| Rating: | ★★★★ |
| Category: | Books |
| Genre: | Comics & Graphic Novels |
| Author: | Stephan Pastis |
Monday, October 30, 2006
Sgt. Piggy's Lonely Hearts Club Comic
InDesign Type: Professional Typography with Adobe InDesign CS2
| Rating: | ★★★★★ |
| Category: | Books |
| Genre: | Professional & Technical |
| Author: | Nigel French |
Amazon.com review:
http://www.amazon.com/InDesign-Type-Professional-Typography-Adobe/dp/0321385446
This book is available from the non-reference section of the NLB.
Sunday, October 29, 2006
I Will Boast by Paul Baloche
haha, don't know why this tune kept ringing in my head since this morning. Great song to start the day
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I Will Boast
Paul Baloche
Key: D
Intro:©2006 Integrity's Hosanna! Music
D Dsus D Dsus D Dsus D Dsus D A
(Repeat)
Verse 1:
D5
Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom
D5/B A
Or the strong man boast in his strength
D5
Let not the rich man boast in his riches
D5/B A
But let the humble come and give thanks
G Asus
To the One who made us, the One who saved us
Chorus:
D Asus
I will boast in the Lord my God
Bm Asus
I will boast in the One Who's worthy
D Asus
I will boast in the Lord my God
Bm Asus E7 G Dsus D
I will boast in the One Who's worthy, He's worthy
Dsus D Dsus D Dsus D A
Verse 2:
D5
Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom
D5/B A
Or the strong man boast in his strength
D5 D5/C#
Let not the rich man boast in his riches
D5/B A
But let the humble come and give thanks
G Asus
To the One who made us, the One who saved us
Chorus 2:
D Asus
I will boast in the Lord my God
Bm Asus
I will boast in the One Who's worthy
D Asus
I will boast in the Lord my God
(1st ending)
Bm Asus
I will boast in the One Who's worthy
(Repeat Chorus)
(2nd ending)
Bm Asus E7 G
I will boast in the One Who's worthy, He's worthy
Other:
Bm D E7 G Bm D E7 G Bm D E7 G
Bridge:
D5 A Bm G
I will make my boast in Christ alone
D5 A Bm G
I will make my boast in Christ alone
(Repeat twice)
Chorus 3:
D Asus
I will boast in the Lord my God
Bm Asus
I will boast in the One Who's worthy
D Asus
I will boast in the Lord my God
(1st & 2nd ending)
Bm Asus
I will boast in the One Who's worthy
(Repeat Chorus)
(3rd ending)
Bm Asus E7 G E7
I will boast in the One Who's worthy, He's worthy
G Dsus D Dsus D Dsus D Dsus D
He's worthy
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CCLI song #4662350
(Taken from http://www.pwarchive.com/song.aspx?SongID=2669&v=1)
Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew
| Rating: | ★★★★ |
| Category: | Books |
| Genre: | Religion & Spirituality |
| Author: | Bart D. Ehrman |
What if Marcion's canon-which consisted only of Luke's Gospel and Paul's letters, entirely omitting the Old Testament-had become Christianity's canon? What if the Ebionites-who believed Jesus was completely human and not divine-had ruled the day as the Orthodox Christian party? What if various early Christian writings, such as the Gospel of Thomas or the Secret Gospel of Mark, had been allowed into the canonical New Testament? Ehrman (The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture), a professor of religion at UNC Chapel Hill, offers answers to these and other questions in this book, which rehearses the now-familiar story of the tremendous diversity of early Christianity and its eventual suppression by a powerful "proto-orthodox" faction. The proto-orthodox Christians won out over many other groups, and bequeathed to us the four Gospels, a church hierarchy, a set of practices and beliefs, and doctrines such as the Trinity. Ehrman eloquently characterizes some of the movements and Scriptures that were lost, such as the Ebionites and the Secret Gospel of Mark, as he outlines the many strands of Christianity that competed for attention in the second and third centuries. He issues an important reminder that there was no such thing as a monolithic Christian orthodoxy before the fourth century. While Ehrman sometimes raises interesting questions (e.g., are Paul's writings sympathetic to women?), his book covers territory already well-explored by others (Gregory Riley, The River of God; Elaine Pagels, Beyond Belief), generating few fresh or provocative insights.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
Chapter One: Recouping Our Loses PART ONE: Forgeries and Discoveries Chapter Two: The Ancient Discovery of a Forgery: Serapion and the Gospel of Peter Chapter Three: The Ancient Forgery of a Discovery: The Acts of Paul and Thecla Chapter Four: The Discovery on an Ancient Forgery: the Coptic Gospel of Thomas Chapter Five: The Forgery of an Ancient Discovery? Morton Smith and the Secret Gospel of Mark PART TWO: Heresies and Orthodoxies Chapter Six: At Polar Ends of the Spectrum: Early Christian Ebionites and Marcionites Chapter Seven: Christians "In the Know": The Worlds of Early Christian Gnosticism Chapter Eight: On the Road to Nicea: The Broad Swath of Proto-Orthodox Christianity PART THREE: Winners and Losers Chapter Nine: The Quest for Orthodoxy Chapter Ten: The Arsenal of the Conflicts: Polemical Treatises and Personal Slurs Chapter Eleven: Additional Weapons in the Proto-Orthodox Arsenal: Forgeries and Falsifications Chapter Twelve: The Invention of Scripture: The Formation of the Proto-Orthodox New Testament Chapter Thirteen: Winners, Losers, and the Question of Tolerance
(Taken from http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/0195141830/ref=olp_product_details/701-5650396-5450743?ie=UTF8&seller= )
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A very good read. It covers the apocryphal books of the New Testament, with criticisms and interpretation from an academic perspective. It also briefly talks about Christian heresies and history of the early Church ca. 30-600.
