January 23

By | January 23, 2011

I have repented before, but it’s not been genuine.  I think I am finally convinced.  I wonder how long it will take me to change.  I’ve blown it three times in this paragraph so far.

Who killed Lebanon’s prime minister?  This is an interesting article into the investigation with some insights into how the UN and Arab world do things.

Greg Harris has some good suggestions for how to pray for your children.

A lyre bird can imitate the sounds of other birds, animals, and machine tools.  Remarkable.

A new study in Israel refutes the notion that learning a number of languages hurts fluency in one’s native tongue.  Here’s a surprising discovery: “They also found that people with Russian as a mother tongue are more fluent in Hebrew compared to those who speak Hebrew as a mother tongue.”  This may help to explain why Americans do poorly in English.

The guy below was not the only one excited that the Green Bay Packers are coming to Dallas!

Jonathan in Green Bay Packers shirt

We ‘re used to people telling us that Jonathan is a beautiful baby.  But now mothers are telling us that he is cuter than their own babies!

7 thoughts on “January 23

  1. Eric

    I’m intellectually convinced, but there remains a gap between what I know to be true and my actual behavior.

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  2. Jennica-Ayelet

    Hey Todd,
    I was going to read the article about Lebanon’s prime minister, but the link took me to the article about using two spaces after a period. Could you link to it again?
    Your little guy looks cute! :)

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  3. Todd Bolen Post author

    Yuliya – it’s like that study was done just for you!

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  4. G.M. Grena

    I found the Slate article to be intellectually dissatisfying.12The sweet elderly lady who taught my 1979 high school Typewriting class would beat that guy up.12Courier will always be my favorite font.12That photo of Jonathan is priceless!

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