tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46170271038927338312024-02-07T03:56:41.887-06:00What Mighty ContestsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4617027103892733831.post-86278573666342902172019-08-04T21:11:00.000-05:002019-08-04T21:13:00.090-05:00Directionally Challenged <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A trip to the gym, while potentially
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<span style="font-size: large;">Take rowing machines, for example. My
local YMCA has two of them, right next to each other. There is
the problem of which one to use – do I take the one that has a
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<span style="font-size: large;">On one particular visit, I successfully
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was planning on ending my time there
with a jog on the track, which is elevated and rings the fitness
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was a scene of mad disorder: three joggers, each defying the arrow-ordained direction by moving
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<span style="font-size: large;">I contemplated the situation. I could
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jog. No one was moving particularly fast (especially me), so I was
able to pass the others safely. Whenever I approached someone else, I
invited her to join me in orthodoxy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I did this by maintaining a pleasantly
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incorrect direction set by two elderly gentlemen, and the others had
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</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4617027103892733831.post-63024144105180871462017-10-24T15:23:00.000-05:002017-10-24T15:23:15.059-05:00Etymology<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4617027103892733831.post-45116267480301381192016-06-27T10:45:00.001-05:002016-06-27T10:50:38.689-05:00Support My Service Trip to Westeros <span lang=""><br />
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I'm not usually one to get involved in world affairs, but lately I've been feeling convicted to do so. The world has always been a dark place, but some places are even darker than others, and I've been looking into where I could best be a blessing to those in need. I did some research on the internet, and at last I determined where I should go.<br />
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And that's why I'm proud to announce my service trip to Westeros. I know people can get overwhelmed by long paragraphs of text, so I've decided to do the rest of this in FAQ form.<br />
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<strong>Q: Where is Westeros?</strong><br />
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A: I'm having trouble finding it on a map, but the "West" part makes me think it's somewhere in Europe, which is nice because I can follow up the service trip with a tour of Venice and Tuscany. <br />
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A: At first I thought about visiting the great country of Africa. It's a classic short-term service destination, where I could take photos with smiling orphans to put on my Instagram and my online dating profile.<br />
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I also thought about digging a well in Belize, but I worried about embarrassing myself because I didn't take Spanish in high school.<br />
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I've heard people talking about it for years, and there are tons of articles about it online -- sites like <i>The Atlantic</i>, <i>The New York Times</i>, <i>The Washington Post</i>, <i>Forbes</i>... you name it, they cover it, so it must be a really big deal.<br />
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A: As far as I know, I'm the first volunteer to take a service trip to Westeros, so I'll be working to develop it as a missions field. Specifically, I'll be interviewing people to see what they need most. Aloe? Winter coats? Ipecac?<br />
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My main goal, though, regards human narrative. A great man (Gandhi, perhaps?) said that one person's death is a tragedy, but one million is a statistic. That's exactly why no one is doing anything about Westeros. I tried to read the official account of how they got into this mess, but I was overwhelmed by all the names. <br />
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Because we feel more empathy when it's an individual, I'll be looking for that ideal story to share. I'll find the right person, and then I'll make sure they stay alive to tell their tale. <br />
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<strong>Q: How will you be funding the trip?</strong><br />
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A: I'm looking into a GoFundMe campaign, where you can donate to the service and/or tour part of my trip. Although the service is more important (of course), the tour will give me experiences and memories to last a lifetime.<br />
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<strong>Q: How can I support this trip without giving you actual money?</strong><br />
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A: Thoughts and prayers are always appreciated! <br />
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</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4617027103892733831.post-16674678215138188542016-06-13T16:32:00.001-05:002016-06-13T16:32:15.061-05:00Don't Be a CyclopsDespite his famed cunning, Odysseus could be remarkably foolhardy. Sure, he escaped peril after peril on his voyage home, but he hemorrhaged crew members in the process.<br />
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In all of this, Odysseus was the very essence of compassion.<br />
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When they reached the cave belonging to Polyphemus, the massive size of the tools set off alarm bells in everyone but the leader.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4617027103892733831.post-22343167269050333592013-09-19T21:32:00.000-05:002013-09-19T21:32:47.884-05:00How to Irritate an English Teacher<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4617027103892733831.post-76726080049827587962013-08-19T16:35:00.000-05:002013-08-19T16:35:35.480-05:00A Visit to the DMVC.S. Lewis pictured Hell as a place where rain falls through houses and a trip to see Napoleon mutter to himself takes several million years. Homer's version saw insubstantial figures rehashing earthly grievances and fighting to drink blood. Dante's account punished his contemporary and historical hate lists with fire, ice, and Satan skull-gnawing.<br />
