Tag Archives: Legacy Institute

Honey Badger Don’t Care

Posted on August 9, 2012 by nathanalbright

Today’s theme for our work at the jet rai property (some two to three acres of land that we work on from time to time) was the phlegmatic attitude of the honey badger. For those who are not familiar with … Continue reading →

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Crazy Is A Friend Of Mine

Posted on August 7, 2012 by nathanalbright

One of the favorite ways the students here have of talking about each other is to call them crazy. Most of them mean it in a good-natured way, no doubt, but as someone who has been intimately and personally familiar … Continue reading →

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This Would Have Been So Much Easier The First Time

Posted on August 6, 2012 by nathanalbright

Today we had to start reworking the septic tank system because it had not been done properly the first time, and the students were (as could be expected) less than thrilled about it. It’s no mean feat to dig down … Continue reading →

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Stand And Deliver, Your Money Or Your Life

Posted on August 5, 2012 by nathanalbright

Let’s say that you are a Chinese or Burmese businessman, and you own some jade mines in Kachinland. Do you think that your business is safe just because you are working with the Burmese government? If you did, you just … Continue reading →

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If You Want It, Here It Is, Come And Get It

Posted on August 2, 2012 by nathanalbright

Today in my lecture on the Gospels to my third year students I had the opportunity to talk about some of the passages of the Bible that I ponder on particularly often and particularly seriously. When I ponder scriptures, I … Continue reading →

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I Guess It Rains Down In Africa

Posted on August 1, 2012 by nathanalbright

It is often amusing to travel (even if it is a short trip to and from the farm) with people from other countries and other cultures, because one often finds out a lot of very unusual qualities about them. In … Continue reading →

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It’s A Dirty Job, But Someone’s Got To Do It

Posted on August 1, 2012 by nathanalbright

I wonder if any pictures were recorded of today’s work at the farm. As one of the many projects that I am involved in, today I did some design work (I will talk more about this at length somewhat later) … Continue reading →

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Two Hand Touch

Posted on July 31, 2012 by nathanalbright

Today I broke a cycle that had been going on for years where every time I play football I get injured. Of course, as I was playing a 7 on 7 with people who were rather unfamiliar with the game, … Continue reading →

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The Blogger At Bay

Posted on July 27, 2012 by nathanalbright

Sometimes it is a bit unnerving to think of just how slender our links to the outside world are. Admittedly, not being able to have internet for a day is a first world problem, as other people have far more … Continue reading →

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Just Another Reason To Fight

Posted on July 25, 2012 by nathanalbright

A large amount of the problems of this world (though by no means all of them) are issues of resource management. While some people would fight and disagree anyway, competition for resources, be they material resources or such matters as … Continue reading →

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