{"id":6207,"date":"2014-03-04T18:34:16","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T23:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=6207"},"modified":"2014-03-04T18:34:16","modified_gmt":"2014-03-04T23:34:16","slug":"things-heard-e292v1n2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=6207","title":{"rendered":"Things Heard: e292v1n2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, Lent has begun (and will begin tomorrow for y&#8217;all in the West &#8230;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/branemrys.blogspot.com\/2014\/03\/some-things-to-do-for-lent.html\" target=\"_blank\">and some suggestions<\/a>). I would suggest for any in the Western tradition would be, in the next few days (through Thursday night) to look up a local Orthodox parish and see if they are doing the Canon of St Andrew (in English). Nothing exemplifies the spirit of Lent more than that service.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>So, the Ukraine is in the news. Alas for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thedignifiedrant.blogspot.com\/2014\/03\/squirrel.html\" target=\"_blank\">the administration as noted here<\/a>\u00a0and noted\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pjmedia.com\/richardfernandez\/2014\/03\/03\/the-infallibles\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Guns\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/2014\/03\/foghorn\/guns-russians-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">in Crimea<\/a>. One of the interesting things\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Crimean-War-History-Orlando-Figes-ebook\/dp\/B004QGY3YI\" target=\"_blank\">I learned reading this book<\/a>, was that the &#8220;Charge of the Light Brigade&#8221; contrary to popular conceptions was not the failure it was pretended to be.<\/li>\n<li>More we can learn from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/2014\/03\/foghorn\/guns-russians-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Crimea<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Whales, not Wales, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.isegoria.net\/2014\/03\/moby-dicks-counter-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\">the significance of &#8220;White&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Global warming,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2014\/03\/04\/no-global-warming-for-17-years-6-months\/\" target=\"_blank\">17 years and counting<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Walmart\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2014\/3\/4\/5470242\/walmart-wave-hybrid-tractor-trailer-concept-revealed\" target=\"_blank\">and Logistics<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Them\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.isegoria.net\/2014\/03\/japanese-marines\/\" target=\"_blank\">beaches<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Noting\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/2014\/03\/debate-affirmative-action-on-campus-does-more-harm-than-good\/\" target=\"_blank\">the obvious<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Folding\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twentytwowords.com\/how-to-get-a-perfectly-folded-t-shirt-with-a-machine-made-out-of-cardboard\/\" target=\"_blank\">tech<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Hammurabi and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/althouse.blogspot.com\/2014\/03\/the-highest-court-in-iran-has-ordered.html\" target=\"_blank\">Middle Eastern Courts<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Archaeology and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2014\/3\/3\/5465942\/dental-plaque-preserves-bacteria-diet-1000-year-old-skeletons\" target=\"_blank\">tooth decay<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>For Christians allergic\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.challies.com\/articles\/31-days-of-purity-my-identity\" target=\"_blank\">to, uhm, Christian tradition<\/a>. Why invent &#8220;31&#8221; days?<\/li>\n<li>So, why complain about gay marriage,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ricochet.com\/main-feed\/No-Fault-Divorce-and-Prenuptial-Agreements\" target=\"_blank\">marriage is already broken<\/a>?<\/li>\n<li>Well, one &#8220;time to stop correcting&#8221; it\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/feministphilosophers.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/03\/when-to-stop-correcting-sexist-language\/\" target=\"_blank\">is when &#8220;it&#8221; is grammatically correct<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>For\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/voxday.blogspot.com\/2014\/03\/not-so-stupid-after-all.html\" target=\"_blank\">the Palin fans<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pipeline.corante.com\/archives\/2014\/03\/03\/sydney_brenner_on_the_state_of_science.php\" target=\"_blank\">Publish or perish, or perish the thought<\/a>?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, Lent has begun (and will begin tomorrow for y&#8217;all in the West &#8230;\u00a0and some suggestions). I would suggest for any in the Western tradition would be, in the next few days (through Thursday night) to look up a local Orthodox parish and see if they are doing the Canon of St Andrew (in English). 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