For me, it forces me to think about my knowledge of my faith and reconsider certain issues which I have come to take for granted about the Bible.
This book is available from the non-reference section of the National Library (NLB).
Alex and Emma (2003)
| Rating: | ★★ |
| Category: | Movies |
| Genre: | Romantic Comedy |
Kate Hudson's role was a bit more interesting, as she gets to play different characters in the film. Luke Wilson's role was pretty standard. Sophie Marceau didn't even have much space to develop her character.
A sleepy romantic. Watch it on a rainy day and try not to fall asleep.
Official Website:
http://alexandemmamovie.warnerbros.com/
IMDB Entry:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318283/
Saturday, October 28, 2006
on meeting people these few weeks...
ok, should have written this entry at least a week ago, but was just too busy/distracted/lazy. Well, here goes nothing:
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First group was a bunch of crazy people whom I kept in contact with since university days. One of them just came back from his one-year study trip in London, while another is back for his field study research in his Ph.D ("Permanent Head Damage", as we joked about it). It was a great gathering as we gathered first for dinner at Lau Pa Sat*, and then adjourned to chill out at the TCC at the corner of Circular Road. We were much intrigued and mused by the layout on the second level of the cafe. Reminded us of some water-smoking joint - and the beanbags takes a while to get used to. All that was lacking was dancing girls to transform the place into a boudoir of Oriental settings... :p
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Second meeting was with a friend whom I haven't seen in a few months. Reason being she is pregnant, and was going through heaves and toils during the1st trimester of the pregnancy. I'm not kidding about the heaves and the toils. Everytime see her online on MSN, she will complain about the vomiting and the dizzy spells**.
Well, at least she has just gone past the 1st 3 months, and I think her body is getting used to the chemical changes. But I think she's still in shock (and possibly denial). She's barely getting used to the fact that she's married, and now she's gotta cope with the fact she's going to be a mother in about half a year's time. Well, had a good time talking about all the possible names not to give to her future kid. Yesh, according to my friend, gotta think at least of a pleasant sounding name that won't emotionally scarred her child for life... :D
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Last significant meeting was with a bunch of totally new people. My friend had to bring a partner of the opposite sex for one of her office parties. She asked me to go along because she "can't think of anyone else already"^. Well, I've never been one to turn down free food and free drink. Only consideration was that it was on a Friday night, which was a cell-group night for me. Then I asked myself this, "Will CG collapse if I (the CGL) was not around for one session?" 
And it was a good session, of talking^^ and listening#, and eating and drinking. I realised I sort of lost my socialising skills at making small talk already##. So throughout the meeting, I adopted the "stance of the wall flower". I sipped my wine, nodded and smile politely, and kept on encouraging the other party to talk. 
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well, that's all for today. wanted to keep it short, but now have written too much again...
* Yes, that place still sells adequate food, despite many contrary beliefs. It's alright food for the centralised location, especially for the busy working people in Shenton way and Central business District (CBD).
** Of course, I can't really empathise with her problems, being male and all that. I can only thank God I don't have to go through whatever she's going through. :P
^ Don't know whether to feel flattered ("I was asked to go for a party leh"...)
^^ by others
# by me
## Actually I wondered if I had any in the first place... I don't really know how to make small talk, like Dilbert
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
YouTube - (Can ) Father-son bond of Dick and Rick Hoyt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryCTIigaloQ
Got this from an e-mail friend sent by a friend. Very blessed by this account. Here's sharing it with all of you.
