by Nathan Reed | Dec 15, 2022 | current news, government
Our small little community began bulk waste pickup a few months back. In order to control costs and set expectations, we require residents to sign up for bulk pickup the week before. I’ve had a few complaints (not many), and people are still adjusting to the...
by Nathan Reed | Mar 31, 2014 | Blog, current news, politics, random interests, technology
More than 38% of adults and 45.5% of children live in households without a land-line telephone, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That means two in every five U.S. homes, or 39%, are wireless, up from 26.6% three years ago. Moreover, a scant 8.5% of...
by Nathan Reed | Feb 4, 2014 | Blog, current news, politics
I didn’t watch the Super Bowl. I’ve not seen any of the commercials. Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the...
by Nathan Reed | Feb 13, 2013 | Blog, current news, Quotes - In and Out of Context, random interests
Hilary Mantel, one my favorite authors (she wrote Wolf Hall and Bringing Up the Bodies, and won the Booker Prize), wrote a long but interesting article for the London Review of Books. She discusses everything from Marie Antoinette, Kate Middleton, Henry VII, and more....
by Nathan Reed | Feb 7, 2013 | Blog, church, current news, Quotes - In and Out of Context
From an amazing interesting article about one of Fred Phelps’s granddaughters who left Westboro Baptist Church: “My doubts started with a conversation I had with David Abitbol,” she says. Megan met David, an Israeli web developer who’s part of the team behind...
by Nathan Reed | Dec 29, 2012 | Blog, church, current news, government, politics
I think I believe in getting what we deserve; getting that for which we work. I believe in a fundamental “fairness”. I also know that, as my father said, “life isn’t fair”. I also believe, as a Christian, that I am totally undeserving of...