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On Critique and the Writing Process. Why do I need a critique group? How should I structure my critique group? What makes a critique group work? How do I learn to give useful critique? Isn’t critique the same as criticism? What if I feel defensive or hurt during critique? How do I make the most of critique? Can I join Viva Scriva? If I can’t join Viva Scriva, how do I find or form a critique group? Can the Scrivas critique my manuscript? Why do I need a critique group? Third–COMMITMENT. The wri...Thanks ...
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CrossBrained: If Geeks Ruled the Universe
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One man's experiences, insights, and struggles in living an intellectual faith. Monday, August 24, 2009. If Geeks Ruled the Universe. After seeing this comic, I just had to put in a plug for xkcd. Sometimes. Off the charts geeky? Always. Blowing my mind with humor and/or that someone else thinks like this? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Rotating the (Pitching) Tires. Why Universal Health Care? If Geeks Ruled the Universe. View my complete profile.
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CrossBrained: Why Universal Health Care?
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One man's experiences, insights, and struggles in living an intellectual faith. Friday, August 28, 2009. Why Universal Health Care? I've raised this issue with friends in my church community, and I always seem to get the response that Universal Health Care is wrong. First, the secular reasons:. It's socialism. But. The cost is too high. But. The government shouldn't tell us who to see. But. This is a great explanation of the whole issue). And more health care myths are shot down. View my complete profile.
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CrossBrained: Indy or Junior?
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One man's experiences, insights, and struggles in living an intellectual faith. Monday, September 7, 2009. Near the end of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Indy faces three obstacles to get to the Holy Grail. The second one is "The Word of God", which turns out to be directions to step on specially marked out stones to spell out Jehovah. Step on the wrong one ( In Latin, Jehovah begins with an 'I'! And you plunge to your death. How do little children follow someone? How do they greet someone? Not with...
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CrossBrained: Scopes Redux
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One man's experiences, insights, and struggles in living an intellectual faith. Wednesday, August 26, 2009. So, apparently, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce wants to challenge global warming. The US. Chamber of Commerce, trying to ward off potentially sweeping federal emissions regulations, is pushing the Environmental Protection Agency to hold a rare public hearing on the scientific evidence for man-made climate change. My brain is exploding with reactions to this:. Do businesses affected by this expansion ...
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CrossBrained: Sin Stats
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One man's experiences, insights, and struggles in living an intellectual faith. Saturday, September 5, 2009. Wired Magazine has a fascinating article called American Vice: Mapping the 7 Deadly Sins. While the theologian in me wants to point out that all sin leads to death apart from the saving blood of Christ, and the statistician in me finds the graphs engrossing, the writer in me is drawn to comment on the choice of the statistic and how accurate it might be to measure the sin. What a clever way to mea...
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CrossBrained: September 2008
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One man's experiences, insights, and struggles in living an intellectual faith. Wednesday, September 3, 2008. Right World, Wrong View. Why is it that I spend so much of my time doing nothing of worth, and so little actually accomplishing something, especially something for his Kingdom? Jesus entered the city of Jerusalem, walked into the temple area, and thoroughly looked all around contemplating what He already knew. He observed all the facts before Him. Songs (My Finest Hour):. Is reporting that a "mon...
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CrossBrained: October 2008
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One man's experiences, insights, and struggles in living an intellectual faith. Tuesday, October 28, 2008. Once Upon a Time. We're all living a fairy tale life. Unfortunately for most of us, it's still early in the story. We're not home with our true family, but stuck with the evil stepmom. Day after day we spend in rags, being abused left and right. Deep down we know something's not right, but we accept it because we've known nothing else. You're done with that old life. It's like a filthy set of il...
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CrossBrained: April 2009
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One man's experiences, insights, and struggles in living an intellectual faith. Friday, April 10, 2009. Two Words that Blow My Mind. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia in length, and as wide and high as it is long. Revelation 21:2, 16. These are some LARGE buildings. Looking at it a different way. Say we peeled the entire earth like a...
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CrossBrained: February 2009
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One man's experiences, insights, and struggles in living an intellectual faith. Monday, February 23, 2009. Feb 15-22 in Review. Let's try this method. here are a few articles I ran across last week that I thought were worth commenting on:. I ran across this graph from this article. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Feb 15-22 in Review. Philosopher turned Christian, programmer and poet, devoted husband and dad, avid fan of sci-fi, puzzles, and baseball. View my complete profile.