‘Captain’ Daryl Dragon dies with Tennille at his side - CNN
The only song of theirs that I remember is Love Will Keep Us Together.
Another holiday vacation has come to an end. I did not cross off all the items on my to-do list, but that is a bit of the point. Instead were spontaneous movies and trips to Starbucks. I did finish reading two books and start and finish a third. We had great weather, although warmer than usual for this time of the year, and no snow. Right now we don’t know when is the next possibility for significant snow fall. In the end, it has been a good time and now I am ready for 2019. I wonder what is in store?
Why is New Kids On The Block allowed to keep using that name for their band? More like Old Men On The Porch.
The Yooper GLi championship begins. Let’s Go Tech!
Smurfs slayed. Michigan Tech plays in the championship game tomorrow.
We have come to another Great Lakes Invitational hockey tournament. This year Michigan Tech plays the University of Michigan first.
Andrew Sullivan:
And so we’re mistaken if we believe that the collapse of Christianity in America has led to a decline in religion. It has merely led to religious impulses being expressed by political cults.
These College Football semi final games are awful. We saw better games yesterday.
Rethinking Religion Finding a Place for Religion in a Modern, Tolerant, Progressive, Peaceful and Science-affirming World by Barbara O’Brien.
This book is a proposal to rethink religion so that our definitions are both more accurate and more inclusive of the variety of religious experience around the world. It also is an argument that there is a way to be religious and modern, open minded, progressive, appreciative of science, tolerant, and a peaceful global citizen of the 21st century.
From wild man to wise man: reflections on male spirituality by Richard Rohr.
The book, From Wild Man to Wise Man: Reflections on Male Spirituality, was revised in 2005. For this new work, Richard shortened almost every chapter, changed some chapters significantly and dropped seven chapters from the previous edition. He added three chapters that discuss John the Baptist, Paul and grief. The former afterword has become a very different chapter two, “Is There Such a Thing as Masculine Spirituality?”
New York Times, The Year In Pictures 2018
Today we had 55 degree weather, tomorrow’s high is forecasted to be 34 degrees. Love living in Michigan.
Why It’s Almost Impossible to Skip a Stone 89 Times - WIRED
Everything you ever wanted to know about skipping a rock on water.
Joe Pinsker,
Every day, as Americans dry their hands, soak up their spills, and wipe their counters, they are—whether they know it or not—contributing to their country’s dominance.
Source: Americans Are Weirdly Obsessed With Paper Towels - The Atlantic
USA Today Network in 2016 started categorizing its content by topic and tone, and scoring it based on the emotions it’s believed to most evoke.
Source: Project Feels: How USA Today, ESPN and The New York Times are targeting ads to mood - Digiday
I think part of the reason why Russia’s influence on the 2016 Presidential election was so effective is the conditioning we have had through the emotional manipulation of advertising. Mindless sharing on social networks is the purest form of that emotional manipulation because we tend to trust our friends without question.
Reading white text on a black background messes with my eyes.
Why Do Jews Eat Chinese Food On Christmas? – The Forward
Relatively early in to our marriage, my wife and I enjoyed a Christmas dinner at a Chinese restaurant. I imagine today those dining at a Chinese restaurant on Christmas Day are a mix of religions and nones.
My last bottle of KBS 2018
