I stood outside my one-room apartment. It was nearly 4 AM. I had padlocked my front door and gone outside the gate with my one suitcase and a plastic basket for my cat. Said cat was on my shoulder, because I had already discovered that he hated the basket and […]
“Deputation”: A Funny Word for an Extended Adventure
“Deputation” is missionary jargon. It is a word that has somehow come to mean: “when a prospective missionary travels around to churches for an indefinite amount of time, trying to raise sufficient prayer and financial support so they can get started with ministry at their target destination”. I tried a […]
A Denunciation of Teleportation
I’ve been doing some thinking lately about teleportation, and I have concluded that I am totally against it. Doubtless you have seen those futuristic films where characters gleefully transport across great distances through a single, instantaneous, leap. Doesn’t it seem wonderful? Wouldn’t it be nice to do away with all […]