Disqus - Friends of tapps

Re: early adapters

thomasknoll — Tue, 27 Apr 2004 11:15:38 -0000

mom: I knew I could count on you
dwight: thanks for the early link
tim: the only thing I lost coming from blogger were my old comments so that was pretty amazing to me... and I'm personally a php/mysql fan.. so it works. And as far as SL goes, I haven't found the date yet... but someday soon. I'll let you know as soon as I know.
julie: I can't promise knives... but if that's what you want, that's what you get.
derek: you get whatever julie picks

Thanks everybody for helping me move in!

Re: Beer and Guitars

thomasknoll — Wed, 05 May 2004 11:45:49 -0000

We miss you too Julie.
Hey.... we should get together sometime. (-: (-:

Re: Beer and Guitars

thomasknoll — Sun, 16 May 2004 17:04:09 -0000

buh-leeted

Re: mission

thomasknoll — Thu, 05 Aug 2004 13:40:32 -0000

right... the building can only decide... just kidding

Re: Polyphasic/Uberman’s Sleep

thomasknoll — Thu, 04 Nov 2004 06:14:02 -0000

Yeah, I'm pretty sure neither of those shows ever dealt with the topic of sex. ;0)

Re: BBspot – Which OS Are You?

thomasknoll — Mon, 08 Nov 2004 11:58:14 -0000

It means you're a girl!

j/k I don't know what it means.

Re: Peace of all peace

thomasknoll — Sat, 27 Nov 2004 16:33:40 -0000

But it's so beautiful outside... and hockey. Mmmmmm.

Re: Peace of all peace

thomasknoll — Sun, 28 Nov 2004 19:01:56 -0000

Me work hard 5 days a week
Sweeping garbage from the street
Come home not want book to read
Not 'nuff pictures for me see
Sit right down in favourite chair
Wearing only underwear
Favourite night is Saturday night
'Cause me can watch hockey fights
Me Like Hockey!
Me not like pro basketball
'Cause me short and they all tall
Baseball slow like Forrest Gump
'Cept when Robby spits on ump
Wrestlemania not so great
Me like to see Hulk Hogan skate
TV soccer not so hot
You play bad then you get shot
Me Like Hockey!
Swedish players must be geeks
'Cause they still got own real teeth
Not like Finnish players names
What's a Teemu anyways?
Russians worse in history
Got stupid names like Valery
Me like Sergei Federov
Me like him more if head were off
ha! ha! ha!
Me Like Hockey!
Please Mr. Linseman let the players
fight
Friends come over put game on
Argue then we lat bets down
Got bag of chips and case of Bud
Should last till end of first period
But Yankees they win the World Cup
Me think the cheat use glowy puck!
Maybe if we want to win her
Maybe we should play in winter
Me Like Hockey

Re: Direct Quote

thomasknoll — Thu, 02 Dec 2004 13:32:17 -0000

Even $0.75 on the Dollar would be 150 Billion dollars used on actual NEEDS.

Re: Luther

thomasknoll — Sat, 04 Dec 2004 13:52:47 -0000

Thanks Emily, we'd love to get to hang out with you again too. I'm not sure whether we'll make it to St. Louis or not, but we'll see what God has up his sleeve. ;-)

Re: last week of class

thomasknoll — Mon, 06 Dec 2004 18:46:17 -0000

My problem is, that unless I have the external motivation to write these papers, I will never get my "brilliant stuff" down later. ;-)

Re: last week of class

thomasknoll — Mon, 06 Dec 2004 22:33:34 -0000

even my MOM is telling me just to write what the professors want to hear...

Re: last week of class

thomasknoll — Wed, 08 Dec 2004 07:45:54 -0000

So you're saying that when I finnish all my papers you are going to buy me an ice cream cone?

Re: First test

thomasknoll — Fri, 10 Dec 2004 04:29:27 -0000

Thanks Angel.
One down... two to go.

