... on from a number of posts about mentors or mentorship, I got thinking about my own experience of being on the receiving end of leadership. I should think that most of us who have had the fortune to work in academentia are ... is probably the most obvious example of a ‘visionary’ leader. This is the chap who took a somewhat cultish computing platform and turned it into a—well, a ...

... area, an amazing divergence has developed. One person becomes a teacher, another a transcriptionist, another a cultish self-styled biblical “expert”, another a dealer in Vegas, ... what we are doing. That’s why it’s called research.” Well, that all got me thinking on how one with a scientific bent decides on the sub/sub/sub speciality that they will devote their entire ...

... 8217;s Little, Big. But I’m not really sure what a “cult book” might be. It got me to thinking, of course, and before I went to that ersatz oracle of our time (i.e., a Google search), I thought I’d ... , a cult book is not (necessarily) a book about cults. It’s a book that has a cultish following (i.e., a group of devoted (perhaps obsessive) fans who work to push the work ...

... can only hope that the Fort Hood murderer meets the same end...they are of the same mass murdering cultish line of craziness. Apparently Mr Hasan was a Jihadist and outspoken about it ... Policy Institute at George Washington University published a document May 19, entitled "Thinking Anew – Security Priorities for the Next Administration: Proceedings Report of the HSPI Presidential Transition ...

... a central part of their religion. When the Temple in Jerusalem was rebuilt it became the main arena for this cultish activity and, by the time Jesus was born, the building had become, at its centre, a ... from all the other laws in The Law. But, "Hang on a second!" I hear you thinking. "Surely some of those laws, like not killing people or stealing, were perfectly sensible laws that ...

... of Southern California www.annbradney.com. I think...after having been involved for 3 years...that it is at the worst Cultish and at best Snake Oil or a bucket with lots of holes. Several things bothered me ... night we even played Core Energetics Charades. People started to use jargon and our thinking got structured to fit the beliefs of the teachings. A man and a woman in ...

... novel itch so we’ll see which ultimately wins out. But the comments on the previous post got me thinking about some other things, namely my unique contribution to literature. This is one of the things that came up in a ... is a charming tale of larcenous creative writing students, vengeful bounty hunters, cultish baseball fans, and romantically obsessed cops set against the backdrop of a city ...

... . I love the family support and community understanding of a religion that most people find weird (at the least) and cultish (and the worst). I like having close access to Temples, LDS bookstores, and a Costco that sells ... to have a lot of "hard" ness in my life. Worth it, though? I'm thinking "Yes." So, there you go! My 900th post. You may now congratulate me. Or something.

Sarah Palin freaks the hell out of liberals, and with good reason, she goes against their cultish grain. When you are a conservative woman or minority, or both, you better believe that the libs are peeing in their pants at ... . Liberals fear those they can't control. Women are feeble and when they start thinking outside the abortion box, it's time to get nasty. You think teens are mean girls? ...

... looks artless is a difficult trick to pull off. This trancelike and often hilarious novella by a cultish young New York writer is all about that trick, and the unusual pleasures it smuggles in just ... visual: he “looks” or “stares” at things without thinking about them, and without the text forcing an interpretation upon us. Standard literary signals of affect are conspicuous ...