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You simply must read James Lileks’ bleat for this weekend…
I have just learned that I am the recipient of the Golden Aardvark Award for my post, You May Be Exhilirated, at Purpose Driven Drinking blog. I am most honored and will proudly display this award.
I would also like to mention that I received another blogging honor. About a month ago I was asked to join Purpose Driven Drinking as a contributor. Now, why would a nice Minnesota Lutheran mom be so excited about that, you might ask. Anyone can start their own blog - I think I’m at five now - but it is another matter to be asked by someone to participate on their blog. I am very honored and, in fact, it took me a month of fiddling and second-guessing myself before I finally got the nerve to post something.
Another question might be: Why beer? The answer to that is two-fold. First, I have always preferred beer to any other alcholic beverage. I am a big fan of ales and lagers. Being the nice Minnesota Lutheran mom I am, I can only indulge in one beer and still remain under the exhiliration limit. Therefore, I choose carefully and only drink something worth drinking. Second, I have aged enough and gained a tiny bit of wisdom to know that life is worth celebrating and enjoying; having a glass of beer or wine at the appropriate moment is a good thing. My children have never seen their parents drunk and I don’t believe they ever will. I want them both to understand that beer and wine are for enjoying with a nice meal at your home or a restaurant with friends and good conversation, rather than downed at a noisy, smoky party that really isn’t that much fun.
In Martin Luther’s Sermon on Soberness and Moderation, delivered on May 18, 1539, he noted:
“It is possible to tolerate a little elevation, when a man takes a drink or two too much after working hard and when he is feeling low. This must be called a frolic. But to sit day and night, pouring it in and pouring it out again, is piggish… all food is a matter of freedom, even a modest drink for one’s pleasure. If you do not wish to conduct yourself this way, if you are going to go beyond this and be a born pig and guzzle beer and wine, then, if this cannot be stopped by the rulers, you must know that you cannot be saved. For God will not admit such piggish drinkers into the kingdom of heaven [cf. Gal. 5:19-21]… If you are tired and downhearted, take a drink; but this does not mean being a pig and doing nothing but gorging and swilling… You should be moderate and sober; this means that we should not be drunken, though we may be exhilarated.”
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The aardvark posts his weekly review of the lutheran blogosphere! (At least I hope he makes it a weekly feature)…
good bloggers
Forbes posts a very strange story, though not unfamiliar, about the bad side of bloggers. I don’t know what I think about this story yet, although it reminds me - in a very microcosmal way- of my little Norwegain troll.
Gregory Halpern knows how to hype. Shares of his publicly held company, Circle Group Holdings, quadrupled in price early last year amid reports that its new fat substitute, Z-Trim, was being tested by Nestlé. As the stock spurted from $2 to $8.50, Halpern’s 35% stake in the company he founded rose to $90 million. He put out 56 press releases last year.
Then the bloggers attacked. A supposed crusading journalist launched an online campaign long on invective and wobbly on facts, posting articles on his Web log (blog) calling Halpern “deceitful,”"unethical,”"incredibly stupid” and “a pathological liar” who had misled investors. The author claimed to be Nick Tracy, a London writer who started his one-man “watchdog” Web site, our-street.com, to expose corporate fraud.He put out press releases saying he had filed complaints against Circle with the Securities & Exchange Commission. Read on…
Hat tip to Forbes Cover Story Blows It, Calling Bloggers Lynch Mobs by Steve Rubel at Micro Persuasion
Scottius Maximus is very confused. He thinks that the man who wrote this song could be, well, you know:
Baby, I love you,
come, come, come into my arms
Let me know the wonder of all of you
Scottius Maximus: Scottius “Encyclopedia Brown” Maximus And The Case Of The Copa Cabana
There’s a growing meme among the ranks of Harriet Miers defenders that she has been “Borked.” This is a dangerous falsehood with serious future implications for the conservative movement. Today one prominent commentator said “But no fair reader who actually reviews what was written, said, and done over the past three-plus weeks will deny the neoBorking that occurred. It just isn’t possible to do so.” In addition to being yet another argument by personal attack–if you don’t agree with me you’re not fair-minded–this statement is demonstrably false on its face. If we want to heal the breach caused by the President with his nomination of Harriet Miers, we’re going to have to be honest about what really happened. Read on…
Hats off to Pastor Paul McCain for asking,
“Can anyone out there honestly tell me that this is ok? I really do want to know who in their right mind thinks this is in any way way, shape or form appropriate. Please, enlighten me. Tell me how it is that any right-thinking Christian could possibly say it is ok for our Lord’s nativty to be treated in such an irreverent manner? I’m serious. I want to know.
He’s right, I think. Someone at Veggies Tales has gone overboard!
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