thing to provoke the hand of the living God. [II Kings 12]
Let us repent from setting up families to fail [Mt 6. I Cor 7]
On the table at present is an Aussie book, Aussies are fun. They are incredibly politically correct, and the SJW memes are strong in them, but they are also honest. And in the paperback forward there is ac omment about a husband trying to help his wife deal with returning to work. The Author was … Continue reading Let us repent from setting up families to fail [Mt 6. I Cor 7]