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Written by: joe
For my first (Unofficial) post, I give you all this.
~<3 Joe Strike
The Human Conditions
A blog about humans and how we interact in our non-natural environmentReligious Amendments
Written by: Aron Brown
Text Your Teachings
From the great website of Soul Pancake comes another great creative challenge. Soul Pancake is a website for talking about life’s big questions. Users can ask their own questions or answer the ones posted by others. The space on Soul Pancake where I spend most of my time is the creative challenges under “Stuff to Chew”. This time around someone posted a real brain buster.
He called it Text Your Teachings, and the whole point of the exercise is to write amendments to your religious commandments.
It’s been a long time since God appeared as a burning bush. And as interesting as it is to see the Lord’s likeness in a grilled cheese sandwich, we haven’t found one that talks yet. So while we wait for a non-edible version of a deity to appear and clarify things, take a moment to add some more credibility to your creed:
Write three text messages (each 50 words or less) amending your religion.
My amendments took a lot of thought and I think they summarize some solutions for the problems we are facing today.
- Amendment 1: Thou shalt not consider employees a drain on your companies profits.
- Amendment 2: Thou shalt not treasure things over thoughts.
- Amendment 3: Thou shalt not argue over pointless ideals that can and never will be proven right or wrong.
Religious Importance of the Number Four
Written by: Aron Brown
I found this essay in a box lying in my room. This was a topic I covered my freshman year in college, after re-reading and editing it I figured it was interesting enough to share it with you. It will help you to first read the Pima native american creation stories. I hope you enjoy the essay and find the connections as interesting as I do, and again keep in mind this was written my freshman year of college so please forgive the poor writing style.
The New Blog Theme
Written by: Aron Brown
Well after a week of working and tweaking the new theme for the blog is ready.
I welcome feedback and would like opinions on whether this theme is better suited for the blog. Any ideas on how to improve upon it is also welcome.
Enjoy the new theme.
A Growing Trend for Electric Cars
Written by: Aron Brown
The Toyota FT-CH Electric Car at the Detroit Auto Show. Photo-Credit: Fabrizio Costantini for The New York Times
The number of reasons for us to find a more fuel efficient, or completely oil free automobile is growing on a daily basis. With rising gas prices everyone is looking for a way to ease some of the pressure off their wallets. According to a new report by the nonprofit Health Effects Institute, vehicle exhaust is a factor in growing health problems. (For more info on that check out the New York Times article: Report Links Vehicle Exhaust to Health Problems). So lets go ahead and add that to the list of reasons to switch fuel sources; along with climate change, the future of the economy, and according to the government national security.
Im not going to argue any of those points, whether you agree or not is fine. The fact of the matter is auto manufacturers are spending more time, effort, and money on hybrid and electric technology. There is even a new company in the market that is creating a car that runs on air and magnets.