Railroad Crossing

Watch out for cars. Can you spell that without any R's?

T-H-A-T.

So clever.

Look, Listen, Live. It was not until a few years ago that I realized "Live" is meant in the sense of "you will live if you look and listen." I thought it was lIve (long i sound), as in "this is live action"... like when something on the news is live... it is happening right now. It was an enlightening day when I realized this distinction, comparable to the day I learned that the "D" in Disney is actually a "D." I even joined a Facebook group for that one.

Oh, well. You live and learn.

LIVE

Ezekiel 37:3

He asked me, "Son of man, can these bones live?"
I said, "O Sovereign LORD, you alone know."

Colossians 2:6-7

So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

Galatians 2:20

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Matthew 4:4

Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"

Phil 1:21

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

1 Peter 1:17

Since you call on a Father who judges each man's work impartially, live your lives as strangers here in reverent fear.

1 Peter 2:12

Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.

1 Peter 2:16

Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.

1 John 3:16

This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

1 John 2:6

Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did.

Ephesians 5:8

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light

Ephesians 5:15-16

Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.

2 Corinthians 5:15

And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.

Romans 8:5

Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.

John 11:25

Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies"

2 Corinthians 5:7

We live by faith, not by sight.

LISTEN

Proverbs 19:20

Listen to advice and accept instruction,
and in the end you will be wise.

James 1:19

My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,

Jonah 2:2

He said:
"In my distress I called to the LORD,
and he answered me.
From the depths of the grave I called for help,
and you listened to my cry.

Mark 9:7

Then a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and a voice came from the cloud: "This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!"

Psalm 66:16

Come and listen, all you who fear God;
let me tell you what he has done for me.

Proverbs 8:34

Blessed is the man who listens to me,
watching daily at my doors,
waiting at my doorway.

Job 37:2-5

Listen! Listen to the roar of his voice,

to the rumbling that comes from his mouth.

He unleashes his lightning beneath the whole heaven
and sends it to the ends of the earth.

After that comes the sound of his roar;
he thunders with his majestic voice.
When his voice resounds,
he holds nothing back.

God's voice thunders in marvelous ways;
he does great things beyond our understanding.

LOOK

Proverbs 4:25

Let your eyes look straight ahead,

fix your gaze directly before you.

Psalm 105:4

Look to the LORD and his strength;
seek his face always.

John 6:40

For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day."

1 Peter 5:8

Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.

Psalm 34:5

Those who look to him are radiant;

their faces are never covered with shame.

Luke 6:41

Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?

Philippians 2:4

Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

Radomness for your entertainment

This was really funny to me for some reason. Maybe because I have always wondered what this means. It's really not that funny. But I like it.

"Homogenize" is really a very useful word. We may not know what it means, though it doubtless means something very definite, correct, and (we must add) sanitary, or something like that--scientific, maybe. Neverthless, "homogenized" is good advertising, for advertising uses words not for what they represent, but for what they do. And, after all, there is no dishonesty here, because the milk really is homogenized, you know. But whether people really know what it means is immaterial, almost entirely beside the point. If it makes them buy the milk, that is all it is supposed to do--and who are we to reason why?

- Walter J. Ong in Words and the Wise

Reasons I do not like ebooks:

1. The books cannot be printed nor copied. Therefore, I cannot highlight or take notes in the margins.
2. "Checkout" time is like 15 minutes... I have to re-search for the book and find my place again every time I come back to it. (Haha... re-search for my research.)
3. It takes a whole lot longer for a page to load on the computer than it does to turn an actual page.
4. Computers hurt my eyes. Therefore, ebooks hurt my eyes.

5. It doesn't smell like a book. It reeks of... technology.

6. Ebooks are evil.

7. I do not get a workout by lugging them around.

8. Ebooks make me dependent on electricity. What if the electricity goes out?

9. I cannot flip through pages.

10. Ebooks are vile and deceitful. Yes. deceitful.

11. They cause me to become angry and waste research time so I can go write a blog about how I hate Ebooks. Now my checkout time has expired... again.