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It's T.S. Eliot's "Hollow Men" that most reminds me of the Department of Motor Vehicles, however.<br />
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Like many people, I have my share of DMV anecdotes. At age seventeen, when I went to take my driving test, I wound up with not one but two examiners in the car with me.<br />
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They argued. The entire time.<br />
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When I finally moved out of my parents' house, my dad and I went to the DMV so we could switch the car to my name and I could update my license. This resulted in a double-whammy of creepiness.<br />
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Thus is was with some trepidation that I dreaded my recent DMV excursion to update my license again. Unlike the previous times, which required a trip to the large facility several miles down the road, I went to the one a few blocks from where I live.<br />
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This visit was particularly unnerving.<br />
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First of all, there was the line.<br />
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Waiting for my new license was likewise disturbing.<br />
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All in all, I was treated with courtesy and efficiency in an eight-minute trip.<br />
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Dear local DMV: you're doing it wrong, and it's creeping me out.<br />
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P.S. My husband has an idea for using the DMV to make people hate the government less. I think he's on to something.<br />
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He always did make it back up -- eventually -- after he explained the rest of the process. The one asking for help (known by the fancy-shmancy term "suppliant") grasped the knees of the other person and then made a request. This could be either awesome or awkward for those involved.<br />
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I wouldn't recommend trying the knee-clasp in this day and age (be sure to let me know how it goes if you make the attempt, though), but I can give some advice for the modern era, particularly regarding what techniques to avoid. Stay away from the following:<br />
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<strong>1. Downplaying the other person's busyness.</strong><br />
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<strong>2. Insinuating that this is a favor to them.</strong><br />
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<strong>3. Not actually asking</strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Bad:</span></strong><br />
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<strong>4. Phrasing an order as a question</strong> <br />
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I'm sure that I have missed some other standard annoyances, so list your pet peeves about help requests in the comments below! <-- Shameless plug; it's been nearly a year since the last comment on this blog.</span><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4617027103892733831.post-36378543937853744922013-06-01T21:45:00.000-05:002013-06-01T21:45:26.673-05:00Indisputable Logic<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4617027103892733831.post-80224724567310943842013-03-17T21:25:00.003-05:002013-03-17T21:25:59.377-05:00“O” versus “Oh” (or, How to Write Direct Address in a Praise Song)
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">One of the oddities of the English language is that an
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Such is the case of “Oh” versus “O.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">You see, “O” is used to show that someone is being spoken to
directly. Today this is used almost exclusively in formal contexts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Oh,” on the other hand, is an interjection that can express
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Once upon a time, spelling <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">anything</i> in English was a largely arbitrary endeavor, and
historical examples of a vocative “Oh” exist. However, until I invent a time
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This is especially true in venues of worship.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">By contrast, the only justification for “Oh my God” in a
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“O God!” =
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Oh, God!” = appropriate when 1. Complaining to one’s deity
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">*which is actually never appropriate. Shame on you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Each autumn, the apple tree in my garden drops mounds of
ripe fruit on my yard. And every year I leave them to rot while I drive an hour
west to pay for privilege of picking someone else’s apples.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I’m not alone in my desire to flee my neighborhood at the first
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Alongside a host of other nature-starved suburbanites, I descend
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Eventually, I end up with a peck of apples both inferior to
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heights (acrophobia), spiders (arachnophobia), and peanut butter sticking to
the roof of one’s mouth (arachibutyrophobia). I’m fine on all these accounts,
suffering instead from eucharistophobia: the fear of communion.<o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">It’s not the concept of communion
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with ease.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">No, it’s the actual celebration
that traumatizes me. I’ve been participating at my church for the past
twenty-odd years, and I still panic when I walk into the sanctuary and behold a
mountain range of silver-colored dishes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I’m fine with our preliminary
hymn singing and passing of the bread. I can even grab the plate from the
person next to me, delicately remove a microscopic wafer shard, and send the
elements on to the next person without losing my place in the hymn.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Actually, it’s more like “cups.”
