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Temple Night

March 7th, 2007 · by Miko · No Comments

Which may mean something else to the Mormons & exMormons among you, but that’s what the Grand Master of our new Tai Chi dojo calls the first Tuesday of the month.
Once a month, apparently, the whole dojo gets together for philosophical discussion & Tibetean chant. The philosophical discussion could be better, but is a good […]

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Tags: Buddhism

Teaching Religion in U.S. Schools.

March 7th, 2007 · by John · 13 Comments

I’m a bit swamped right now with school and work this week, but I have a backlog of posts of substance (including your art + religion submissions) that I’d like to publish in the next few days. I actually wrote Monday’s post and today’s challenge on Sunday night and used the WordPress “edit timestamp” […]

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Tags: Religion

Wednesday Challenge: Geography Quiz.

March 7th, 2007 · by John · 10 Comments

There are 192 member countries in the United Nations. You have ten minutes. Name as many of them as you can. Spelling counts.
I was able to get 123 of them. After years of staring at maps, studying for the foreign service exam, and getting a degree in comparative politics–finally, payback!
It’s interesting to […]

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Tags: Weekly Challenge