Re: It's Early, But Will You Have for Dinner Tonight, Thursday, 11/14/2024?

  On Wed, 20 Nov 2024, Coogan's Bluff wrote:
 

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Ergo the need for Christ's grace and forgiveness, all as the Father intended.
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I try and save my back-patting for minor skills that have taken way too long to master, the rest is His.

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Ahh... mastering vim comes to mind! ;)

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This vim?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80mWp6H4zEw

 Yes, that's the one and only!
 

You do Python and Perlscript too?

 Mostly python and bash. When I was young I did more programming, but
now, in older age, only occasionally when teaching, or when updating
some of the scripts that help me run my business.
 

I wonder how the Creator squared that with his upping the media power of Uniparty?

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His ways are mysterious. A test perhaps? A teaching tool?

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Yes, very much so I feel.

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P.S. I'm just getting into the "cloud of unknowing" - the introduction is robustly overwritten, academia has to justify itself always.

 Don't get stuck in the introduction! The only interesting thing is the
text itself, and _if_ you find it useful in your own life.
 

Took a detour through 1600s Russia with a pilgrim - they really did live on bread an water.

 Oh yes, for sure! We often forget how good we have it today. Reading
those stories, really brings home the fact the blessings of peace and
capitalism.
 

I may need a bowl of Carmelites when I'm done...
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😉

 ;)
 Once you're finished exploring some of the best texts (in my opinion)
from the orthodox and protestant traditions, you can always head over to
St. Teresa of Ávila or St. John of the Cross for some catholic flavoured
mysticism. Too symbolic and intellectual for my taste, but could be fun
for a comparative study.