"Healer," Ten Shekel Shirt

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GDH-isms (a work in progress)

For those of you not familiar with GDH...it stands for Greenville Dining Hall. It's really not that bad, we just like to analyze it sometimes...Here are some of our favorite quotes. (the list will just keep growing).

- "There's no taste. [like home]" -on the napkin dipensers

- "It tastes better than it looks."

-"Is this FDA approved?":

- "You have to use a knife, but it's really not that bad."

- "How do you stuff a pork-chop with cornbread?"

- "What does it taste like?"..."Vanilla with a hint of stale."...."Oh."

- A five carbon ring (made of rice):

-"That line should be called...'International-Nothing but Asian'"

-"Cinnamon...on squash? Really?"
-"Cheerios go with everything."
-"Y'all, this had a hair in it."

GDH started giving us plums, some of which are very good:

9/22/2010:
Eowyn got THE black tray!

GDH does a luau. 9/25/2010

This was the other option (9/25/2010):

Hmmm:

GDH does paper products because the dishwasher broke one day (12/1/2010):

GDH does Christmas (12/2010):

Snowed in (1/10/11):

Ship-shape (3/10/11): 

In this photo: Captain Earl Grey and his drunken conjoined twin

The naked corn-dog stick, turned tea stirrer, turned plank, turned mast

The armless pirate, saved by the nose of a whale

An inside look at the tray return, from above. (4/27/11):

on evolution...

[T]he human species is by no means the pinnacle of evolution. Evolution has no pinnacle and there is no such thing as evolutionary progress. Natural selection is simply the process by which life-forms change to suit the myriad opportunities afforded by the physical environment and by other life-forms.
-Matt Ridley, author of Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters

      I won't claim to have a true interest/background in the whole creation vs. evolution debate, but I will admit it gets my wheels turning sometimes. A project in my senior Biology II class in high school was a learning experience aimed at examining the various points of both sides of the debate. Since my presentation portion was focused on DNA as God's universal code for life and much of the evidence I found was in support of the Intelligent Design Theory, I did not further my research into the spiritual aspects of the debate.


      A recent conversation with my parents sparked my interest again, and then a few days ago, I ran across this quote [see above]. I am by no means a scholar on the matter, but I believe there is something to be said for the relationship of the spiritual side of the debate to bring evidence against evolution.


       I believe that humanity's purpose on earth is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever. I also believe that I was created in the image of God, separate and distinguished from other animals. I do admit the similarities in certain aspects of development and composition of other life forms, which coincide with some human characteristics, but I believe this was a specific design by God to show the order of the universe and His control over it. I am not saying that natural selection or micro-evolution does not exist, at least in some form, I am just saying that, when you get down to the basics of Evolutionary Theory, there is no goal other than survival. There is no "stopping point" in evolution, so to speak. There is no room for "purpose" or, perhaps more importantly, for a relationship with God.


        I don't have much more to say while on this soap-box. My knowledge sort of dries up here. The quote just caught my attention.