Month: October 2004

  • I’m a moderate freak

    Disorder Rating Paranoid: Low Schizoid: Low Schizotypal: Moderate Antisocial: Low Borderline: Low Histrionic: High Narcissistic: High Avoidant: Low Dependent: Moderate Obsessive-Compulsive: Moderate — Personality Disorder Test – Take It! —

  • I am a Freak!

    Another one of them danged online tests, this one to determine my personality disorder. It’s good to know that I’m a paranoid narcissist! Disorder Rating Paranoid: High Schizoid: Low Schizotypal: Moderate Antisocial: Moderate Borderline: Low Histrionic: High Narcissistic: Very High Avoidant: Low Dependent: Low Obsessive-Compulsive: Low — Personality Disorder Test – Take It! —

  • Paedo? Credo? Other?

    Mark Horne has posted another good commentary on baptism in the Reformed Churches, and their common tendency to become credobaptists when it comes to baptizing adults… nay, not credobaptists, but “New-level-of-commitment-baptists”.

  • An Open Letter to George Lucas

    Dear Mr. Lucas, Despite your best efforts, my acquaintances and I have managed to procure a copy of the original Star Wars movies in a format superior than the VHS that you sold a few years ago. A long time ago, in a city far, far away — before you decided that your movies weren’t […]

  • Comments Are Now Working!

    Well, it’s good to know that this personal injury time wasn’t a total waste. I decided that I was going to fix a frustrating problem once and for all, and after two hours of toil, I can finally rest knowing…. THE COMMENTS FINALLY WORK!!! There was a small bug in WordPress that caused comments to […]

  • The Great Awakening, and the Infant Casualties

    I am currently half-way through Lewis Bevens Schenck’s “The Presbyterian Doctrine of Children in the Covenant”. So far, it’s been a very good read. The book was first published in 1940, and originated as Dr. Schenck’s doctoral dissertation. Even though it’s been revised to be more readable, it does plod through a lot of historical […]

  • I Had a Bad Day Today

    So, my surgery went Ok, and the doctor seemed happy about both the surgery and my recovery from the anesthesia. After all the horror stories that others have relayed, I was glad the doctor was both a) reputable and b) pleased with the results. This morning, I went back into the surgeon this morning to […]

  • Love without affection

    Remember that a love without affection is like An unbreasted mother; And that unnurtured child will die. I liked this line, but not the poem in its entirety.

  • What is worse than running with scissors?

    Running with them in one’s mouth. This was the scene I entered last night as I walked downstairs. I had gone up for only a minute to collect stray bottles for the evening chocolate milk ritual. Tabitha had opened the storage box for all of our scissors, and each child was running with one in […]

  • Why We Cannot Win

    by Al Lorentz Before I begin, let me state that I am a soldier currently deployed in Iraq, I am not an armchair quarterback. Nor am I some politically idealistic and naive young soldier, I am an old and seasoned Non-Commissioned Officer with nearly 20 years under my belt. Additionally, I am not just a […]