The last two months has been incredibly hectic and I have had little time to blog, as you all have no doubt noticed. A few highlights of the last two months that I hope to post about (and I even have a draft or two started) but may not get […]
Monthly Archives: May 2009
16 posts
Last year the Wall Street Journal challenged ten presidents of US colleges and universities to answer one essay question (which WSJ selected) from the president’s institution’s application. This story has discusses the process and the results and includes some very good consideration about writing such essays. The exercise showed just […]
Still no real updates here this time I am not overworked, just getting a much needed break! I am with the family at Rehoboth Beach and we had a wonderful day. (Just mildly sun-broiled.) Here is a sample pic from the day; feel free to see a few more at […]
Andy Crouch just recommend this story and it is indeed worth a quick read (it is rather short). One of my favorite and most memorable courses as an undergraduate at Cornell was with Prof. Brian Tierney on St. Francis. It was the last course he taught before retiring and was […]
I have been incredibly busy the last few weeks with end of semester, travel, graduation, and travel, thus very few posts aside from comics and, now, a video. Penn State put together this great time lapse film. Enjoy! I hope to write more this weekend. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_sEYWTuz7s&feature=player_embedded
Interestingly enough Jesus does not twitter, at least not under his own name (the LORD does, however).
Not my favorite comic although I read it a lot as a kid. Heathcliff paved the way for Garfield and is still a far more cat-like cat. This one made me think about how much more interesting confession would be if the priest did required evidence of your sins.
What an honor. ((To clarify, I do consider it an honor. Seriously. No sarcasm at all. It is a great school and they need a great leader. Perhaps later I will do another post on what kind of leader I think they should seek out.)) Today I received a letter […]