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11 People Who Shaped Me

18 May 2012by Allen O'Brien 4 Comments

These eleven people never knew me, but shaped me in irreversible ways (see if you can name any of them).

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Education, Science, Theology
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A Visual Guide for Graduate Students

9 May 2012by Allen O'Brien Leave a comment

The illustrated guide to a Ph.D… was originally created by Matt Might and can be found here.   Imagine a circle that contains all of human knowledge: By the time you […]

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Dan Savage’s Bible-Speech is Wrong, and Kind of Right.

29 April 2012by Allen O'Brien Leave a comment

A short video of several highshcool journalists walking out of a lecture by Dan Savage is going viral and it’s eliciting intense responses; I believe Savage’s main point is correct, […]

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Education, Politics, Theology
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Vulnerability and the Ritz Cracker People

9 April 2012by Allen O'Brien 1 Comment

I only wanted one thing in first grade.  Our teacher would play a memory game with the class where she walked around the room, touching several objects; desk, chair, light […]

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Education
Ripping the Rug Out: How I've Come To Understand the Bible and the Atom

Ripping the Rug Out: How I’ve Come To Understand the Bible and the Atom

20 August 2011by Allen O'Brien 3 Comments

Sixth grade was bulky desks, black tops, and best friends, cool teachers, commanding yard duties, and cheeky principals.  Sixth grade was the year we figured out homework actually sucked and […]

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Education, Science, Theology
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UnEducated UnBelievers

7 July 2011by Allen O'Brien 2 Comments

DISCLAIMER: I don’t want to discount everything that I learned, nor the people that I met at my Alma mater.  In my experience, individuals generally had their heads screwed on […]

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Education, Theology

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