| bio | website | fivesecondreview.wordpress.co… |
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| location | Pasadena, CA | |
| age | 39 | |
| visits | member for | 10 months |
| seen | Dec 22 '12 at 22:32 | |
| stats | profile views | 8 |
My day-to-day work is with a combination of C, ksh and PL/SQL. I enjoy asking and answering questions that come up at work. I also dabble in Perl, lua and LaTeX. My boss has asked me to learn Python as well.
My favorite living philosopher is Alvin Plantinga and my favorite dead philosopher is Blaise Pascal. I think Paul of Tarsus is too little credited as a force in Western philosophy. If you think I'm a Christian, you're right.
Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. -- 1 Corinthians 1:20-25 (ESV)
At home, I have a potted herb garden, potted dwarfed citrus, and a hanging hummingbird garden. My wife and I are also trying to grow a son, but he's harder to feed and train properly.
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Apr 17 |
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Feb 22 |
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Dec 11 |
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Dec 7 |
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How do I keep my Christmas tree from falling over? Hi Jessica and welcome to Home Improvement! I remember your contributions on Biblical Hermeneutics and it's good to see you around. I actually have a cast-iron stand with a big spike in the center, which works on the same principle. The suggestion to use blocks is a good one. From experience, that works even better than trying to buy longer bolts with the correct threading. |
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Dec 7 |
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How do I keep my Christmas tree from falling over? Yeah, I've never bothered with the red-and-green stands. Avoiding the gap is yet another reason to put the tree in the stand vertically rather horizontally. (I can't say this has ever been an issue.) As for the guyline, I don't think I need it this year, but it is a comfort. |
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Dec 6 |
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How do I keep my Christmas tree from falling over? @Malfist et al.: I added the suggestion to use fishing line. I don't have much luck with it myself, however, since I usually go to small streams and tiny lakes so my line is rated for far less than is needed to keep a tree from tipping over without a lot of strands. This year I used some twine anchored on the backside of the tree, which is nearly as unobtrusive. Thanks for the suggestions. |
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Dec 6 |
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Dec 6 |
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How do I keep my Christmas tree from falling over? Small thumbs up for plastic stands and added detail about monofilament line. |
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Dec 6 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Dec 6 |
awarded | Self-Learner |
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Dec 6 |
awarded | Student |
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Dec 6 |
awarded | Supporter |
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Dec 6 |
asked | How do I keep my Christmas tree from falling over? |
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Dec 6 |
answered | How do I keep my Christmas tree from falling over? |
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Oct 8 |
awarded | Revival |
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Jul 20 |
awarded | Teacher |
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Jul 20 |
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How can I extract rusted/painted outdoor screws? I've screwed this up so many times (pun intended). I'm hoping to create a canonical answer for posterity, so please let me know if you'd do things differently. |
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Jul 20 |
answered | How can I extract rusted/painted outdoor screws? |
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awarded | Autobiographer |