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Thomas Jefferson, a fellow Virginian, would have enjoyed our Pigfest. The conversation was fluid and dynamic. The food was excellent. The topics were engaging.
I opened the Pigfest with a Thomas Aquinas quote that "civilization is constituted by conversation." Jefferson, and many others through history, understood the importance of mixing hospitality and conversation in advancing ideas and thought.
Pigfest is t'nite. The Pigfest staff at Mr. Dawntreader managed to scrounge up 28 of the sharpest thinkers in Virginia to attend ... from middle school ranks up through grandparents ... from poets to scientists ... from empiricists to romanticists.
There are some challenging topics in store for t'nite. Mr. Dawntreader has seen a preview of the topics to be discussed ... you won't be disappointed.
Bring your worldviews, your ideas and your appetite with you -- but leave your high school diplomas at home. Diplomas are not required for Pigfests.
The table has been set in the basement. The chairs are deployed. The food is being prepared. All we need ... is you.
P.S. Don't forget, apathy is strictly prohibited at all Pigfests.
The are in. This space borne instrument adds further evidence to support the inflationary Big Bang model.
It confirms that the following took place. The universe grew from the size of a marble to a volume larger than all of observable space in less than a trillion-trillionth of a second. Try to wrap your mind around that fact.
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Thomas Jefferson ... thinker, lawyer, musician, architect, scientist, statesman, president ... and Pigfester.
Pigfest on Friday, March 24th. Seven o'clock.
Set Tivo to record the NCAA regional finals, and head over to our house for conversation and cuisine. (Duke is taking it all, btw)
Pig out on food and feast on ideas. High school diploma not required.
I had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Ryan Bolger today. Dr. Bolger is the co-author of .
Bolger, who blogs at TheBolgBlog, is a colleague of my father's at Fuller. He also happens to live 5 minutes from my parents' home, and was kind enough to drop by for a visit today (I am in California visiting my folks).
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I am going to miss seeing this jump shot. I can't believe four years came and went so fast. Congratulations to JJ Redick on a great ACC tournament and a story book college career. All he lacks is one thing : the NCAA tournament championship. I like Duke's regional. I think North Carolina will have a tougher time.
On a side note, I sat with some of JJ's Duke friends on my flight to California out of Durham this past Friday. They assured me that he was an ordinary humble guy. I asked them what JJ was majoring in. Nobody knew. But the girl sitting next to me knew some important JJ information : who he was dating, and that he was homeschooled in Roanoke.
All I know is I am going to miss seeing those long 3 pointers and that picture perfect jump shot. Four years of watching JJ went way too fast.