Hypotyposis on a Good DayA public place for Raymond Yee to work out (some of) his issues concerning Bach, the Web, life with God, politics, philosophy, art, justice, love, friendship, the church, books, etc.Migrating to my personal weblog to hypotyposis.net- April 26, 2007 I'm giving my personal weblog to a new domain (hypotyposis.net) and setting it to run with WordPress software rather than Movable Type. The new address is http:hypotyposis.netblog I hope to redirect links aimed at the old weblog to the corresponding entry. I moved my entries from MT to WP by using the export feature of MT and the import feature of WP. The translation wasn't perfect; for instance, a lot of formatting was not done correctly. However, it's good enough to move ahead with..http://raymondyee.net/blog/archives/000562.html Dark chocolate it is then!- April 25, 2007 Remedies: Dark Chocolate Similar to Blood Pressure Drugs - New York Times: Four of the five studies on chocolate found reduced blood pressure after eating, but none of the tea studies showed significant benefit. The magnitude of the effect of eating three and a half ounces of dark chocolate a day was clinically significant, comparable to that of beta-blockers like atenolol, known by the brand name Tenormin, or propranolol, known as Inderal. The authors acknowledge that the...http://raymondyee.net/blog/archives/000561.html Richard Hyde's "In Search of a Sense of Place"- April 20, 2007 My friend Richard Hyde has started a weblog In Search of a Sense of Place. I've always enjoyed reading the email reports he would send out and encouraged him to share them with the larger public. Here's a sample of one of Richard's entries from February 2, 2007: I had just walked out of the Holocaust Museum, where I was attending an academic conference on the great culture war between fascism and communism in Europe between the world wars. A couple of the morning presenters...http://raymondyee.net/blog/archives/000560.html Darfur, Google Earth, and Kristof- April 19, 2007 BBC NEWS Africa Google Earth turns spotlight on Darfur. (More coverage of the use of Google Earth at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and Google Earth, Google Earth Blog: Crisis in Darfur - The Google Effect, Ogle Earth: Darfur) I finally got to take a look at the "Crisis in Darfur" layer in Google Earth. I'm reminded once more of the need for prayer and advocacy on my part and the part of those around me. Following the list at What Can I Do to Help Prevent Genocide is a start;...http://raymondyee.net/blog/archives/000559.html Slings & Arrows Shakespeare online- April 9, 2007 Laura and I learned about Slings and Arrows from reading Fire up Netflix; you need to see the first two seasons of 'Slings and Arrows' before third starts. We took up Tim Goodman's advice and have been working ourselves through seasons 1 and 2. Watching the actors recite Shakespeare makes me want to commit more texts to memory. BTW, how does one link to a specific spot in Shakespeare's plays I see the use of an ActSceneline number reference system. Is that prevalent For instance, I see from..http://raymondyee.net/blog/archives/000558.html moleskines and other writing implements- April 1, 2007 moleskines and other writing implements Originally uploaded by Raymond Yee. For Christmas, Laura's folks gave me a large plain Moleskine notebook. Although I quickly took to writing in it sporadically, it is only during this last week that I've been writing many times a day in it. The notebook is, of course, not the only instrument for recording my thoughts. It has, however, become a guiding one as I sort through the jumble of thoughts that buzz around in my brain. Forcing myself to..http://raymondyee.net/blog/archives/000556.html |