Collateral Bloggage

Kids’ Bigger Buns Leading to Baked Goods Ban
CALIFORNIA, US - The State of California has mandated that bake sales no longer be allowed in schools. The new ruling results from new state nutrition guidelines that strictly limit the fat, sugar and total calories of any food sold on campus during school days - even before [...]

I was going to do a post about something in Jude, but I realized the passage I had in mind is just totally not about what I thought it was.  This is part of the problem of just thinking about what I’ve read through the week (you might even say meditating, but I’m not sure [...]

Seeing that it’s close to Thanksgiving and all, I figured I should go with a Turkey-themed Funny.  Turns out Jennie-O had just the recipe for me.

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Mini-book-review!  I had some award gift cards (Amazon) from work, so I decided to pre-order Ender in Exile, the new direct sequel to Ender’s Game, which is one of my favorite books.  It wasn’t strictly necessary, but some of the blanks it fills in are nice to have.  Mr. Card even managed to work in [...]

Dear Employees,
I’ve been hearing a bit of griping about my mandatory monthly lunchtime departmental meetings.  I’d just like to give some perspective on the whole thing.
Now, I recognize that in lieu of the meeting, I could send out a short email to all concerned.  But you have to realize there are larger issues here.  Where [...]

In college, two of my favorite classes were Philosophy and Ethics.  In one of them (I can’t recall which, and it was the same prof), we learned about Logic.  One of the familiar devices of logic is the syllogism.  A syllogism is a construction that draws a conclusion based on two premises.  For instance:

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This one takes me back a bit. We took quite a few road trips in Texas during college, and Ray Stevens was our constant companion.  So, I give you The Streak!!!
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At LeTourneau, we married students put on a lip sync of The Streak. [...]

This is the time of the year where I generally stop putting in Hold Requests for new books at the library.  Why?  Because there are usually several books I’ve started but not finished that I try to double-back and finish before the end of the year.  I’ve got one that’s been dangling for two years [...]

EMPLOYEE COMMUNICATIONS
Dear Employee,
At Corporate, we’re concerned that many employees are taking advantage of the company’s lax policies regarding personal time off (PTO).  It seems that at the merest hint of a bug “going around,” half the office is empty.  To that end, we’ve decided to rename PTO to PAOFITO, which translates to “Pretending and/or Feeling [...]

One of the most formidable and intimidating features of the Old Testament is the mind-numbing detail it gives about stuff that’s either planned to be built or actually being built. For reference, read the description of the Tabernacle design and construction in Exodus, or the design and construction of the Temple in 1 Kings.  [...]