A Different Street

by Satchel Pooch

Archive for October, 2007

One of the things I enjoy about my job is that I learn new things, and visit corners of the Internet I never knew existed. (Conversely, one of the things I dislike about my job is that I learn things I didn’t want to know, and see things I’d rather not see, in dark [...]

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Digital immigrants, digital natives

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

The pastor of the church I’m currently dating came up with this quite elegant construction, in the context of trying to re-imagine church for the upcoming generation (do they have a name yet?). Basically, it describes the divide between those of us who adopted technology later in life, and those for whom it’s been [...]

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I have a theory.

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

My theory, by An(n) Elk. (Ahem!)
Halloween is a holiday for extroverts. Introverts, well, we just suffer through it.

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Working it at work/online

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

I’m a stay-at-home parent and school volunteer, but I also have a ten-hours-a-week telecommuting job for a large search engine company. They pay me to evaluate whether particular search results are relevant or not. It doesn’t do much for my feelings of alienation (I don’t believe I have ever spoken, even on the [...]

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We like to read

Saturday, October 27th, 2007

God knows I’ve screwed up in raising my kids about every way there is to screw up. But if there’s one thing I’m proud of, it’s that I’ve got two readers. They both read for pleasure, and at far above their grade level.
This might be partly due to the fact that we have [...]

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On conflict and inclusivity

Friday, October 26th, 2007

From Pastor Dan at Street Prophets, some thoughts about the difficulties Barack Obama’s campaign experienced after they invited gospel singer and anti-gay activist Donnie McClurkin to sing at a fundraising concert. Obama’s desire to have a “big tent,” where people with different beliefs are all welcome, has a precedent in history:
It’s also worth remembering [...]

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Mine! Mine! Mine!

Friday, October 26th, 2007

I can completely relate to Stacey’s frustration with her hymnal. She writes:
This week I’m preaching about something along the lines of being genuine in our thanksgiving to God, rather than just using praise as yet another way to favorably compare ourselves with others and try to claim ownership of God. I wish for hymns [...]

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Old dog, dancing

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

Tucker the Wonder Dog is getting old now, and his outings of necessity grow shorter and shorter, some days only as long as it takes to unship his bladder. Today, though, was a stunning fall day, rainwashed and clear, and he and I took the kids to the corn maze.
For the first time ever, [...]

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Overheard at the middle school

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

Girl 1:  … No, emo is when you cut your wrists.  (gestures expressively)
Girl 2:  Cool!!

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Sing to the Lord a new song, Part 2

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.
Part 1 here.

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