• Byz bling.
• Pro-life apologetics.
• From the desert.
• In which a sermon rejects the apatheia of the desert.
• Brandon has links.
• Criticism of the President elect.
• Far from the sea.
• Modern culture.
• Partial birth abortion as contract killing … a problem for the pro-abortion/pro-choice crowd.
• Religion and being nice.

• Pet peeves in English usage (HT: Mad Minerva)
• Disaster at sea.
• 76 of them?
• Of brilliant complex explanations.
• Just say no.
• Apologetically.
• Maths teaching and what’s wrong.
• Memory of a night.
• Golly.
• Orthodoxy in the ESV Study Bible.
• The benefits of certain struggles.
• Considering unemployment.
• “I do not know” and getting it right.
• On Prop 8.
• Tracking fitness.
• A birthday.
• Ms Hirsi Ali … unsolicited advise for Mr Obama.
• Destruction of an institution.
• Voters mapped.
• Awaiting apologetics for this on the liberal blogs.

• Japan’s aging population.
• OK, those of you on the left, spin that!
• For those who thought Mrs Palin a drag on McCain’s race.
• Problems with a taxonomy of philosophy.
• A prayer.
• Chick Tracts and Cthulhu.
• Mr Emanuel one view. Another.
• Links.
• One view on McCain’s loss. Another.
• Goin’ to the big city … and as a coda, now I’m seeing it in more than one place … I’m going to have to read some Rawls it seems … even thought what I have seen seems very flawed.
• The visible body of Christ.
• Inequity in wages … and the parties.
• Will Obama slow that growth?
• A biker won.
• Voting and felons, on which I might try to write more this weekend from a non-social contractarian point of view (having at this point rejected the notion of social contract as being useful or valid myself).
• Dance of death.
• Batmobile downsized and its nemesis?
• Memory eternal.
• Into the last book.
• A question for a shared faith. Another political question and faith.

• Anticipating 2012 more predictions here.
• A magazine plug, on which I concur.
• Art.
• Party alliance and income and more do check out the highlighted link here.
• Patristics carnival.
• I had noted I had seen no evidence of right wing rage on Obama’s election … apparently if you search for it you can find it. However, based on the hundreds of right wing (dominantly Christian blogs I have in my feed I think the fact I saw none is significant).
• Dog talk and political rhetoric.
• Heh.
• Who really lost in this election.
• Eschatology without the man (who is God).
• Faculties of mind.
• Prop 8 and Obama’s coattails.
• Patristic pitfalls and the Orthodox convert.
• Skepticism and uniform individualism.
• Another book to read.
• A libertarian looks at the election result.

• Our new Insect Overlords?
• The Year in Review.
• Turnout … not so impressive it seems. 31% for Mr Obama, 27 for Mr McCain and the biggest sector didn’t want either.
• Theology of a philosophical nature to consider.
• On the death of religion.
• The response of the election results from the religious right, sample one, sample two. I personally think that such examples would be hard to find on the left if the tables had turned.
• Construction.
• From an economists perspective.
• A real suggestion for a force field.
• Whatever.
• Heh.
• I’m voting for the minority choice it seems.
• Byzantium.
• Yet another “fact” which fits in the common narrative, which is just wrong.
• Relational apologetics.

• Betting and God.
• (inter) Faith and a funnel.
• For election day a BCP prayer for the good of the land.
• I threw my sticker out.
• Christian rights (not rites).
• Moron.
• Mr Strauss part two, part one here.
• Ephraim!
• Virtue vs fairness.
• Android.
• Dark matter at the Tevatron?
• Obvious bias of the media yet again.
• Flipper.
• Heh.
• Heh again.
• Mr Obama and SSM … mutually inconsistency on display.
• On a more serious note … how to pedal efficiently.
• And some “seriously” gonzo cars.

