Friends-family: Must have( 2xl :( ):

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...I solemnly promise I won't wear it to work on Fridays and will always wear my cardigan over it.

Stanislaw Lem - His Master's Voice (or when snails meet)

Very philosophic. Worthwhile for the portrayal of how cold-war politics impacted science, the shallowness of science-fiction in the 50s and 60s, and prescient-forward looking to the skepticism of intelligent-design.

I enjoyed it for its characterizations of Baloyne, Rappaport, and the protaganist-narrator Hogarth. The first, Baloyne is the director of the project. He's outsized in everything. Oblique in direct conversation-people never quite no where he stands - which appears to make him friends with everyone (particularly those in power). Rappaport is a holocaust survivor - he has the objectivity early on to realize that nothing may come of the project. Hogarth is a great "existential puritan" he has ideals which he carries into and out of the project - who manages, show how to keep a endearinglevel of but may leave you with a sense of despair. He sums up his experience near the end of the book -- that the human condition is one where he feels we're snails on separate leaves.

This was an interesting article. The distortions of space (micro/macroscopy in article-- micropsia, macropsia, elsewhere) is something I have experience from time-to-time - but-, I attributed to insomnia.


http://migraine.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/curioser-and-curiouser/

OneNote 2010 Tutorial!

http://www.lynda.com/OneNote-2010-tutorials/essential-training/65716-2.html

Recommend: Quo Vadis

Great book. This has aged well and is worth the time:

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Isaiah 53 (ESV)

Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned -every one- to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth. By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living, stricken for the transgression of my people? And they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth. Yet it was the will of the LORD to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities. Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors.
Mnemonic W h b w h h h f u? A t w h t a o t L b r? F h g u b h l a y p, a l a r o o d g; h h n f o m t w s l a h, a n b t w s d h. H w d a r b m; a m o s, a a w g; a a o f w m h t f h w d, a w e h n. S h h b o g a c o s; y w e h s, s b G, a a. B h w p f o t; h w c f o i; u h w t c t b u p, a w h w w a h. A w l s h g a; w h t-e o-t h o w; a t L h l o h t i o u a. H w o, a h w a, y h o n h m; l a l t i l t t s, a l a s t b i s i s, s h o n h m. B o a j h w t a; a a f h g, w c t h w c o o o t l o t l, s f t t o m p? A t m h g w t w a w a r m i h d, a h h d n v, a t w n d i h m. Y i w t w o t L t c h; h h p h t g; w h s m a o f g, h s s h o; h s p h d; t w o t L s p i h h. O o t a o h s h s s a b s; b h k s t r o, m s, m m t b a r, a h s b t i. T I w d h a p w t m, a h s d t s w t s, b h p o h s t d a w n w t t; y h b t s o m, a m i f t t.

Machiavelli: A Biography By Miles J. Unger

Excellent. The history behind the philosophy. This fills the background well and brings a much needed appreciation for Machiavelli as more a commentator on his times (and a patriot) versus the evil, amoral manipulator.

Now I have to learn Italian.

George Eliot by Jenny Uglow

Any book by Jenny Uglow is well worthwhile. They spur me on in learning about history & works of authors I've neglected. I'm finding I'm turning the pages of 'George Eliot' side-by-side with pages of Wikipedia, & Open Library's "Mill on the Floss". Strong, courageous, complex characters require close study. From what I've read so far this delivers. Now what can I find about the 1st reform bill? Fuerbach? Early feminists?

The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

/ETCF.019 CREATION

Summary 1. Everything in time and space has a beginning. 2. Something cannot come from nothing. Nothing cannot do anything. 3. If ever there was nothing, then nothing could exist now. 4. Something exists now; therefore something must exist that has no beginning. 5. Things cannot create themselves because they would have to be before they are. 6. If some “part” of the universe is uncreated, then it is superior or transcendent to the parts that have a beginning. 7. An uncreated being is supreme (a higher order of being than created beings), regardless of where it lives. 8. Transcendence refers to a level of being, not to geography. Gen1;Psa33.1-9;Psa104.24-26;Jer10.1-16;Heb11.3;

/ETCF.018. THE JUSTICE OF GOD

Summary 1. Justice is giving what is due. 2. Biblical justice is linked to righteousness, to doing what is right. 3. Injustice is outside the category of justice and is a violation of justice. Mercy is also outside the category of justice but is not a violation of justice.



