Monthly Archives: February 2014

Cabin Fever

Posted on February 9, 2014 by nathanalbright

Despite being largely cooped indoors for the past three days, I have managed to enjoy myself to a great degree despite the lack of travel. Remembering the times previously when weather conditions have kept me largely indoors for periods of … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Wilson

Posted on February 9, 2014 by nathanalbright

Wilson, by A. Scott Berg It is difficult to read a book that is 750 pages of text about a person who is nearly entirely loathsome and unpleasant by an author whose partisan support of his subject shines through because … Continue reading →

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Damage From A Distance

Posted on February 8, 2014 by nathanalbright

Today, because my own local church services had been cancelled due to snow, I had the chance to watch the webcast for my former congregation in Tampa, which I do not get the chance to do because I am invariably … Continue reading →

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Opposite Proverbs

Posted on February 8, 2014 by nathanalbright

While I was watching the lectures to an online course I am taking on models (and which has proven to be highly interesting so far), the professor spoke about one of his favorite websties, called “Opposite Proverbs.” There are a … Continue reading →

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How Your Mother Met Me

Posted on February 8, 2014 by nathanalbright

Today, thanks to a snow day, I have been at home relaxing, and I happen to have seen my first episode of a show that for a variety of reasons I have never seen. That show happens to be “How … Continue reading →

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Sochi Problems

Posted on February 7, 2014 by nathanalbright

In the lead-up to the Sochi Olympics there have been a large amount of complaints made about a few areas of Sochi’s preparations for the Olympics [1]. Depending on which sort of news you consider the most important, there is … Continue reading →

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Snow On The Sahara

Posted on February 7, 2014 by nathanalbright

As a high school student I would get up at 6AM to do my laundry for the week as well as quietly listen to four hours of the Rick Dees & The Weekly Top 40 show that ran in my … Continue reading →

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A Missing Link

Posted on February 6, 2014 by nathanalbright

Last night the United States was treated to a debate between two men who represent two extremes of thought about the momentous question of human origins. Bill Nye (popularly known as “The Science Guy”) is an atheist who is far … Continue reading →

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All Roads Lead To Rome

Posted on February 6, 2014 by nathanalbright

During the days of the Roman Empire, roads were marked based on the distances between that place and Rome (similar to mile markers on freeways today) and a cliche of the time was that all roads led to Rome. As … Continue reading →

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On The Knife’s Edge

Posted on February 5, 2014 by nathanalbright

Today I read a reasonably good chunk of a book on Woodrow Wilson, and it reminded me of a lot of dark thoughts I have about our contemporary political scene. It is remarkable how little has changed in the last … Continue reading →

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