this phd stuff is just madness, i tell you. madness… why am i up at 3AM in the second week of class studying something that is marginally related to my research?? we do it for the love, folks.
Month: September 2006
i’m seeking, but it’s so hard to see you
as you probably may know by now, i am a Christian. naturally, that means i go to church as well. often. so, you are probably not surprised to hear that i often hear the expression “seek the face of God.” more often than not, it comes in the form of a command, say, “you must…
#18
This is what I was talking about in one of my previous posts. An expert engineering panel with the American Society of Civil Engineers has released a report “detailing several recommendations for overcoming the deficiencies in the city’s hurricane protection system and instituting real change in its governance, management and engineering.” Their conclusions are apparently…
do we have a plan B? or, wasn’t this the reason for plan A?
These words quickly come to mind when I consider the words of Frances Cairncross, President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. She is expected to tell delegates at their annual festival that even maximal deployment of the best technology cannot stop climate change. In my opinion, this is certainly true. Considering historical…
#16… self-examination
I am in New York for the Labor Day weekend visiting my girlfriend. I wasn’t supposed to come up this weekend, but I will not go into detail about how I decided to come. She and her mom went on a medical/evangelistic missions trip to the Dominican Republic with their church, Bethel Gospel Assembly in…