Feedburner

Subscribe to the Requiest

Get the latest updates delivered via email

Archive for rants – Page 3

May
23

Distractions

by Rong

In my venting yesterday I touched briefly on the problem of technology in our life. I had missed reading Dr. Mohler’s blog yesterday, but lo and behold he posted on this very issue.

People who cannot maintain mental attention cannot know the intimacy of prayer, and God does not maintain a Facebook page.

And, this is not just a problem for our youth.  I personally find myself more and more distracted while at work – as in writing up this post or reading Dr. Mohler’s blog, or checking out the latest hardware prices at www.NewEgg.com or checking out summer rentals at OBC, or reading up on the latest adoptable greyhounds that our group has at www.greyhoundwelfare.org or checking on my personal email because I might have something important from the diaconate that I’m now a part of, or double checking what the weather is going to be for this weekend at www.wunderground.com, and it goes on and on and on.

I honestly think sometimes it would be better for me both mentally and spiritually to be back behind the wheel of an 18 wheeler or to be back on a construction site.  At least with those careers I’m not plugged into the World Wide Web all day long.

If you have 3 minutes to be distracted I commend for your reading, ‘The Challenge of Attention in the Digital Age’.

0 Categories : ramblings, rants
May
22

True Lack of Reasoning

by Rong

IM conversation that I just had with a workmate:

Ricardo…
MAY 21–Meet Alex Phillips. The Wisconsin teenager is facing felony child pornography charges for allegedly posting naked photos of his 16-year-old ex-girlfriend on his MySpace page.
When contacted by police about the two images, Phillips,17, balked at removing the pictures of the girl. Warned that he couldf ace jail for publishing images of the minor, Phillips told an investigator, “F*** that, I am keeping them up,” according to a criminal complaint filed yesterday in Lacrosse County Circuit Court.Phillips told cops that he posted the photos last week “because he was venting.” The cell phone camera photos had been taken by the girl, who provided them to Phillips.
Along with posting the photos,Phillips added explicit captions like, “Yo, U see how big her hole is!Its from me!” While claiming that his goal was not to harm the girl,Phillips acknowledged that, “he probably should not have done this,”according to the May 20 court filing. Along with the child porn count,Phillips was charged with defamation and sexual exploitation of a child.

Only on myspace
11:23:12

Rong…
lovely
11:24:19

Rong…

I always wonder in cases like this what the kids parents are like.
11:24:37

Ricardo…
Hopefully in the next 10 years the “mindset” of taking digital pictures will change.
11:25:06

Ricardo…

It’s so fresh and new, kids are making crazy mistakes.
11:25:20

Rong…

People just don’t understand the value of their “character” and how easily one stupid mistake can ruin it.
11:26:42

Does anyone teach kids self respect anymore or is that just some outdated concept? It seems that along with immediate gratification and instant everything comes a lack of thinking things thru. Our technology all too easily allows for things to be envisioned, created, packaged and sent before we take the time to recognize the possible ramifications of our actions. It was bad enough when we were kids but now the cart seems to be eternally before the horse. Someone please slow down the bus, I think I want to get off.

1 Categories : ramblings, rants
Apr
17

Did I Need to Know?

by Rong

Post from Jared at the Thinklings – Miscarriage as Experimental Art.

Do give the title of his post a bit of a thought before you read this article that is the basis for his post.

My response follows.

Read More→

0 Categories : geeky stuff, rants
« Previous Page
Next Page »

Gallery

P1010298 P1010309 P1010324 100_0302 DSC_0162 P1010330