Although we refer to it in the singular, what we actually use is tray upon tray
of itty-bitty plastic vessels you can get for about two cents each.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">See how they’re curved at the
top? I assume this has to do with making pouring easier, but it also makes
holding them extremely awkward. It’s well-nigh impossible to get a good grip
while pinching this shape between thumb and forefinger. Why don’t I just use
other fingers, you ask? Because there’s no room: these things are microscopic.
Each one is a Tinkerbell-sized shot glass.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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tiny, the stain-producing potential of the contents is immense. As I sit with a
cup suspended precariously between two fingers of my unsteady hand, I’m
envisioning all the places the blood-red liquid could land if I lose my grip.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">If I’m on the ball, I’ll realize
when it’s the first Sunday of the month (communion day at my church) and grab a
front-row balcony seat. This way I can use the ledge in front of me as a table
while I wait for everyone else to receive their cups. However, I still imagine
worst-case scenarios.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">My church has the same serving
apparatus, and it’s downright terrifying to pass from person to person. What if
I don’t have a good grip when the lady next to me lets go? What if <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I</i> let go before the man down the pew has
grasped it firmly? What if I drop it and/or the cup while attempting an
extraction worthy of a booby-trapped version of the game Operation?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">lot</i> during communion.<o:p></o:p></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4617027103892733831.post-69954591814336717142012-07-13T16:56:00.001-05:002012-07-13T16:56:47.313-05:00Friday the 13: A Dangerous Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4617027103892733831.post-26119196675614484722012-05-18T22:24:00.000-05:002012-05-18T22:24:58.348-05:00I'm Getting Old<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8xF1thjNVhGuimWTxZAFZSs6jUKw6_BGO2NskVYmtPUvgWgO3ny7lhFe8g9Ri3bH9CgHDuzRAPCiDUZX_qw8_81DjpejZ1DQyALeTISsCIcHlyq2mX8rcO85Pnytb75jwkjE442DwLfA/s1600/What+chapters+are+on+the+final+This+test+goes+to+eleven+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" height="301" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8xF1thjNVhGuimWTxZAFZSs6jUKw6_BGO2NskVYmtPUvgWgO3ny7lhFe8g9Ri3bH9CgHDuzRAPCiDUZX_qw8_81DjpejZ1DQyALeTISsCIcHlyq2mX8rcO85Pnytb75jwkjE442DwLfA/s400/What+chapters+are+on+the+final+This+test+goes+to+eleven+001.jpg" /></a></div><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4617027103892733831.post-32747335408470692492012-04-20T23:15:00.000-05:002012-09-13T19:38:14.015-05:00TULIPVILLEWhen I was young, my attempts to draw flowers invariably devolved into a series of crude tulips set beneath a stylized sun.<br />
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Two decades later, my doodles show the dramatic progression of my art skills.<br />
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At the age of twenty-three, I took a job at a Christian Reformed school.<br />
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At the time, I knew nothing about the culture into which I was about to step.<br />
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Five years into my teaching career, I finally feel like less of an outsider.<br />
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It’s still a learning process, however. For one, I’ve never quite understood my colleagues’ reverence when they mention their spiritual home.<br />
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They’re not talking about the whole state, however – they’re referring to a specific region on the western side of the Lower Peninsula.<br />
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This week, my fellow English teachers and I attended a conference in this area.<br />
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Thus it was that took my first trip to the land of tulips and TULIP. <br />
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Our path there was guided by a pillar of cloud,<br />
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and we crossed a flowing river.<br />
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When we reached the Promised Land, I rushed through the gates.<br />
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During my sojourn, I had the eerie feeling that I was among these people but not of them. <br />
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Even so, they strove to make me feel included.<br />
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... usually.<br />
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Dutch people look alike. So do English types. This proved problematic.<br />
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To complicate matters, I kept recognizing people and then forgetting to greet them. From a social awkwardness perspective, this was probably the better option.<br />
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However, I was also welcomed by new friends.<br />
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Another commitment caused me to leave the conference early, and as we departed, my colleagues’ hearts were troubled. <br />
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I’m looking forward to my return – with a little penmanship, I’ll pass myself off as a native.<br />
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