http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2009/12/an-amusing-episode-of-our-lives/ Rob MacDougall Dot Org Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:00:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2009/12/an-amusing-episode-of-our-lives/#comment-1287 Dr. Psycho Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:19:49 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/?p=497#comment-1287 Three of my kids were adopted at an advanced age from a foreign country. They complained about my hitting them over the heads with "old junk stories", but I warned them that they wouldn't really be English speakers until they could say when a job was truly Sisyphean and when it was merely Augean. Three of my kids were adopted at an advanced age from a foreign country. They complained about my hitting them over the heads with “old junk stories”, but I warned them that they wouldn’t really be English speakers until they could say when a job was truly Sisyphean and when it was merely Augean.

]]> http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2009/12/an-amusing-episode-of-our-lives/#comment-1286 Rob Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:07:53 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/?p=497#comment-1286 "No Homer, God didn't burn your house down, but he was working in the hearts of your friends be they Christian, Jew, or... miscellaneous" “No Homer, God didn’t burn your house down, but he was working in the hearts of your friends be they Christian, Jew, or… miscellaneous”

]]> http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2009/12/an-amusing-episode-of-our-lives/#comment-1285 andrew Sat, 19 Dec 2009 05:37:44 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/?p=497#comment-1285 Would a religious upbringing help you understand "And he left them and went out of the city into Bethany and he lodged there''? Think about it. Would a religious upbringing help you understand “And he left them and went out of the city into Bethany and he lodged there”? Think about it.

]]> http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2009/12/an-amusing-episode-of-our-lives/#comment-1284 Jesse Walker Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:40:22 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/?p=497#comment-1284 A religious upbringing doesn't necessarily mean you'll get the references. I took an intro to world religions class as an undergrad. It quickly became obvious that I, the atheist, was one of the few kids in the class who had actually read the Bible. (I still remember with delight the student who complained, "Why were the ancient Hebrews so paganistic?") A religious upbringing doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll get the references. I took an intro to world religions class as an undergrad. It quickly became obvious that I, the atheist, was one of the few kids in the class who had actually read the Bible. (I still remember with delight the student who complained, “Why were the ancient Hebrews so paganistic?”)

]]> http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2009/12/an-amusing-episode-of-our-lives/#comment-1283 Adam Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:32:09 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/?p=497#comment-1283 These references are important, they fulfill a need of experiencing shared memories. Worst post ever. These references are important, they fulfill a need of experiencing shared memories. Worst post ever.

]]> http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2009/12/an-amusing-episode-of-our-lives/#comment-1282 Nick Wedig Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:07:31 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/?p=497#comment-1282 Sesame Street is my mental frame of reference for every new experience. One, this got me forcibly expelled from a store. Sesame Street is my mental frame of reference for every new experience. One, this got me forcibly expelled from a store.

]]> http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2009/12/an-amusing-episode-of-our-lives/#comment-1281 JoVE Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:13:53 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/?p=497#comment-1281 My mother-un-law is similar. Is in England and sent her kids to a CofE primary school partly for that reason. My mother-un-law is similar. Is in England and sent her kids to a CofE primary school partly for that reason.

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