Monthly Archives: August 2013

Home Sweet Home

Posted on August 26, 2013 by nathanalbright

While driving to and from the camping event this weekend, I was not far from a place called Sweet Home, although I did not stop by that part of rural Oregon, as I’m not sure how sweet of a home … Continue reading →

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So Many Reasons Why

Posted on August 26, 2013 by nathanalbright

One of the notable aspects of my personality is my desire to understand why life is the way it is. Whenever I see some precocious young lad of a few years of age (usually three or four or so), continually … Continue reading →

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A Review Of The 2013 Oregon Men’s Weekend

Posted on August 25, 2013 by nathanalbright

From shortly before the beginning of the Sabbath until this afternoon I have been camping with dozens (the max attendance we had was about 69 attendees on the Sabbath at the seminars and for Sabbath services) of men ranging in … Continue reading →

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Advance And Retreat

Posted on August 23, 2013 by nathanalbright

In my local congregation there is a bit of an inside joke between the organizers of the annual women’s retreat and the organizers of the men’s weekend, which is coming up this weekend a little south of my usual haunts … Continue reading →

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An Oddball Number Of Facets

Posted on August 23, 2013 by nathanalbright

Today while on my way home from work stuck in the normal rush hour traffic (albeit an hour earlier than usual), I heard an odd commercial that struck me as both very strange and also very revealing. A local jeweler … Continue reading →

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Prisoner Of Chillon

Posted on August 22, 2013 by nathanalbright

In 2004, I went to the feast in France, and as part of the tours that year, we went to a small town that I had not known very well beforehand called Montreux. Among the highlights, or lowlights, of the … Continue reading →

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Kurds And Whey

Posted on August 22, 2013 by nathanalbright

One of the more troublesome “what if” questions of contemporary world history is whether the Kurds would have their own nation-state if they were somehow more unified. Somehow, in the falling apart of the Ottoman Empire in the early 1900’s, … Continue reading →

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Borrowed Feathers

Posted on August 21, 2013 by nathanalbright

The question of originality and its importance in our respect for and acclaim of individuals can be a considerably dicey matter. This morning, as I was driving to work, the radio station I was listening to had an intriguing discussion … Continue reading →

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Out Of Bounds

Posted on August 21, 2013 by nathanalbright

One of the more pointed sort of matters I tend to ponder often is the idea of the bounded rationality of mankind, a subject that tends to come to mind for a wide variety of reasons often. At times the … Continue reading →

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I Can Tell That We Are Gonna Be Friends

Posted on August 20, 2013 by nathanalbright

Those who know me in person generally know that I greatly enjoy making friends even to the extent where I like there to be no reasonable excuse why someone doesn’t like me at least as a friendly acquaintance, even in … Continue reading →

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