• A prayer for the election. More along that line here.
• Demographics and an illusion (HT: Tom McMahon)
• Is this what the left believes, that “race is the single most important and consequential issue in all of American history.” Really? Wow.
• Open communion and a controversy.
• Mr Obama and being born alive in the hands of those who wish your death.
• ’cause if the Dems win, they’ll likely be able to vote in the next election.
• Links from Brandon. Silly links here.
• Cuteness.
• Socialism and the wealthy.
• Careful consideration of Mr Obama and the socialist charge.
• Much is made of the “Obamacons”, what is the converse?
• Mr Obama is said to be a Constitutional scholar … so why does he lie about Constitutional issues? Is there a choice that isn’t “stupid or evil?”

• Mr Obama as Gatsby.
• On the crowds greeting Mr Obama (HT: David Foster)
• Books on sex and marriage … my preference is for Wing to Wing, Oar to Oar.
• Israel as canary and also from Israel … the dog that didn’t bark in the night.
• For anyone who’s had a political sign (which means you’ve had one stolen).
• Flying on a broom, mid-tech version.
• Man and God.
• Mr Obama and elitism (satire).
• Fellowship, friendship and the Christian life.
• Meanwhile in Iraq.

• Quote placement as commentary, close to worst case scenario.
• A book discussed.
• more links.
• More on the is “Mr Obama” a socialist, into the “sort of” category.
• Mr Obama and the Democrats in general on energy. Sort of in the “not getting it” category.
• A litany of reasons to vote for Mr Obama … from the right.
• What is holy … and the vote.
• A question.
• Same sex marriage … not about same sex marriage.
• Weather news … not exactly global warming, no?
• No ties, just $800k, which might be called “a tie” I’d think. It seems the “pathological liar” is, alas, Mr Obama.
• On Mrs Palin as type.
• Against the “it was the blogs” meme regarding Joe Wurzelbacher.
• Sense and politics, from Mr Auden.
• Pick one Tuesday.
• Again, imagine for a moment the tables turned, and the “club” doing the same regarding Mr Obama. OK or not?
• Pigs on islands.
• Recovery. I’ve never done an ice-bath and I’m not sure I wanna. I might try some of the others though.
• Up next from Islam.

Gotta run, so … y’all get the unedited list. That to say, as explanation, the weekday “things heard” post is culled from a longer list on my personal blog … edited for audience and a less “personal” view. If you’d prefer the unedited list to be the norm, let me know in the comments (or if you prefer the shorter list let me know that too).

• Sexual mores and the fault line and more on that fault line and  5-d or 2-d morality.
• Spreading the wealth and some founders quotes. And considering consequences of the same.
• All or none, no?
• Secrets, anonymity, and “send Frank a secret”.
• Green and concert going.
• On being sans salt.
• Time and regret.
• More links.
• Oil and canvas yet again.

• Gadgetry for this weekend.
• Funny or dumb? What a choice, no?
• These things he calls rights … aren’t!
• I wonder if an essay, the persistence of good might be also written to counter this.
• Memory eternal.
• Oil on canvas.
• The credit card fraud matter and Mr Obama.
• One thing to consider, when you leave Babylon behind, you also leave Babylon’s healthcare and other comforts.

• Cutting the nets.
• Hate speech? Not hate speech.
• Before you (finally) go to sleep.
• Dawkins and “probably” (not an atheist)?
• On media bias.
• Elitism.
• Mr Obama’s tax plan which points at this post.
• Considering intelligence.
• Obama, his friends, and Israel.
• Trek vs Wars.

• Recession spreads.
• Society and the example of the church.
• Clearly not a person, or perhaps that’s just not true.
• Evolution inspiring faith.
• The Iowahawk satirist commends a new blog Tidestemmer.
• Ayers and disapproval, what might be required?
• Zooooom … and not so zoommy.
• GOP diabolical cleverness.

• Marketing splained.
• Elite ideas, of killing Americans,, snuggling up with Papa Joe, and “Change”.
• Examining Mr Obama.
• A mini-homily on patience.
• CO2.
• Market: excess profits invites entry.
• A byline to avoid.
• Abortion in cases of incest and rape.

• Books for kids, a series recommended.
• A monster.
• Considering a perfect world.
• more links here.
• Obama and the economy.
• Dan Rather and media bias and Biden’s remarks through the lens of satire.
• Heh.