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One Ingrid on Hauerwas & pacifism & such
Hauerwas on Rowan W on being where you are [100KB PDF, via Andy Goodliff]
A 2002 interview with Hauerwas in Duke magazine
With four others I’m travelling tomorrow to somewhere called Onaero, in Taranaki, for a holiday. I’ll be back Sunday evening. There might be a beach. I might learn to play cards, write in my journal, codify some NYRs, get some clarity.
O, what a good start to the year: Four nights at Onaero with Cam, Bel and Simon. Sun, early morning cold and late afternoon warm swims, driftwood bonfires (one featuring an exploding can of baked beans), envied food, good and bad poetry, Ex Machina graphic novels and lots of other bookish adventures, and no music, ’cept what was sung on the way back home. Air-punchingly good, like literally.
Helen Clark, to NZ Labour Party conference in Rotorua, 28 October 2006:
Why shouldn’t New Zealand aim to be the first country which is truly sustainable – not by sacrificing our living standards, but by being smart and determined? We can now move to develop more renewable energy, biofuels, public transport alternatives, and minimise, if not eliminate, waste to landfills. We could aim to be carbon neutral. I believe sustainability will be a core value in 21st century social democracy. I want New Zealand to be in the vanguard of making it happen – for our own sakes, and for the sake of our planet. I want sustainability to be central to New Zealand’s unique national identity.
When the lightning flashes, how admirable he who does not think ‘life is fleeting’
Nothing in the cry of cicadas suggests they are about to die
Heard, not seen, the camellia poured rainwater when it leaned
Wrapping dumplings in bamboo leaves, with one finger she tidies her hair
Along my journey through this transitory world, new year’s housecleaning
This dark autumn old age settles down on me like heavy clouds or birds
Sick on my journey, only my dreams will wander these desolate moors
[from, via Alan Watts]
Welcome to the first instantation of my NYR to summarise all the worthy nonfiction I read, in the hope that more of it will stick, not wash over me like knowledge off a duck’s back. Can you feel it? The personal development vibes are palpable! It’s the chapter “‘Sleeping giants’: surprises in the climate and Earth system” by Will Steffen, from Confronting Climate Change: Critical Issues for New Zealand, edited by Ralph Chapman, Jonathan Boston and Margot Schwass. So:
Science done since the IPCC’s Third Assessment Report in 2001 shows that global warming is likely to be in the upper range of IPCC estimates. Three areas contribute to this likelihood:
As a sort of light relief to debate on Climate Change and interpretations of scriptures I thought I would introduce ya’ll to Kathy’s DVD Review Time. Catchy, no?
I’m currently addicted to watching dvds. It’s fairly a indefensible pasttime, especially when used to help ones young child fall asleep but it does give me something to blog about and heaven knows it’s been too long. You will learn not to expect a measured, well thought out review. And the punctuation may be a little patchy. Apart from my main aim (to rant) I am hoping that if I commit to publicly reviewing every dvd I watch perhaps it will lift the tone of them somewhat. I am well known in our household as having the worst of all possible taste in dvds but you know, I aim to improve and perhaps this will help (I largely blame the pickings at our local United Video). (more…)
rummaging through Google’s data warehouse
God saw
the most fascinating patterns
New retrospective song of 2006: “While you sleep”, from The Muttonbirds’ Live in Manchester CD.
Also, drugs are the opiate of the masses.
As you may recall, I recently posted a comment inviting you all to come to is the first of our monthly letter writing events. Take the number 23 bus and get off after you see Mikey Ds and you’re nearly at our doorstep.
“…if anyone wants to complain/congratulate Helen or any other of our governing class feel free to come along to our last of Sunday of the month letter writing afternoon. There’ll be pens and paper and envelopes and pots of tea and snacks. Maybe you could direct your ideas about governing our country to the people doing it. Some folks (Sir Ron Oxburgh amongst others) say it’s the best way to effect change in legislation. Even National supporters welcome. 16 Russell Tce Newtown Wellington from one til the tea runs out.”
If no one shows it’ll just be matt and I trying to be optimistic that everyone might just be running a bit late but really feeling very forlorn indeed as we sip our tea and scribble fearsomely intelligent/grumpy things to our MPs. And we don’t want that happening now do we, children?
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