Comments for Ich steh mit einem Fuss im Grabe http://ichsteh.wordpress.com Thoughts on life in this present age Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:19:54 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Things I hate about going to the orthodontist by Anonymous http://ichsteh.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/things-i-hate-about-going-to-the-orthodontist/#comment-475 Anonymous Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:19:54 +0000 http://ichsteh.wordpress.com/?p=108#comment-475 My orthodontist rocks. I always look forward to going! My orthodontist rocks. I always look forward to going!

]]> Comment on German Christians Encouraged by Government Minister to Participate More in Politics by ichsteh http://ichsteh.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/german-christians-encouraged-by-government-minister-to-participate-more-in-politics/#comment-474 ichsteh Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:44:20 +0000 http://ichsteh.wordpress.com/?p=436#comment-474 His recent articles list looks pretty interesting. Glad to hear you're interested in him. How did you find out about him? My vague, uneducated idea of German theologians is that they would be super intellectual but boring, dry, ossified, afraid of throwing down any kind of gauntlet due to the numbing shame over the Nazi years. His recent articles list looks pretty interesting.
Glad to hear you’re interested in him. How did you find out about him? My vague, uneducated idea of German theologians is that they would be super intellectual but boring, dry, ossified, afraid of throwing down any kind of gauntlet due to the numbing shame over the Nazi years.

]]> Comment on German Christians Encouraged by Government Minister to Participate More in Politics by mattboulter http://ichsteh.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/german-christians-encouraged-by-government-minister-to-participate-more-in-politics/#comment-473 mattboulter Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:56:24 +0000 http://ichsteh.wordpress.com/?p=436#comment-473 Interesting and cool. Yes, strange world we live in ("full circle"). Speaking of Germans & Christianity, here is a German biblical scholar I am now interested in: http://www.gerdluedemann.de/ Interesting and cool. Yes, strange world we live in (“full circle”).

Speaking of Germans & Christianity, here is a German biblical scholar I am now interested in: http://www.gerdluedemann.de/

]]> Comment on wise words by rosessupposes http://ichsteh.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/wise-words/#comment-469 rosessupposes Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:43:08 +0000 http://ichsteh.wordpress.com/?p=414#comment-469 Focus on what you're passionate about, not what the others around you are doing. We tear ourselves up comparing our progress to others, but the important thing is whether or not we're pursuing something we're interested in. I'm kinda fed up with egos these days. I watched one potential friendship implode because egos got in the way, and another grad student reject a potentially good time because she was too worried about what people would think of her. Our Bible Study imploded b/c a lot of people couldn't handle smart women talking about religion (one of many reasons--our exploration just wasn't for a lot of people as well). Grad school is this wonderful time when we have immense free time and are surrounded by interesting folk (including you), but we (including me) ruin it because we're so worried about the past and the future and comparing ourselves to others. Live in the moment, for those meetings like the one with your student and for the exciting tid bits from your research--and share that excitement with others. It is infectious. Focus on what you’re passionate about, not what the others around you are doing. We tear ourselves up comparing our progress to others, but the important thing is whether or not we’re pursuing something we’re interested in.

I’m kinda fed up with egos these days. I watched one potential friendship implode because egos got in the way, and another grad student reject a potentially good time because she was too worried about what people would think of her. Our Bible Study imploded b/c a lot of people couldn’t handle smart women talking about religion (one of many reasons–our exploration just wasn’t for a lot of people as well).

Grad school is this wonderful time when we have immense free time and are surrounded by interesting folk (including you), but we (including me) ruin it because we’re so worried about the past and the future and comparing ourselves to others. Live in the moment, for those meetings like the one with your student and for the exciting tid bits from your research–and share that excitement with others. It is infectious.

