1. I didn’t really know what to think about Bush’s decision on the port situation. I saw some of the pros and cons. But when I learned that Jimmy Carter was on the same side as Bush, the answer became clear. I’m not sure that I’ve ever known someone so consistently wrong as #39. It’s hard to imagine anyone else being right as often as JC has been wrong.
2. The 285 comments (thus far) on this post at Founders Ministries Blog. Some of the comments are great, but the ones by the professors Caner & Caner are distressing. My good opinion of them has evaporated; ignorance was bliss. (Don’t click on that link unless you have plenty of extra time and want to be sad like me.)
3. That people name their babies one thing but call them something else. What’s the point of a name if not to identify a person? You only compound the error when the “name” you choose to call the baby by is one that no one will ever be able to pronounce or spell. Yes, you have cursed your child for the rest of his/her life.
But one thing to make me (and you?) happy: the grandfather of cursed child in #3 recently wrote Humility: True Greatness, which I read twice in the last two months and highly recommend.
Todd, a guy named Michael Spencer who runs a blog called the Internet Monk has wrote four long responses to Caner’s comments. Worth reading if you have even more spare time.
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http://www.internetmonk.com/
sorry about the grammar in the above comment.
Todd, I laughed so hard when I read #3 and even more after I went to the link about Caly (pronounced “Sally”). haha! Wow, I understand you. That little girl is going to have some rough times throughout her childhood. :) You are a funny man.
Another example of Bush having his heart in the right place, but not his mind. There is nothing wrong with privitization of ports, so long as they are regulated and secured. However, you still need to be careful who you deal with. I hope this is stopped, because I hate to see what the result could be.
So, about names that will be slaughtered the rest of their lives…I have one, but I love it and would never change it. Those kids just have to get used to correcting people, however tiring it may be. ;)
i would add that names longer than two syllables inevitably get shortened – this i know from personal experience thanks to parents who insisted on all of us using our full names, leading to frustration as everyone else in the world is too lazy to use them.
I’m with Ilena, having a name that will forever be mispronounced and misspelled. I like my name but I have given my parents a hard time for choosing it.
what scares me is that I think Caner spoke at Master’s chapel when I was there… I believe it was on Islam, but anyways, seeing what he believes in, I don’t know how he was ever allowed into a 100 yard radius of the school :-)
Who would have thought that a name like mine would be so constantly mispronounced! Historically, is there any name that should be more internationally familiar? The worst is calling role the first day of class…Ilena and Meisha, you’ve got it bad (beautifully, uniquely bad), but there’s no way to recover from having to raise your hand when the teacher calls out “CHRISTINA BURKHARDT.” I mean, let’s at least get the gender right.
number two makes me very sad…
…very, very sad…
Thanks for commenting on Bush and the ports. I keep hearing about it, and think that it is such an iffy move, but hearing that 39 is in agreement is a little scary.
And… about Mahaney’s Humility… wow, I second that one (not that Todd needs seconding) but yes… AMEN!Totally worth the few bucks!
I second #3. “Crystal Rhea”. Not Crystal…no, that’s too easy. Not Ree-ah (that’s a south american bird resembling a small ostrich). Not Renee, or Ray-ah, or even RAE.
But in light of some names, life could be worse. I know someone who has named their children first, after the place they were conceived, & second, after a heavenly body. Something like “Sierra Moon” and “Everest Star.” I like Rhea. :-)