Christmas 07 (Picture Story)
Posted by scottjarvie on December 31, 2007
They live in Klamath Falls, Oregon
We have ME… with my nephew Elric.
To see the rest of the 40 pictures from my Christmas Adventure
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Cool Political Poll
Posted by scottjarvie on December 28, 2007
Check out the site
Do the poll and then discuss what it said.
Did it say someone different than you were thinking of supporting?
Did it help you to understand how you feel about certain issues?
Basically, did it help?
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: election, election 08, glassbooth, glassbooth.org, issues, polls, romney, ron paul | No Comments »
Rhetoric - An Oft Disgusting Practice?
Posted by scottjarvie on December 21, 2007
What was rhetoric? Aristotle defines it as the “art of persuasion,” the technical skill by which one convinces people—convinces, that is, everybody of anything for a fee, according to Clement of Alexandria. It is the training and skill by which one can make unimportant things seem important, according to Plato, or, to quote Clement again, “make false opinions seem true by means of words.”
(For these and other definitions, Hugh Nibley, “The Unsolved Loyalty Problem: Our Western Heritage,” Western Political Quarterly 6 (1953): 652–53.)
See Nibley’s talk Rhetoric and Revelation and understand more of what he’s trying to say. On FARMS website
I would like to hear your comments or opinions and wether you are responding to the quote or have read the whole text of his argument.
As for my part I am interested in the subject of Rhetoric and not interested in the use of Rhetoric to defend yours or Nibley’s practices. It is a given we all use Rhetoric in some form or another. Perhaps the question could be…When does it become destructive?
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Music - Let the Men Rock!
Posted by scottjarvie on December 20, 2007
PANDORA.COM
As I sit listening to pandora play some new music that I’ve never heard before I have discovered 3 different artists that I’ve never even heard before but who play some good stuff.
I would like to write some more about them and fully introduce them but I’ll let you do more of that if you’re interested. I’ll give you instead a couple of links.
By the way if you’re not using Pandora.com yet then you’re missing out. Best radio and source of music discovery out there.
Stephen Ashbrook
Myspace Music Page
Official Site
My most recent discovery.
His voice is unique and his songs are good.
I don’t know much else.
Colin Hay
Myspace Page
Official Site
I originally found him and liked him from an episode of Scrubs, where he guest appeared. And then found more of his stuff on Pandora.
I think it’s great that he was the singer for men at work.
Mark Joseph
Myspace Page
Official Site
Probably the best of the group in that he will be more readily accepted and liked by a greater portion of ya’ll.
He’s young and from England.
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I’ll get you some girls to listen to next time
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: pandora, stephen ashbrook, mark joseph, colin hay, men at work, pandora.com, new music, soloists, singers, indie, | No Comments »
Intelligence (To the power of 2?)
Posted by scottjarvie on December 19, 2007
New Podcast
So a new series of podcasts that I have been recently listening to (and enjoying thoroughly), has been a series called Intelligence Squared
For more about the series check the website of the same name or on NPR
IQ2
It is Oxford Style Debate… which is wordy wordy trendy terms for a kinda cool formal style of debate that I tend to like.
Rhetoric
It is amazing to see the play of Rhetoric in support of both sides.
And very interesting (or saddening) to see the oft times sneaky or enlightening ways of these Rhetoricians.
Sometimes simply seeing how they beautifully sculpt with words and sway our feelings is like an art form to be appreciated (Or disgusted with) is reason to listen in and of itself.
Subject matter is Great as well
But the subject matter is very very interesting and important to our lives.
Hollywood
Global Warming
Religion in America
Taxes
Iraq and Iran
And many More
I would suggest subscribing to the podcast or download the audio file on their website.
My Promise
The end result… I can promise you will not be dumber for having done so.
But my warning: Be understanding of what Rhetoric is and does and don’t let well worded sentances sway you to believe total CRAP.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: debate, discussion, Intelligence, intelligence squared, IQ2, issues, npr, oxforrd style debate, podcasts, Rhetoric | No Comments »
Changes
Posted by scottjarvie on December 19, 2007
Since i’ve been doing the whole job thang for the last couple of months and it will be continuing for at least a while longer.
It leads to a few different things… Some Changes
My pattern of life has been changed up a bit and so I will be changing up how I approach this Blog.
I haven’t posted very often because in the very few hours of truely “Free time” I have, I spend this time trying to catch up with the important projects and other important aspects of life.
In addition by the time I get home I’ve depleated much of the resources of body and mind.
(Not to say that I have gone beyond my capacities, but instead to say that the mundane actions of the day have done little to pump in a sense of thrill and excitement for life or a shall we call it a Zest. And I come home with less than adaquate motivation to do Other stuff.) In a sense, as I have stated, it has done more to depleat me of this Zest… This shouldn’t be a blame to be placed completely on Jobs <understandably> as we should take responsability for our life, actions and feelings.
That being said.
I will for this period of time try a series of short to the point Blog entries.
Dealing with things I notice.
I won’t try to be comprehensive.
I will often simply throw it out for consideration and possibly debate.
Perhaps a simple one liner or a quote and perhaps a question.
And all this I will do on a frequent basis… if only a good quote of the day to make you go hmmm.
Or a question
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Eyes upon ALL Men
Posted by scottjarvie on December 10, 2007
“Hearken, O ye people of my church, saith the voice of him who dwells on high and whose eyes are upon all men…” DC1:1
(For further insight into this concept please read the first few pages of Hugh Nibley’s essay “Zeal without Knowledge”)
For me this is what I got out of this scripture this time around:
(Obvious reasonings that I just never thought about in this way until today)
Nibley discussed that our minds are more or less set to think about one thing at a time. That’s just how our mind operates and even when we think we’re multi tasking we are actually processing one thing at a time. These are other conceived notions about how our minds operate… and when people assume that it is in like fashion that God’s wisdom and mind operates, it is then that problems in understanding arises and possible confusion occurs.
God can have his “eyes on all men” not because he processes the circumstances of all men everywhere in every possible world (that might or might not exist). But because his mind isn’t one at a time at all. (how many at a time I don’t know…whether or not there even is a limitation) It is with this information that we can understand better how his eye is on the sparrow and the Lily of the fields as well as every man woman and child.
In short he doesn’t have our physical limitations that’s an important thing to remember and that opens up a world of understanding.
His eyes are surely on every man and not just every so often not just every day when we check in (or fail to check in) with a prayer. Not just when we call out his name. His eyes are always on us and every man all the time, not just because his love and caring propels him to do so… but because it is also completely within his realm of capacities and power to do so.
How important is it to understand the character of God!!
It helps us to understand so much about his plan which is the gospel.
For my part it helped me to understand and gain deeper insight into a common scripture
Posted in thoughts | Tagged: LDS, DC, Doctrine and covenants, scripture, multi taksing, god, eyes, limitations, character of god, mind | 1 Comment »