]]> Comment on The Simpsons on Grad Students by ichsteh http://ichsteh.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/the-simpsons-on-grad-students/#comment-468 ichsteh Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:08:04 +0000 http://ichsteh.wordpress.com/?p=428#comment-468 I already saw that one and forwarded it to the fam. I went from amused to touched to disturbed while watching it. I like the way they picture dissertation writing as an island on the periphery (to symbolize isolation) - though then again a swamp might have been good, too. I already saw that one and forwarded it to the fam. I went from amused to touched to disturbed while watching it.
I like the way they picture dissertation writing as an island on the periphery (to symbolize isolation) – though then again a swamp might have been good, too.

]]> Comment on The Simpsons on Grad Students by kg http://ichsteh.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/the-simpsons-on-grad-students/#comment-467 kg Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:58:17 +0000 http://ichsteh.wordpress.com/?p=428#comment-467 This one is a bit self-pitying, but kind of funny: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKLKwP76nvA This one is a bit self-pitying, but kind of funny: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKLKwP76nvA

]]> Comment on wise words by L http://ichsteh.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/wise-words/#comment-466 L Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:18:28 +0000 http://ichsteh.wordpress.com/?p=414#comment-466 Wise words, indeed! Wise words, indeed!

]]> Comment on wise words by ichsteh http://ichsteh.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/wise-words/#comment-465 ichsteh Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:40:07 +0000 http://ichsteh.wordpress.com/?p=414#comment-465 I never knew that, Rosemary. Thanks for sharing. I never knew that, Rosemary. Thanks for sharing.

]]> Comment on wise words by Rosemary http://ichsteh.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/wise-words/#comment-464 Rosemary Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:14:19 +0000 http://ichsteh.wordpress.com/?p=414#comment-464 Yes, thank God for Paul and his words. I'll never forget how much these words meant to me when I was an undergrad at the University of Texas (Austin.) It was 1963, UT had three times as many students as my little hometown. I wondered if the things I had been taught in Levelland were really true. And God graciously gave me these words. They were true then, and they get "truer" every day. Yes, thank God for Paul and his words. I’ll never forget how much these words meant to me when I was an undergrad at the University of Texas (Austin.) It was 1963, UT had three times as many students as my little hometown. I wondered if the things I had been taught in Levelland were really true. And God graciously gave me these words. They were true then, and they get “truer” every day.

]]> Comment on Amerika* by annonamoose http://ichsteh.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/amerika/#comment-463 annonamoose Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:20:46 +0000 http://ichsteh.wordpress.com/?p=205#comment-463 I think there has been a bit of a rise in the popularity of Canada - North American culture without the political baggage - but all of your observations are spot on. I have eliminated the word "America" and its demonym from my vocabulary, at least when I am not in the UK or the States. "The Americas" is good enough for the BBC, the Economist and media in the States. It works for me. I refuse to use "America" for the entirety of the New World because a false-friend in Spanish and Portuguese seems like a poor reason to force native speakers to change the meaning of words in their own language. Things are clear enough in their contexts that I have never had a situation with a native speaker where it wasn't clear whether the word was used to refer to a super-continent or a country. In German it's slightly more complicated because although my paperwork from town hall says "amerikanisch" the news uses "US-amerikanisch" and Germany, once a "hochburg" of Geology teaches quite a few of its students that there are only five continents. Talk about cultural differences :) The continents are ridiculous constructs to begin with, but there you go. I think there has been a bit of a rise in the popularity of Canada – North American culture without the political baggage – but all of your observations are spot on.

I have eliminated the word “America” and its demonym from my vocabulary, at least when I am not in the UK or the States. “The Americas” is good enough for the BBC, the Economist and media in the States. It works for me. I refuse to use “America” for the entirety of the New World because a false-friend in Spanish and Portuguese seems like a poor reason to force native speakers to change the meaning of words in their own language. Things are clear enough in their contexts that I have never had a situation with a native speaker where it wasn’t clear whether the word was used to refer to a super-continent or a country.

In German it’s slightly more complicated because although my paperwork from town hall says “amerikanisch” the news uses “US-amerikanisch” and Germany, once a “hochburg” of Geology teaches quite a few of its students that there are only five continents. Talk about cultural differences :)

The continents are ridiculous constructs to begin with, but there you go.

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