Author Archives: timlyg

Who's to blame in miscommunication?

Posted on December 20, 2018 by timlyg

Though word terminology and grammar are important, the burden of language does not lie solely on the speakers, because the listeners are not mere logical machines.

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Vocab: Excoriate

Posted on December 19, 2018 by timlyg

Kathy’s Word of the Week (12/17/2018) Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our VP of HR excoriate Pronunciation:ex-co-ri-ate Definition:censure or criticize severely the papers that had been excoriating him were now lauding him

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The Move

Posted on December 19, 2018 by timlyg

On Thursday, November 15, 2018, we officially closed our first house. On the 17th, the moving company came, at around 10:30AM, finished moving everything to South Amboy within 2 hours. The Chinese mover's rate jumped from the estimated $250 price … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 installation stuck at Completing Installation...

Posted on December 18, 2018 by timlyg

Solution: SHIFT-F10 for command prompt, then type: explorer.exe After that, task bar should appear for restart purpose. But in my case, system began to restart before task bar even shows up.

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Unsubscribing all Redeemer's Newsletters

Posted on December 17, 2018 by timlyg

Now that Tim & Kathy Keller's presence is gone for good. Michael Keller's following the others' example. It's clear that it's either soliciting donations or posting non-interactive mass faux mails/newsletters with contents I could easily get from any postmodern Christian … Continue reading →

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The Borderline of Right and Wrong in Retaliation

Posted on December 15, 2018 by timlyg

“If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.” - Niccolo Machiavelli

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Vocab: Diatribe

Posted on December 10, 2018 by timlyg

Kathy’s Word of the Week (12/10/2018) Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our VP of HR diatribe Pronunciation: di-a-tribe Definition: a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing repeated diatribes against the senator

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Ben Shapiro & John MacArthur

Posted on December 4, 2018 by timlyg

It truly astounded me when this happened. Ben Shapiro, an orthodox Jew whose fame comes from his public conservative stand against the public left, strongly clinging to his Jewish heritage, greatly admired by and admiring his Christian friends, now, interviewed … Continue reading →

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Vocab: Punctilious

Posted on November 19, 2018 by timlyg

Kathy’s Word of the Week (11/19/2018) Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our VP of HR punctilious Pronunciation: punc-til-i-ous Definition: showing great attention to detail or correct behavior He was punctilious in providing every amenity for his guests.

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Finally, There's really going to be a Ferry between South Amboy and Manhattan

Posted on November 14, 2018 by timlyg

This is good. Not good for my sea-sick wife, but very good for me. I wonder how much the ferry fare will be...hopefully not too expensive. A 40 minute ferry ride from Amboy to Wall Street/South Manhattan. Not too bad. … Continue reading →

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