Re: SacredSpace

thomasknoll — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 15:57:26 -0000

Thanks for the encouragement Alex. I really enjoyed my time with you guys, and I hope you know, that the reason I said those things was because they are true. Kim and I are going to be coming back to Woodbury this semester, so I hope to see you around. ;)

Re: grr

thomasknoll — Wed, 05 Jan 2005 13:43:29 -0000

a) It's not fun. The only plus side is that I've been able to do more reading than usual lately.

b) This is my postponement... I was supposed to do it in the middle of last semester. And since I'm not willing to give up my summer I had to take this between semester time.

c) thanks for making it bearable

Re: grr

thomasknoll — Thu, 06 Jan 2005 09:19:46 -0000

nah man... I'll step up to the plate.
Though I wonder what they would say if I wore a t-shirt that said "criminals should die." and a smiley face to the Juror selection?

Re: un-grr

thomasknoll — Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:33:27 -0000

Yeah... I just sat there waiting and waiting and waiting. I never even got called up for jury selection. An easy $100 I suppose, but I should have been working on other stuff. Oh well, se la vie.

Re: GodPod

thomasknoll — Sun, 16 Jan 2005 11:28:57 -0000

no it wouldn't

Re: GodPod

thomasknoll — Sun, 16 Jan 2005 20:53:59 -0000

nuh uh

Re: un-grr

thomasknoll — Sun, 16 Jan 2005 20:58:27 -0000

$20 a day plus mileage

Re: 89.3 The Current

thomasknoll — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 16:52:26 -0000

I think so... I'm uploading from iTunes in windows and Winamp in Windows... because shamefully I still cannot use my mac.

Re: 89.3 The Current

thomasknoll — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 18:07:25 -0000

yeah, I hear ya, but no. In, fact... I almost love it.

Re: the pagitt blog: Our Task

thomasknoll — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 18:55:32 -0000

In my book Christianity isn't a religion. (Read isn't as 'shouldn't be.') Or at least, Christians shouldn't call themselves religious. I'm not going to be able to make this nice and neat, so expect a huge mess. I'm just going to puke now, and hope you can spot the hotdogs and corn from yesterday.

Here is one set of definitions for religion (from Dictionary.com):

1.a. Belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers regarded as creator and governor of the universe.
b. A personal or institutionalized system grounded in such belief and worship.
2. The life or condition of a person in a religious order.
3. A set of beliefs, values, and practices based on the teachings of a spiritual leader.
4. A cause, principle, or activity pursued with zeal or conscientious devotion.

1. a. Christianity isn't just a belief in a creator. Don't get me wrong, you certainly need to believe in God as creator to be in a relationship with him. It would be hard to consider yourself a friend with someone if you don't recognize and appreciate who they are. But where most religions stop at reverence, Christianity says that the creator and governor of the universe not only loves us, but died for us, and even lives in us. That's a far cry for having reverence for the 'something bigger out there.'

1. b. While Christians have backed themselves into a corner begging like Israel for a King (only their king is 'good rule and order' or the king of the 21st century, governement), that's not what Christianity is. Christianity is not an institutionalized system designed to focus on worship and belief in some creator. It is the outpouring of the kingdom come, God on earth, emmanuel. Again, it may not look that way most of the time, but that's where the real church is and what it looks like.

2. This one could be considered close... Christianity certainly pertains to the life or condition of a person (or more specifically the community that person belongs to)... but this is still focusing on a life based around the religion itself rather than the creator. Religion is not about a life messed up and turned upside down by amazing grace, daily following the ups and downs of a relationship with God; Christianity is.

3. Christianity is not a set of beliefs. It has been turned into that by many, and there is not much more left of it in American modern churchism, but true Christianity could never be contained in any set of beliefs. Just read the only set of beliefs ever recorded and watch how many times major stances shift and change to reflect the ongoing dynamic relationship of a creator with his creation. I won't even talk about Christian values and how that has been equated to a narrow political view, but I will say that Christianity is loving and messy, and hardly ever making any sense. The same God who is willing to kill thousands of guilty, unrepentant people in the name of justice will take justice upon himself just to procclaim a single horrible, yet broken with regret, person righteous in his sight. That's not morals, that's love.

4. Sure, if this is the only definition, then yes, Christianity is a religion.

Re: neo monasticism

thomasknoll — Sun, 06 Feb 2005 00:43:47 -0000

I get it.