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David requested that I do this, so here goes:

• Total volume of music files on my computer:

  Here at work I have about 1.1GB of music…I’ll update later with how much I have at the house.

• The last CD I bought:

  Based on a True Story by The Starting Line

• Song playing right now:

  Elliott Smith - A Passing Feeling

• Five to ten songs I listen to alot:

  Look for yourself.

• Five people to whom I’m passing the baton:

  Great, all of my blogger friends are in pblug, and David has already gotten them. So anyone that reads this, post a comment with a link to your site!

I thought it was time to add an update to the site. Having a user-friendly interface to update my blog is a much better motivator than having to manually enter sql queries with a news posting, as I was doing previously. (Ok, so maybe I was using PHPMyAdmin, but who is counting?) A couple of thoughts are going through my mind as I write this post:

1. I hope that Joe’s weight-loss plan works out better than his promise to blog more this year. He has been much more active in #pblug lately though, so I guess I can cut him some slack.

2. I’m not sure that many know this, but a Bible study was recently started at the house I am living at. What began as three young men gathering to study the Word of God has now grown to 18 young people (This past week was the first week that any young ladies had the courage to sit in a room full of young men) studying the thruths that the Bible has to say about us. It has truly been a blessing to see God work right in front of our eyes. So if anyone is in San Angelo on a Thursday night, drop by 2858 Colorado at 8 and join in!

3. (I know 3 is more than a couple, but just bare with me) David has done a GREAT job getting the new pblug website going with the new MediaWiki install. I know that we all appreciate what he has done. And I guess I should mention Caleb as well, as he started work on the first wiki we used. Now if only they will listen to all the suggestions that Mike gives them, we might have a great site in the future.

Enough rambling…back to work.

Albert Mohler posted an interesting commentary today about today’s business schools and their practice of hiring professors that are more concerned with research than actually teaching practical knowledge that will help business students in the real world. “Practitioners in the field…are not likely to be impressed with much of what business professors write and produce…” How many times have you had a class with a professor that has had no applicable real-world experience, be it in business, CS, or hairdressing? While it is true that the academics and theory is important in a college education, it is just as important to train individuals in practical applications of these theories, if any.

Mohler then goes on to show how it is just as important for seminaries to look at their same practice of hiring faculty. “Theological seminaries…should be unembarrassed to hold the stewardship of a primary mission that is irreducibly directed to the practice of ministry…of course, there is a vital and non-negotiable scholarly dimension…and the training of ministers requires nothing less than the highest standards of academic excellence.”

Schools of higher education everywhere, especially those educating individuals that will be entering the workforce at some point, need to ensure that they employ individuals that can apply their experience with academic knowledge in order to provide the best education possible for the emerging workforce, be it in the church or in the business world.

Caleb, you can have your soapbox back…