Territorial Bloggings

A Cogent Mélange of Lutheran & Pop-Culture Punditry
April 29, 2008

Percival Lowell & David Strauss

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : general

Go read The Man Who Invented Mars.
I blog about this for two simple reasons: First, out of respect for Professor David Strauss. I took a class (American History II) from him at Kalamazoo College back in (IIRC) Spring Quarter 1989. He wasn’t my advisor as a History major (my guy was Dr. David Barclay), [...]


March 31, 2008

Flowers are red

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : zeitgeist

Flowers are Red (Harry Chapin)
The little boy went first day of school
He got some crayons and started to draw
He put colors all over the paper
For colors was what he saw
And the teacher said.. What you doin’ young man
I’m paintin’ flowers he said
She said… It’s not the time for art young man
And anyway flowers are green [...]


March 21, 2008

Technology, Education, Society, & Change

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : technology

Go read this article. Really. Click the link & go read it.
I’ve read Cringely for a long time, before and after he left Infoworld, where he assumed the mantle of their industry gossip column, and took it to great heights. His book Accidental Empires is a wonderful read about the growth & emergence of the [...]


November 17, 2007

Readability

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : blogging

I should hope so, lest the investment in my post-secondary education have been in vain… ;^)
-ghp
[HT: The Rebellious Pastor's Wife]