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This is one of the best emails I've ever seen. Please
take the time to read. The video at the end is even better, but you
have to read the story first. It will probably make you cry, but it
is a remarkable story. Enjoy!
A truly remarkable story.
Make sure you watch the video.
Strongest Dad in the World
[From Sports Illustrated, By Rick Reilly]
I try to be a good father. Work nights to pay for
their text messaging. Take them to swimsuit shoots.
But compared with Dick Hoyt, I stink.
Eighty-five times he's pushed his disabled son, Rick,
26.2 miles in marathons. Eight times he's not only pushed him 26.2 miles
in a wheelchair but also towed him 2.4 miles in a dinghy while swimming
and pedaled him 112 miles in a seat on the handlebars--all in the same
day.
Dick's also pulled him cross-country skiing, taken him on his
back mountain climbing and once hauled him across the U.S. on a bike.
Makes taking your son bowling look a little lame, right?
And what has Rick done for his father? Not much--except
save his life.
This love story began in Winchester, Mass., 43 years
ago, when Rick was strangled by the umbilical cord during birth, leaving
him brain-damaged and unable to control his limbs.
``He'll be a vegetable the rest of his life;'' Dick
says doctors told him and his wife, Judy, when Rick was nine months old.
``Put him in an institution.''
But the Hoyts weren't buying it. They noticed the way
Rick's eyes followed them around the room. When Rick was 11 they took
him to the engineering department at Tufts University and asked if there
was anything to help the by communicate. ``No way,'' Dick says he was
told.``There's nothing going on in his brain.''
"Tell him a joke,'' Dick countered. They did. Rick
laughed. Turns out a lot was going on in his brain.
Rigged up with a computer that allowed him to control
the cursor by touching a switch with the side of his head, Rick was
finally able to communicate. First words? ``Go Bruins!'' And after a
high school classmate was paralyzed in an accident and the school
organized a charity run for him, Rick pecked out, ``Dad, I want to do
that.''
Yeah, right. How was Dick, a self-described ``porker''
who never ran more than a mile at a time, going to push his son five
miles? Still, he tried.
``Then it was me who was handicapped,'' Dick says. ``I
was sore for two weeks.''
That day changed Rick's life. ``Dad,'' he typed, ``when
we were running,it felt like I wasn't disabled anymore!''
And that sentence changed Dick's life. He became
obsessed with giving Rick that feeling as often as he could. He got into
such hard-belly shape that he and Rick were ready to try the 1979 Boston
Marathon.
``No way,'' Dick was told by a race official. The Hoyts
weren't quite a single runner, and they weren't quite a wheelchair
competitor. For a few years Dick and Rick just joined the massive field
and ran anyway, then they found a way to get into the race officially:
In 1983 they ran another marathon so fast they made the qualifying time
for Boston the following year.
Then somebody said, ``Hey, Dick, why not a triathlon?''
How's a guy who never learned to swim and hadn't ridden
a bike since he
was six going to haul his 110-pound kid through a
triathlon? Still, Dick tried.
Now they've done 212 triathlons, including four grueling
15-hour Ironmans in Hawaii.
Hey, Dick, why not see how you'd do on your own? ``No
way,'' he says.Dick does it purely for ``the awesome feeling'' he gets
seeing Rick with a cantaloupe smile as they run, swim and ride together.
This year, at ages 65 and 43, Dick and Rick finished
their 24th Boston Marathon, in 5,083rd place out of more than 20,000
starters. Their best time'? Two hours, 40 minutes in 1992--only 35
minutes off the world record, which, in case you don't keep track of
these things, happens to be held by a guy who was not pushing another
man in a wheelchair at the time.
`No question about it,'' Rick types. ``My dad is the
Father of the Century.''
And Dick got something else out of all this too. Two
years ago he had a mild heart attack during a race. Doctors found that
one of his arteries was 95% clogged. ``If you hadn't been in such great
shape,'' one doctor told him, ``you probably would've died 15 years
ago.''
So, in a way, Dick and Rick saved each other's life.
Rick, who has his own apartment (he gets home care)and
works in Boston,and Dick, retired from the military and living in
Holland, Mass., always find ways to be together. They give speeches
around the country and compete in some backbreaking race every weekend,
including this Father's Day.
That night, Rick will buy his dad dinner, but the thing
he really wants
to give him is a gift he can never buy.
``The thing I'd most like,'' Rick types, ``is that my
dad sits in the chair and I push him once.''
Here's the video..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryCTIigaloQ
Part 2:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=040xxFO86NY
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