Fall 2009
Will reading:
Will’s Halloween costume:
Will on his Harley from Aunt Lacey and Uncle Jeff:
Will and the best neighbor ever, Kelsi:
Will and I wrestling:
Will reading “Jesus stories” in my study Bible:
Will at the new Barnes and Noble (Grandpa bought him some new books):
Will on the ride at the mall:
Will and Uncle Cole:
Will watching Elf:
Will at the “Big Park”:
The Sears Tower in Chicago:
The Sears Tower in Chicago:
The Trump Hotel in Chicago:
Regarding the healthcare reform debate, Greg Mankiw sums up David Brooks’s NY Times article:
“Should Americans embrace a more robust social safety net at the cost of much higher marginal tax rates, reduced work incentives, and a smaller economic pie?”
Via Marginal Revolution regarding the deficit as a percent of GDP in Belgium and Italy vs. the US:
“When water regularly overflows from your toilet, you want the toilet fixed, whether or not the water is doing harm.”
Watching Bolt for the ninth time!
This is funny every time.
RT @fakejohnpiper:
“36 idolatry days left till Christmas. Which you’ll probably also be idolatrous on.”
This guy is funny!
Penn (of Penn and Teller) on proselytizing:
Transcript is below.
“I’ve always said that I don’t respect people who don’t proselytize. I don’t respect that at all. If you believe that there’s a heaven and a hell, and people could be going to hell or not getting eternal life, and you think that it’s not really worth telling them this because it would make it socially awkward—and atheists who think people shouldn’t proselytize and who say just leave me along and keep your religion to yourself—how much do you have to hate somebody to not proselytize? How much do you have to hate somebody to believe everlasting life is possible and not tell them that?
“I mean, if I believed, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that a truck was coming at you, and you didn’t believe that truck was bearing down on you, there is a certain point where I tackle you. And this is more important than that.”
