Although I have no know blood relation to Ransom E. Olds, the inventor of the Oldsmobile, we have a very significant connection. On August 26, 1950, exactly 30 years before I entered this world, R.E. Olds left this life.
crazy.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Read, Riting, Rithmatic
Could someone please explain to me HOW I made it through four years of college in a writing based major (Humanities) and a Masters program (80 page thesis) when I am a terrible writer?
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Maybe I Didn't Want to know
A friend of mine had this ADD/ADHD test on his blog. I have always wondered if I had ADD, my mom has even questioned if I had ADD. So I thought it would be funny to find out what this test had to say.
Maybe I didn't really want to know........
Monday, August 18, 2008
The Benefits of Work
As many of you may know I am not particularly thrilled with my job, but even with all the drawbacks it does have a few benefits. One of which is learning fascinating yet completely useless information.
As part of my job I search the internet for new news on rare books and the auction world. Sometimes my research brings up very fascinating information that is completely irrelevant to the topic I am searching. Finding cool information (like this) is definitely one of the highlights of my day.
As part of my job I search the internet for new news on rare books and the auction world. Sometimes my research brings up very fascinating information that is completely irrelevant to the topic I am searching. Finding cool information (like this) is definitely one of the highlights of my day.
Friday, August 15, 2008
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Swearing & Cursing - What it means to cuss
Living in New York I think I have heard more swearing than I ever heard before in my entire life. Words generally associated with immature hoodlums, vagrents, and sailors are used in daily speech by educated, and otherwise refined men and women. Rather than becoming numb and immune to the harsh language I have become increasingly sensitive. Words I used to find just offensive now cut me to the core. Especially the taking of the Lord's name in vain. This change in me has caused me to ponder and wonder at the nature of these words and what they really mean.
I always wondered what taking the Lords name in vain meant. What did it mean to take something in vain? It didn't make sense to me that to take something in vain meant to use it as a swear word. A few years ago I was listening to Dr. Laura and she made a comment that really resonated with me. She said in essence, that that taking the Lord's name in vain was not using his name as a swearword, but rather not living up to the covenant you make to take his name upon you, to stand as a representative of him at all times, in all things, and all places. This was the truest answer I had ever heard. But then it made me think, how did using the Lord's name as an exclaimation, a curse, come to be accepted as the meaning of taking the Lords name in vain?
Sitting in my office, hearing the Lord's name exclaimed several time a minute, I came to realize why hearing His name used so flippantly, so negatively, hurt me so much. That single word, that precious name, is simplest form of prayer. When we use his name so flippantly we are disregarding, discrediting, and disrespecting one of the most precious gifts given to us as human beings, as children of God.
I always wondered what taking the Lords name in vain meant. What did it mean to take something in vain? It didn't make sense to me that to take something in vain meant to use it as a swear word. A few years ago I was listening to Dr. Laura and she made a comment that really resonated with me. She said in essence, that that taking the Lord's name in vain was not using his name as a swearword, but rather not living up to the covenant you make to take his name upon you, to stand as a representative of him at all times, in all things, and all places. This was the truest answer I had ever heard. But then it made me think, how did using the Lord's name as an exclaimation, a curse, come to be accepted as the meaning of taking the Lords name in vain?
Sitting in my office, hearing the Lord's name exclaimed several time a minute, I came to realize why hearing His name used so flippantly, so negatively, hurt me so much. That single word, that precious name, is simplest form of prayer. When we use his name so flippantly we are disregarding, discrediting, and disrespecting one of the most precious gifts given to us as human beings, as children of God.
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