Gen18.25;Exo34.6-7;Neh9.32-33;Psa145.17;Rom9.14-33;

Good Read: No Little People by Francis A. Schaeffer

Good Read: Escape from Reason by Francis Schaeffer

/ETCF.016. THE HOLINESS OF GOD

Summary 1. Holiness has two distinct meanings: (1) “otherness” or being “set apart” and (2) “pure and righteous actions.” 2. We are called to be holy—to reflect God’s righteousness and purity. Ex.3:1-6;1Sa2:2;Psa99:1-9;Isa6:1-13;Rev4:1-11;

/ETCF.015. THE OMNISCIENCE OF GOD

Summary 1. Omniscience means “all knowledge.” 2. Only an infinite Being can possess infinite knowledge. 3. God has a higher degree of knowledge than His creatures, but it is of the same logical order. 4. To attribute a different kind of logic to God is fatal to Christianity. 5. God’s omniscience is grounded in His infinity and His omnipotence. 6. God’s omniscience is crucial to His role as the Judge of the world. Psalm 147:5;Ezekiel 11:5;Acts 15:18;Romans 11:33-36;Hebrews 4:13;

/ETCF.014 THE OMNIPRESENCE OF GOD

1. Only an infinite Spirit can be omnipresent. 2. God is not bound by time or space. His Being transcends time and space. 3. God’s omnipresence includes His immensity by which He is able to be present in His fullness at all times and in all places. 4. God’s omnipresence is a comfort to the believer and a terror to the unbeliever.
1 Kings 8:27;Job 11:7-9;Jeremiah 23:23-24;Acts 17:22-31;

/ETCF.013 THE OMNIPOTENCE OF GOD

1. Omnipotence does not mean that God can do anything. He cannot act against His nature. 2. Omnipotence refers to God’s sovereign power, authority, and control over the created order. 3. Omnipotence, though a threat to the wicked, is a source of comfort to the believer. 4. The same power God exhibited in creation is displayed in our redemption. 5. Nothing in the universe can thwart or frustrate God’s plans.

Genesis17.1;Psalm115.3;Romans11.36;Ephesians1.11;Hebrews1.3;

Puritan reads...

'The Mystery of Providence' by John Flavel ~ epub html SAMPLE Now my business here is not so much to deal with professed atheists who deny the existence of God and consequently deride all evidences brought from Scripture of the extraordinary events that fall out in favour of that people that are called His, but rather to convince those that professedly own all this, yet, never having tasted religion by experience, suspect, at least, that all these things which we call special providences to the saints, are but natural events or mere contingencies. Thus, while they profess to own a God and a Providence (which profession is but the effect of their education) they do in the meantime live like atheists, and both think and act as if there were no such things; and really, I fear this is the case with the greater part of the men of this generation. 'Complete John Bunyan' ~ epub html SAMPLE “Then I saw in my dream that the Interpreter took Christian by the hand and led him into a place where there was a fire burning against a wall. There was one standing by it who was always throwing water on it to put it out. Even so the fire burned higher and hotter.” “‘This fire is the work of grace that is done in the heart. The one who throws water on it to extinguish it is the devil. But you also see the reason the fire continues to burn higher and hotter.’ So he took him around to the back of the wall, where he saw a man with a bottle of oil in his hand. He was secretly and continuously throwing this oil into the fire.’”

Good History read...

Lunar Men ...this is an excellent book. It gives a feeling for the general excitement felt for science and discovery from this period.

/Good Read ~ My Friend Flicka

Melanie and I are reading this ~ very good ~ http://bit.ly/MTBee_ESI_Google_Books_My_Friend_Flicka Author remembers well what it is like to be young. She has an amazing ability to capture what it feels - smells, like and even the way you think as a kid. Example: "He knew how to do it. To get into another world..."

