This abbey also has two stuffed cows–each with two bodies and one head.
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According to Wikipedia, that's a gramatically correct sentence. Adding some prepositions for clarity, it means "THE buffalo FROM Buffalo WHO ARE buffaloed BY buffalo FROM Buffalo ALSO buffalo THE buffalo FROM Buffalo." In case you ever wanted to say that. Thanks to RR for the tip.
Sailing the Ocean Blue
For some reason I've never gotten around much to talking about this online, but in the last week I've referenced my time with SEA often enough that I'm inspired to post on it. I had an incredible college experience with the Sea Education Association, based out of Woods Hole, MA. I would recommend it to anyone. I spent 6 weeks at their campus there in 2000 (January to mid-March; it was freezing cold) before flying down to Key West for an incredible six weeks aboard the SSV Westward, a 125' long schooner. There was 33 of us on board. Those Read more…
Cool stuff at the Foss Waterway Seaport!
Two years ago, I suggested a "School of Marine Science" on the Foss. I wrote: Locate Tacoma's High Tech High in two buildings: The Foss Waterway Seaport and the Urban Waters facility. Students would learn about hard sciences with a focus on marine biology, marine chemistry, meteorology, climatology … and they could work with researchers in those fields at both institutes. They could add nautical science credits through piloting a small boat the school would run for research in Commencement Bay. And classrooms could still teach them calculus/web programming and other "tech" stuff. This was inspired by my own science Read more…
Sailing on the Lady Washington … what a great night to be on the water …!
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The metaphysical and theological questions raised by “Planet Earth”
I have a strong emotional reaction while watching the wonderful show Planet Earth that is intimately tied in with my struggle with my faith and spirituality. On the one hand, watching the show fills me with awe at the beauty of creation. I get filled with an appreciation of the natural world and its inhabitants. This has long been a grounding of my Christianity, something I recognized intimately during my six weeks at sea during college. Sailing on a small ship and surrounded by the power of the ocean, I felt more sure of my faith than at any other Read more…
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