Monthly Archives: June 2014

A Walk In The Park

Posted on June 14, 2014 by nathanalbright

Yesterday, the family of a young woman who just graduated high school hosted a party that was reasonably well-attended (despite being on a Friday afternoon) by a diverse group of people including our pastor, the person in charge of the … Continue reading →

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Part Of The Process

Posted on June 14, 2014 by nathanalbright

When I was a graduate student in engineering management at the University of South Florida, one of the courses I took for my degree was a course on Six Sigma. Although the term has become mired in jargon, the essential … Continue reading →

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Unwatched, The Garden Bough Shall Sway

Posted on June 14, 2014 by nathanalbright

For most of my life, I have been a poet. Partly because of the fact that I have a natural ear for music, and partly because my early education emphasized poetry, it was a natural way for me to write … Continue reading →

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Rain Shadows

Posted on June 13, 2014 by nathanalbright

I have spent hours of my life staring outside of the window looking at the approach and fury of storms. As a child, I often would sit on the porch of the place where I lived on a swing and … Continue reading →

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All Your Base Are Belong To Us

Posted on June 13, 2014 by nathanalbright

For those who are unfamiliar with internet memes [1], there was once a video game released for Sega called Zero Wing. This game was originally written in Japanese and it was poorly translated. One of the most famous of these … Continue reading →

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Non-Book Review: Ways Of War

Posted on June 13, 2014 by nathanalbright

Ways Of War: American Military History from the Colonial Era to the Twenty-First Century, by Matthew S. Muehlbauer and David J. Ulbrich About a week and a half ago or so, I happened by chance to catch a call by … Continue reading →

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Strawberry Blonde

Posted on June 12, 2014 by nathanalbright

It is hard for me to figure out words to name my particular shade of hair. Somewhere between blond and redhead, my hair tends to look somewhere between gold and copper, but more red when it is cut. Do I … Continue reading →

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Fables Of The Construction

Posted on June 12, 2014 by nathanalbright

From time to time I talk about the Coursera classes that I take [1], and I decided to take one on the history of the Bible, as it is a subject I am interested in. Unfortunately, biblical scholarship does not … Continue reading →

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Union And Intersection

Posted on June 11, 2014 by nathanalbright

One of the more arcane and seemingly boring areas of mathematics that I have long been fond of is set theory. Perhaps the most familiar part of set theory, and a dread to many a high school student (and more … Continue reading →

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Book Review: A Match Made In Heaven

Posted on June 11, 2014 by nathanalbright

A Match Made In Heaven: How Singles And The Church Can Live Happily Ever After, by Wendy Widder [Note: This book was provided free of charge by the author in exchange for an honest review.] When I read the author’s … Continue reading →

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