http://jerrysummers.com Bits past, present, and future Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:06:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Sam B. Hall Jr. Lectureship has been a feature on the ETBU campus since 1993 when it and the professorship were started.  This year we will have a banquet and guest lecturer from The University of Mary Hardin Baylor, Dr. J. David Holcomb.  His talk on the implications of ... http://jerrysummers.com/2010/02/07/the-sam-b-hall-jr-lectureship-for-2010/ Marvelous, delightful, Pappadeaux Salad (mine had grilled chicken).  It is not like the others. http://jerrysummers.com/2009/06/20/great-lunch/ [caption id="attachment_90" align="alignnone" width="571" caption="two new hatchlings"][/caption] http://jerrysummers.com/2009/06/02/the-birds-of-spring-swallows-at-our-place-front-and-back-their-mud-daubed-and-feather-lined-nests-bearing-young-and-leaving-quite-a-mess-that-is-how-it-will-be-until-i-find-a-way-to-prevent-them/ Have you seen this? Here and there, in the newspapers, advertisements, books, yes--in student papers--but even in publications from those folk who should know better, I find the expression, "As I was pouring over this idea," or "I poured over his book," or some whatnot . . . . World, let's not ... http://jerrysummers.com/2009/03/15/its-poring-not-pouring/ "Of hasty marriage, wasted time, false hopes, and misjudged powers the race of men must ever exclaim, 'If only I had known!'  But we do not know.  If you doubt this dark ignorance, listen to the average man discussing politics.  You will be appalled that each vote counts one; and ... http://jerrysummers.com/2009/02/21/human-error-dilemma-hope/ I cannot resist musing about the avaunts in the concents of Stephenson's Anathem who just might occasionally suffer from the acedia Kathleen Norris exposes in her new book Acedia & me:  a marriage, monks, and a writer's life. Can you see, with me, the auts (avaunts) poking their heads out ... http://jerrysummers.com/2008/10/14/follow-up-on-anathem/ Klassen and Zimmermann have given me much to think about in their book The Passionate Intellect:  Incarnational Humanism and the Future of University Education. One chapter subheading alone rings the bell of reflection during my day:  "Thinking is not optional:  It is part of your Christian identity." It is not ... http://jerrysummers.com/2008/10/08/thinking-not-optional/ Here's an entry to build on past this evening. What do techno-hypermodernism, medieval monastics, and we in our own frictional existence have in common? 9/16--The primary reference is to Neal Stephenson's Anathem, which should be in release since September 9th.  (See the article in the Sep 2008 Wired .) Set ... http://jerrysummers.com/2008/08/27/anathem-augustine-and-time/ Opportunity abounds for historical perspective to triumph! At least in tiny cliques of the historically informed here and there, where the sages cluck their tongues and reiterate endlessly, "Here we go again!" I refer to presidential election politics, "of course." The marvelous journalistic media assure we shall have our daily presentist ... http://jerrysummers.com/2008/08/07/cheerleader-presidents/ This morning, Barack Obama is the nominee in a historic process that continues perhaps into the next presidential term. What to make of the Democratic primary and nomination processes?  Allison Krauss sings it well: Don't take me because I am faithful, Don't take me because I am kind. If your heart settles on ... http://jerrysummers.com/2008/06/04/take-me-for-longing/