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    QOTW: April
    Posted by Timothy R. Butler at 22:11:51

    Once more, I thought I’d try reviving the old Question of the Week meme. Feel free to answer in the comment or own your own blog. If you do the latter, please trackback or leave a comment about where you posted your answers.

    Q - What is your favorite part about the month of April?

    O - Is it raining right now?

    T - Do you have a memory of a favorite April? What was it?

    W - Did anyone fool you on April Fool’s Day?

    I’ll put my answers in the comments section tomorrow.



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    QOTW: Adopt a Theologian
    Posted by Timothy R. Butler at 23:29:53

    I decided to revive my old Question of the Week meme once again. Let’s start out with a bang.

    Q - What theologian would you say you align yourself most closely to?

    O - What appeals most about this theologian’s theology?

    T - How would you respond to those who disagree with that point?

    W - What do you find yourself disagreeing with this theologian on?



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    QOTW: CMS
    Posted by Timothy R. Butler at 10:16:49

    I thought maybe I’d try to revive my old Question of the Week meme. Feel free to participate here or on your own blog. I’ll update this post with my own answer later on. I’ve included my answer.

    What is your favorite content management system (CMS, e.g. Moveable Type, PHP-Nuke, WordPress, Drupal, etc.)? Why? How long have you used it?

    Update: That’s tough. At the cost of sounding biased, I’d probably say SAFARI, which runs this blog. I’ve used it in various ways for about six years, and familiarity is certainly one of the big reasons I like it. But even more importantly, since I’ve written the code, it acts mostly how I want it to. It isn’t perfect by any means, but I’ve had the ability to carefully avoid certain things that annoy me in other CMSes I’ve used.



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    QOTW: Sleep
    Posted by at 18:15:9

    As if a busy day was not enough to make me tired, a gentle, peaceful rain is falling right now. Which leads me to think I’ll call it an early night and get some sleep. And for the question of the week:

    What is your favorite sound for sleeping?

    Most white noise is nice, I think, but rain definitely wins out. I can hardly think of anything that encourages better sleeping than a slow, steady rain (as opposed to a raging thunderstorm). Rain also seems melancholy to me at times.

    Tonight the rain is pelting rooftops There is no fire to melt the cold
    I’m straining to hear a human whisper
    And I’m painting images on the soft stone
    — Melting Alone, Sixpence None the Richer.
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    QOTW: Memory
    Posted by at 18:54:15

    Memory is a funny thing. I turned on my PowerBook with a definite idea for a blog entry and now I have forgotten it completely.

    Fortunately, this leads logically into this week’s QOTW meme: Do you find yourself forgetting things frequently? Do you usually recall these things are have they disappeared into the abyss? What’s the last thing you can recall forgetting (no, that is not any oxymoron)?

    Post your remembrances of forgetting below or post the answer to your blog and then trackback to this post.

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    QOTW #17: Christmas or Not to Christmas
    Posted by at 18:20:9

    I’m trying the QOTW meme again — answer for yourself below or post a link to your answer, if you post it on your blog.

    Are you ready for Christmas? Why or why not?

    Mostly, I’d say I am not ready — with Advent just a week away, it seems like I should be (normally, I’m ready for Christmas decorations and carols and Advent services by the beginning of November)… but I think with my busyness this year and the warm weather, I just haven’t “noticed” the that its almost that time of year. Where did fall go?

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    QOTW #16: Did You Watch the Debates?
    Posted by at 19:7:12

    The Question of the Week meme returns. Feel free to post your answer or a link to your answer in the comments.

    Did you watch the debates? What did you think of them? Who won?

    Yes, I did (as readers of asisaid know). I thought overall that President Bush could have done a better job of marginalizing John Kerry — given his strong position on the issues. Unfortunately, that did not happen, although those willing to examine the issues will see that the President has a far more thoughtful approach than Sen. Kerry. It is too bad that the average American bases his or her opinions on things such as whether they scowl at annoying remarks of their opponent or not, and instead based it on who had the best substance (would it not be better if they did scowl and show their real emotions?).

    Overall, I’d say Bush won because I think he most definitely won debate two and — in my opinion — won in debate three.

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    QOTW #15: Pie
    Posted by at 18:11:54

    As always, please feel free to respond in the comments or use the QOTW as a meme for your own blog (if you do, consider linking to your blog entry from the comments).

    What is your favorite flavor pie? If you could have one cream pie and one pie of another type, what would you choose for the type that your favorite did not fall under?

    My favorite pie is — hands down — Lemon Meringue pie. A really good Lemon Meringue pie should send a super sour sensation throughout your mouth followed by the simple, sweet enjoyment of the meringue. Other than Lemon Meringue, I also really enjoy Banana Cream pie and Chocolate Silk Pie.

    Since my favorites all fall in the cream pie category, the tough question is what type of “other” pie would I pick as a favorite? I really like most pies, but my favorite non-cream pie would probably be Pumpkin Pie. I love that too.

    How ‘bout you?

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    QOTW #14: Olympics
    Posted by at 18:40:24

    Have you been watching the Olympics? Do you think it has been a good one? What is your favorite part?

    The Olympics have been pretty good so far, I think. I’m always sad to see the gymnastics portion of it end — that’s probably my favorite part of the Summer Games. I’m much more of a Winter Games person, myself, I guess. I’d comment more, but I really should call it a night. Maybe tomorrow…

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    QOTW #13: I’m Behind
    Posted by at 18:21:47

    Feel free to post your answer in the comments or on your blog (in which case, link to your entry), as always.

    Do you run behind often? Is it usually underestimating the task at hand or getting sidetracked?

    Yes to all of the above. I’m behind right now — I’m heading out of town for a short vacation tomorrow morning and I’m still not done with everything that needs to be done. I shouldn’t be doing this (this is an example of getting sidetracked), so this is going to be a short post, but the question does seem fitting.

    So, how about you?

    And since I won’t be here for Wictory Wednesdays, don’t forget to volunteer or donate to help out the President. Your help could also come in the form of joining Wictory Wednesdays. Blogroll for Wictory Wednesdays follows below.

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