Blogocentric Formulations (Book)

Blog Calendar

◄ February ► 2016
S	M	T	W	T	F	S
	1	2	3	4	5	6
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29
Archive				RSS

About This Author

Contact Me

I am SoCalScribe. This is my InkSpot.

Blogocentric Formulations

Logocentric (adj). Regarding words and language as a fundamental expression of an external reality (especially applied as a negative term to traditional Western thought by postmodernist critics).

Sometimes I just write whatever I feel like. Other times I respond to prompts, many taken from the following places:

"Blogging Circle of Friends Prompt Forum"

"Blog City Prompt Forum"

"Invalid Item"

"Take up Your Cross Blog Forum"

Thanks for stopping by!

Show Recent Comments

10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

Reagana

about 7 hours ago
In response to "GOODBYE YESTERDAY"

I Love their music!! It is always inspiring. Also is a great pick-me-up on the way to and from work.

JACE says Thank You!

Jan 30, 2026 at 11:23am
In response to "Bible Translations & The Winter Olympics"

I have always enjoyed the longer distance running and skiing. The Marathon in Summer Olympics and the 50km Mass Start in the Winter. My wife can't understand how I can watch the same race for several hours. But they are fascinating to me. I like the Downhill Slalom, Bobsled and Luge sports. Attending a Winter Olympics remains on my bucket list.

C'mon Feb 7th.

Witchy Yule Woman

Jan 29, 2026 at 11:13pm
In response to "Bible Translations & The Winter Olympics"

My favorite sporting events in the Winter Olympics are the Luge, Bobsled, Figure Skating and curling. Initially, I thought I would be bored with curling but I'm not. It's fascinating how they determine each glide's angle and potential score.

When my children were younger we built them a luge course, they loved it. We were lucky that winter to have lots of snow to build up the walls and with some help with pallets that we covered with snow, it kept them and the neighborhood kids busy until it warmed up and melted. I was a lot more at ease with the luge course than I was when they decided to try arial jumps off our house roof. Never a dull moment when you live in Maine.

🌻 pwheeler ~ love joy peace

Jan 29, 2026 at 8:10pm
In response to "Bible Translations & The Winter Olympics"

I am reading ESV through the Bible this time. Like you, I've explored a bunch of translations. My church uses NIV but my women's Bible study group (part of the same church) varies based on what Bible study we're doing.

Hope you enjoy the Olympics! I agree that the every four year thing makes them feel more special.

StephBee

Jan 29, 2026 at 6:30pm
In response to "Bible Translations & The Winter Olympics"

I read the New American Bible, which is a Catholic Bible. (NABRE) They include Tobit, Judith, 1 & 2 Maccabees, which generally aren't included in other versions of the Bible. I would be curious to read an orthodox bible or the Ethiopian Bible as I hear they have differences as well.

As for the Olympics, I love the Winter Olympics. I'm just crossing my fingers I have time to watch!

1 Like

LightinMind

Jan 29, 2026 at 8:54am
In response to "Bible Translations & The Winter Olympics"

In terms of the original texts the NASB has the best reputation among conservative scholars. It looks at more translations, has a sensible hierarchy of text selection and the best principles for approaching the translation task. It favors original texts when possible. The ESV and NKJV are on a similar level. The Net Bible gives the best overview of the discussions in its commentary. The NIV renders the original text to make it more readable. It is a more functional text which is why many churches use it but it is also less precise. Greek or Russian orthodox are more Septuagint orientated and there is a considerable amount of ethical or emotional rendering to the text.The disadvantage of the NASB is that it loses much of the Hebrew poetical style in its effort to be precise as this does not translate into the English

1 Like

Kåre เลียม Enga

Jan 24, 2026 at 10:41am
In response to "The Hardest Part About Being A Christian"

I'm very fortunate to have met some practicing and humble Christians. Truly humble people seek to serve, not attain power and influence. The actions of many Christians make me run the opposite way... as fast as I can.

1 Like

lbidler

Jan 24, 2026 at 9:14am
In response to "The Hardest Part About Being A Christian"

In his book, Sit, Walk, Stand, Watchman Nee states: "Nothing has done greater damage to our Christian testimony than our trying to be right and demanding right of others. We become preoccupied with what is and what is not right. We ask ourselves,' Have we been justly or unjustly treated?' and we think thus to vindicate our actions. But that is not our standard. The whole question for us is one of crossbearing".

Jeff, this is an excellent book. Perhaps one for your reading list?

|π÷∆€¥ 23 Yrs on WDC!

Jan 5, 2026 at 9:24pm
In response to "2025 Reading List"

Wow! Nicely done! 👍

Jeff

Jan 5, 2026 at 6:31pm
In response to "2025 Reading List"

Jayne

- 51 books in January... just some light reading to ease into the new year.

2 Like

February 9, 2016 at 10:05pm

#873146

Mexico

** Image ID #2070351 Unavailable **

Song: "Mexico"
Artist: James Taylor
Album: Gorilla

Today's song is a different kind of guilty pleasure. In most cases, a song is a guilty pleasure because it's not very good and we just happen to like it anyway. In this case, "Mexico" by James Taylor isn't actually a bad song. It was a Top 50 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, Top 5 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart, and - along with "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" - pretty much single-handedly (I guess that would technically be dual-handedly?) accounted for the modest success of the album. Several music critics cited "Mexico" as their favorite track on the album, one going so far as to say it's the only song he liked from the album. Taylor has sold over 100 million albums worldwide, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the turn of the century, and has seen every album he released between 1977 and 2006 went onto be certified platinum... including a diamond-certified greatest hits album. So he's not exactly an unpopular artist!

The reason this song is on my "guilty pleasures" playlist is because my parents like it.

I have long ridiculed my parents for not really listening to any music released on this side of the millennium changeover, and most of their music is from decades before that. My parents are not the "go out and buy Adele's new album" kind of people. They're the "when we switched over from tapes to CDs, we re-purchased the same albums we already own" kind of people. I have teased them, at length, for continuing to listen to the What Women Want on a weekly basis pretty much since the movie came out in 2000. Incidentally, I think that might be the most current album they own.

So imagine my displeasure when I discovered that I actually liked a song from one of their crusty old 70s albums! Oh the humanity!

And yet, try as I might to rid myself of this infectiously upbeat song, it somehow found its way onto my computer, ripped from their CD. And then onto my next computer, courtesy of Napster. And then onto the next computer after that, courtesy of LimeWire. (Oh man, I am really dating myself with this entry!

). And onto my iTunes account courtesy of an actual legitimate purchase. So at this point it's probably safe to assume I actually like the song.

Please don't tell my parents.

Comment • View 2 comments