What In Tarnation?!?!?

The Ethics and Religious Liberty Committee (ERLC) (an agency of the Southern Baptist Convention), headed by Dr. Richard Land, has started a new Web 2.0 website called Josiah Road. The idea is to create an online community to discuss ethical issues. The website does this using several different “Web 2.0″ technologies. There is a blog but right now there are only two posts. The site also includes wiki about ethical issues that users can add information to. Another section of the website allows users to post about a social topic or cultural issue, other users can vote on the issue to promote it to the front page. Finally there are also a set of forums that users can discuss the issues more in depth. What I found most of interest within the forums were sections specifically devoted to state ethical issues. I wasn’t surprised in the least to discover that Missouri is the most active forum there with posts about stem cell research, gambling, and churches who have discussions of theology in breweries (I don’t think that issue will ever get old). I personally am looking forward to the first post about the lawsuit against the break away agencies in Missouri. I even considered starting one myself to see if I could get anyone to bite but decided not to.

Right now there aren’t a whole lot of active users on the site so there isn’t a whole lot of content but I think there is potential for this site to be quite interesting. Or it could de-evolve into the same old discussions that seemingly go on without end. I think I will be checking in occasionally to see how it is going. May even post every now and then.

Oh, and just because the site was created by an agency of the SBC, doesn’t mean you have to be an SBCer to join and discuss.

Let me know if you join and what you think of the site in the comments.

Class dismissed!

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Now playing: Sonny Rhodes - Firefly Main Theme “The Ballad of Serenity”
via FoxyTunes

Another public service announcement from WIT!

Don’t watch the following fun little video. It is difficult to get the song out of your head, once in.

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It is the song from the new iPod Nano commercial. Fun video, catchy song.

Class dismissed!

Fall is quickly coming upon us and I for one can’t wait. With the colder temperatures come the new fall TV season. As is the tradition around here, here are the shows that I am looking forward to. I am evidently no longer the demographic that the TV because the list of shows that I think I might be interested in seems to be down this year. This is probably a good thing.

Monday

•  7:00 pm: Chuck (NBC) - Thanks to my TiVo and Amazon Unbox, I have already seen the pilot episode of Chuck. I really enjoyed its sense of humor.
• 8:00 pm: Heroes (NBC)
• 9:00 pm: Journeyman (NBC)

Tuesday

• 8:00 pm: The Reaper (The CW)
• 9:00 pm: Boston Legal (ABC)

Wednesday

• 7:00 pm: Kid Nation (CBS)
• 7:00 pm: Back to You (Fox)
• 8:00 pm: Bionic Woman (NBC) - I have also seen the first episode of BW. Not as good as I expected it to be but I enjoyed seeing Battlestar Galactica alumni. I will give this a couple of weeks.
• 8:00 pm: Kitchen Nightmares (Fox)

Thursday

• 8:00 pm: The Office (NBC)

Friday

• None

Saturday

•  None

Sunday

• None

Wow, slim pickin’s! I wish that Wednesday night would share the love. After viewing tonight’s premiere of Prison Break, I have to say that my interest isn’t very high. It should have ended last season.

I used the recent TV guide for days and times because the schedule listed on EW.com is a little different but I think the the TV Guide and Yahoo is correct.

How do the networks do with me this season:

ABC: 1
CBS:  1
NBC: 5
Fox: 2
The CW:  1

Class dismissed!

My To-Do-List is out of hand. I think I understand a little of what Heracles went through on his second task fighting the Hydra. The Hydra was a particularly nasty little monster. Heracles valiantly fought the Hydra. In an effort to dismember the Hydra, Heracles would cut off one of its heads. Good idea except when he did, two more heads would spring up to replace the fallen head. When Heracles finally found a way to chop off the heads without others appearing, wouldn’t you know, the last head was immortal. I hate when that happens.

My To-Do-List is evidently the distant cousin of Heracles’ Hydra. Every time I complete and mark off a task, two POP up to replace the one task. It will be my luck that the last task on the list is immortal. I have even stopped mentioning to others when I complete a task because when I do they seem to take that as an invitation to replace the finished task. “Oh really? Well, I am having this issue….” Spring! A new task. Joy!

A reader may be asking why I am writing in my blog rather than working on this supposedly horrendous to-do list. Fair question. It is because I am avoiding my to-do list. Let me break it down Dwight Schrute style:

FACT: When a task is completed two or more tasks replace the original.

FACT: Each time a task is finished the list actually grows rather than shrinking.

QUESTION: Why would a person continue to complete tasks if the list gets bigger rather than smaller?

FACT: The list continues to grow even when tasks aren’t being completed but at a much slower pace.

CONCLUSION: Stop completing tasks idiot.

FACT: Bears eat beats. Bears, beats, Battlestar Galactica.

So here I sit, not completing items on my to-do list.

Wait a tick here! Completing a blog post was on my to-do list! Dang it. Better not check my e-mail to see was two requests are going to replace this one.

Class dismissed!

PS - I do have one slightly used to-do list that I am going to sell to the highest bidder. Bidding may begin in the comments…. NOW!

…but I got some nice pictures to share with you. These were taken at Maramec Springs.

A few others are here.

Class dismissed!