Yesterday, N—– cleaned his bathroom. By himself. Without being asked.
He cleaned the mirror with Scrubbing Bubbles.
Today, 10 minutes before my art class was scheduled to start, I asked him to re-clean it with Windex. A few minutes later he announced he was done and I went in to inspect his handiwork. Interestingly, I noticed the [...]
Archive for July, 2009
A Long Day
Posted in Personal on 30 July 2009 | 1 Comment »
A Philosophy of Theater
Posted in Aesthetics, Literary, Movies Music Media, Teaching, tagged classical education, theater on 29 July 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is a first draft of a philosophy of theater, written in preparation for the launching of a theater club at my school (SACA).
Ms. Card
Introduction
Theater is a sort of many-headed beast, the Greeks’ hydra perhaps. It consists of diverse pieces that come together to create a unified whole. Construction, painting, music, words, voice, [...]
Business as a Christian Calling
Posted in Business, Philosophy and Theology on 24 July 2009 | 1 Comment »
In 1994, Tony Campolo gave a speech at Biola’s Missions Conference which strongly attacked business as a valid vocation for Christians and criticized capitalism as “an anti-Christian value system.” While I won’t quote his speech at length, I fear his message encapsulated many Christians’ attitude towards business and the economy. Allow me to take his [...]
Is health care a right?
Posted in Business, Philosophy and Theology, Politics on 18 July 2009 | 1 Comment »
The other day at the gym, while everyone else was watching CNN’s tribute to Michael Jackson, I was watching C-SPAN. It was more interesting.
A Democrat and Republican were duking out the details of the new health care bill. As far as I can tell, the purpose of bill is to provide health care insurance to [...]
“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” (V. Woolf)
Posted in Food and Wine, tagged bulk pie crusts, Kéan Coffee, Virgina Woolf on 18 July 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’m not sure why I chose to spend the hottest part of the day (11a-5p) in the kitchen. It just seemed like the thing to do. There is something quite satisfying about cooking, I have found. It is simple production (I put in effort and receive something tangible in return) and it [...]
‘Til Death Do Us Part (addendum)
Posted in Philosophy and Theology, tagged divorce, marriage, Sandra Tsing Loh, The Atlantic on 17 July 2009 | 2 Comments »
I read an article this morning by Sandra Tsing Loh, wherein she discussed her recent divorce and cynicism regarding the whole institution of marriage. It’s definitely worth reading.
“And along the way, I’ve begun to wonder, what with all the abject and swallowed misery: Why do we still insist on marriage? Sure, it made sense [...]
We’re home owners!
Posted in Personal on 10 July 2009 | 1 Comment »
So, after we made an offer and the bank made a counter offer and we made a counter offer to their counter offer and the bank countered one more time for kicks and giggles, we have got ourselves a house!
Of course, now all the less-than-fun paperwork and money exchanging happens… But we got the first [...]
