Entries from January 2008

January 24, 2008

Faith and Science

I’ve recently been “auditing” a course over at iTunes U called the Historical Jesus. In the lecture I listened to last night, Thomas Sheehan, the Stanford professor teaching the course, mentioned that there is a marked difference between the existential impact of Jesus and the scientific historical impact of Jesus.
This is an absolutely great [...]

January 14, 2008

Strange Symbols

For whatever reason, I just noticed some strange symbols on the back of my Nike+iPod armband. I’m not sure what they mean. I’ve been thinking about getting a hold of Daniel Jackson to see if he has any idea.
Below are the cryptic symbols (Haziz, light!):

January 10, 2008

Getting Adequate Nutrition on a Vegetarian Diet

The Mayo clinic has a great article for those of us beginning a vegetarian diet http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/vegetarian-diet/HQ01596/.
From the article:

Adopting a healthy vegetarian diet isn’t as simple as scraping meat off your plate and eating what’s left. You need to take extra steps to ensure you’re meeting your daily nutritional needs.