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Author Archives: Steven Dalager
Hawaii’s Not Bad
We’ve been here two days. We’ve done the beach. We’ve done Pearl Harbor. We sat around and read on our balcony. Maritha doesn’t seem to be too anxious to get going for the Majuro (we leave early Wednesday). Life is … Continue reading
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We’re headed for the Marshall Islands
Where are they? Go to Hawaii. Keep going. If you get to the Phillipines, you’ve gone too far. Why are we going? Our adopted daughter, Maritha, lived there with her family until she was 9 years old. She’s now 16. … Continue reading
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Deathly Hallows Anyone?
True story.� My seventeen-year-old daughter couldn’t wait for our pre-ordered copy from Amazon on Saturday.� She bought one just after Midnight early Saturday morning, came home and had it ready by 8:17 a.m.� She was possibly the first to finish … Continue reading
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The time for the Man Purse has arrived
I was sitting at a meeting and my wallet was driving me crazy.� I was supposed to be thinking about student internships, but all I could think was, “This danged wallet is weighing me down.� I can’t take�it another�minute.”� I’ve … Continue reading
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The Book
Sorry if you’ve seen this, but here’s a little video that’s worth following a link to: http://www.devilducky.com/media/57946
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Listening to my death rattle
Thursday morning I was sort of in and out of sleep�and there was this rattle.� When I finally attempted to move, a delicate balance was disturbed.� My�bloody lungs�tried to expell something – maybe�Sigourney Weaver’s nightmare.� It hurt badly, and I … Continue reading
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Blogging Matters
My friend David recently reminded me that blogging matters.� He wrote, “Dude”�write, or post some pictures or something”�geez.”� This reminded me that, as a blogger, I have civic responsibilities.� People out there are depending on us to tell the truth, … Continue reading
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Things I do when I should be grading essays
I’ve got 70 essays to grade.� To make matters worse, it’s Saturday, and I promised my students I’d have them done by Tuesday.��If I’d done what I’d originally planned – graded 10 every day starting Tuesday – I’d have 30 … Continue reading
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Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time
Theology isn’t normally on my reading list, but David Carlson recommended�Marcus Borg�to me after we’d discussed the role of creeds in mainline denominations one night (referenced by Borg in his discussion of the Council of Nicea). To summarize, Meeting Jesus … Continue reading
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Kipple and Human Development
“Kipple drives out nonkipple.”? –J.R. Isadore in Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep I was recently admiring baby Juniper along with Susan and Theresa at LSC. Juniper’s mom, Amy Jo, had her along on a baby-goes-to-work day. … Continue reading
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