It is so tempting to take these passages and apply them to the daily news. The stench of the corruption in England, Europe and America is felt even in New Zealand. For we fear their bureaux. Over the weekend, son one did a long shift at a local pharmaceutical firm. It specialises in stage II/III … Continue reading Babylon will hate us, for we will not fall [Rev 14]
Month: October 2016
Charity after failing others [I Cor 13]
This is the day after the final oral exam for Year V at the Medical School. For the non Commonwealth people, medical school here starts after an open first year: people are then selected for two years of early learning (ELM), two years of advanced learning (what was called "preclinical" and "clinical" in my day). … Continue reading Charity after failing others [I Cor 13]
The white man’s burden Kipple remains.
The Democrats are not only corrupt but craven. The White Man's Burden TAKE up the White Man's burden - Send forth the best ye breed - Go bind your sons to exile To serve your captives' need; To wait in heavy harness On fluttered folk and wild - Your new-caught sullen peoples, Half devil and … Continue reading The white man’s burden Kipple remains.
Do not worship your bank account [Rev 13]
I think, since the issues of Chuck Missler and other people who teach eschatology came up yesterday (Ravi Zacharias is another example) I should make my approach here explicit. I don't know what these event refer to. I have read too many books. I am now confused: all of the books sound good, and all … Continue reading Do not worship your bank account [Rev 13]
beauty obsolete modern poetry
This is E. E. Cummings, and as such modern poetry. Which is far too beautiful for a post modern time. Over the years, he has been judged irritating, pretentious, foolish, or simply illiterate. One review in 1932 called his poetry “an intolerable annoyance”; another from 1928 found only the “puerile imbecilities of pseudo-sophisticates”. And it … Continue reading beauty obsolete modern poetry
Scrapbook 2
Some lifehacking experiments I'm starting. I have taken off my fitbit tracker. Measuring steps is too easy a proxy measure and I think I have done enough if I've walked 8 km or so. More important is getting a decent run or metcon every day, and noting my lifting and weight. Coming home for lunch. … Continue reading Scrapbook 2
Do not fear your eschatology [Rev 13]
When I first read Revelations I was also reading Hal Lindsay. It scared the living daylights out of me. One of the reasons I have avoided reading or blogging this is because the images of the beast should frighten. The Beast is a chimera. It is made up of many parts. It is from the … Continue reading Do not fear your eschatology [Rev 13]
A 101 year old war poem.
Robert Graves is known more for his novels and later poetry, but he started as a war poet. 1915 I’ve watched the Seasons passing slow, so slow, In the fields between La Bassée and Bethune; Primroses and the first warm day of Spring, Red poppy floods of June, August, and yellowing Autumn, so To Winter … Continue reading A 101 year old war poem.
Poor intelligence is associated with suicide.
A correlation is not causation, but this paper (read when screening for a systematic analysis, and rejected from same because of the study design) this is a data matching study that looks at intelligence tests done on conscripts to the army and then matching with suicide using national health data sets. Relatively challenging to do … Continue reading Poor intelligence is associated with suicide.
The Dragon and the Woman explained? [Rev 12]
The lectionary takes one through Revelations once a year. I have avoided it. I find parts of it difficult to understand, and though I have read commentaries, I have concerns. THeir models are too definite, and that reminds me of the Pharisees: They yearned for a Messiah and still do, but the Messiah came, did … Continue reading The Dragon and the Woman explained? [Rev 12]