Lorena and I ran into Garner yesterday afternoon to vote. There was not a big crowd, but I spoke with the people who worked there and they said there is a big crowd at the time the voting booths are opened each morning, then a small, but steady stream for the rest of the day. We were part of that small, but steady stream. It still boggles my mind that no one checks the voter’s identification. All we did was go in, give our name and address, and receive a ballot. Unbelievable. That is just wrong.
Month: October 2010
Estefania! Hija de Rigo y Minita. Nació ayer. Check out her little cousin, Brandon, looking on through the window.
We are now starting to get our heads above water after the transition from homeschool to college. We spent the last three or four Saturdays at the NCSU main library studying. We plan to keep going there every Saturday for the rest of the year. Every other Saturday, I go over to the GaugeCam team work session in the Weaver Labs Building, but enjoy working at the main library, too. The kids are about halfway through the first semester, have taken some mid-terms, turned in papers, and spent some late nights cramming. I think they are getting closer to figuring out how things work in the new environment. Kelly’s biology professor made the statement that if you don’t get discouraged, keep up the pressure, and work hard, you will prosper. I think that is very true. It is easy to get discouraged in a new environment where you believe you are the only one who does not know how things work. That is only overcome with effort and consistent focus.
There is a lot of pain in learning math. For me, the biggest thing to overcome, was the idea that something was beyond my understanding. When I realized that, with most things, if others could figure it out, I could, too. Kelly and I discussed that recently and I believe she has come to that understanding way earlier than I. Calculus is just a lot of hard work with a lot of difficult concepts. Both Kelly and Christian are now to the point where they know it is hard, but they also know it is possible to understand and own.
Hugh Hewitt had a link to a blog about a girl named Katie Davis. It was VERY impressive. I googled Katie Davis and found links to two women of the same name. Both of them make spiritual claims. Which one do you think is actually doing some good?
Katie Davis Amazima Ministries.
Katie Davis other.
It is a long story, but this is part of the reason I think yoga is evil.
Update: I thought this was a very thoughtful article on the subject. It articulates my own thoughts on why Yoga is a bad thing for Christians to practice.