/ETCF.011.THE TRIUNITY OF GOD

From: Essential Truths of the Christian Faith ~ R.C. Sproul

Summary

1. The doctrine of the Trinity affirms the triunity of God.

2. The doctrine of the Trinity is not a contradiction: God is one
 in essence and three in person.

3. The Bible affirms both the oneness of God and the deity of 
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

4. The Trinity is distinguished by the work assumed by the Father,
 Son, and Holy Spirit.

5. The doctrine of the Trinity sets the limits of human 
speculation about the nature of God.

Biblical passages for reflection:

Deu6.4;Mat3.16-17;Mat28.19;2Co13.14;1Pe1.2;

Halley's Bible Handbook ~ Notable Sayings About the Bible...

http://bit.ly/MTBee_Googlebooks_HBSH_Notable_Sayings

Billy Graham: We have in our generation people who question if the Bible is the Word of God. From beginning to end, the Bible is God’s Word, inspired by the Holy Spirit. When I turn to the Bible, I know that I am reading truth. And I turn to it every day.-

/ETCF 007 The Canon of Scripture

    http://bit.ly/MTBee_Googlebooks_HBSHB_Apocrypha http://bit.ly/MTBee_Googlebooks_HBSHB_Notable_Sayings (about the Bible)

/ETCF 006 The Prophets of God

   

Read most of 'The Book of Wonder'...

Review on Googlebooks

/ETCF-004 SPECIAL REVELATION AND THE BIBLE

Biblical Passages for Reflection: I liked this study. Wish it could have been longer in making it's points. For some reason, I think because God is not only author of the Bible -- but, superintends our life in total--this reminded me of this passage from 'Mere Christianity': ...When the Author walks on to the stage the play is over

Netflix recommendations:

...this was really fascinating -- it's a two-fer. It describes their temple architecture and art from the 15th century. Same time as Renaissance -- many similarities in approach -- but, because of the remoteness and the culture -- these have been pretty much unknown to us in the West (until now).

...very good. Details about his early hard work and his breakthroughs in Paris. Fascination with color theory and simplicity (from Japanese). Also, personal details of which I'd been unaware...

...I came across this in morning 'Stumbleupon'...I looked up the facts on Roosevelt. This actually happened...

/ETCF~3 IMMEDIATE ~ MEDIATE ~ GENERAL REVELATION

Psa19.1-14;Act14.8-18;Act17.16-34;Rom1.18-23;Rom2.14-15; Add to your Google ~ Calendar(I've mine set to repeat yearly):

Shround of Turin

/FV2012 ~ week1

Isaiah 40:8 The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever. Isaiah 40:8

http://www.fighterverses.com/set-2-core-esv/week-1/

/ETCF_002_MYSTERY_PARADOX_AND_CONTRADICTION

Note: You can ignore the 'tinyurl' link in the 'where' of the calendar item. If you add to your own calendar - I'd recommend making it recur 'yearly' on this/these dates. Text ~ http://bit.ly/MTBEE_ESI_BSTUDY_ETCF_002 Scriptures~Mat13.11;Mat16.25;Rom16.25-27;1Co2.7;1Co14.33;~ http://bit.ly/MTBee_ESI_BStudy_ETCF_002_BPFR

Gen18-20;Ps7;Mat4:1-11;Act4:23-37;

Gen9-11;Ps4;Mat2:13-23;Act2:22-47;

TMS Proclaim Christ ~ NIV

All Have Sinned	Romans 3:23	Isaiah 53:6
Sin's Penalty	Romans 6:23	Hebrews 9:27
Christ Paid the Penalty	Romans 5:8	1 Peter 3:18
Salvation Not by Works	Ephesians 2:8,9	Titus 3:5
Must Receive Christ	John 1:12	Revelation 3:20
Assurance	1 John 5:13	John 5:24

Topical Memory System Calendar

Twenty-thousand Leagues Under the Sea ~ Librivox recordings

https://www.box.net/shared/7yve2btrd54qxxntbkxh (sample use)

ICAL LINK: https://www.google.com/calendar/ical/nhsbe8ntcac7edaelur5nnt7n8%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics Recordings page:
http://librivox.org/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-sea-by-jules-verne/