Urgency, necessity, and the fairy tale of ‘The Ten Fairy Servants’: an ADHD story
As I look back on my life from the perspective of a late-life ADHD diagnosis, certain experiences stand out. One of these experiences is the eureka I felt when reading the Scandinavian fairy tale, “The Ten Fairy Servants” […] When I first read this story, I saw it as expressing the surprising feeling of finding something easier to do when I learn that it is urgent or necessary.
Luigi Giussani and Integralism
TL;DR: Was Giussani an integralist? Mostly not. Giussani embraced democracy and pluralism. He did, however, see unified Christians as fundamental to a flourishing democracy, rejected relativism, and did not seem to share the repugnance for integralism that Hans Urs von Balthasar had.
A Personal View of the ICNUP Framework for ADHD
One of the things I’ve come across recently is Dr. William Dodson’s ICNUP Framework (see part 1 of this video called The Interest Based Nervous System). In this video, Dr. Dodson says that “Boredom and lack of engagement is almost physically painful to people with an ADHD nervous system.”
Reading Challenges of an English Major with ADHD
In a previous post, I wrote that “What I was told as a child was that ADHD caused a deficiency in attention, but in reality my attention follows my interest.” This is mostly true, but it conceals the fact that interests which are too taxing can become less interesting to me.
A 45-year Hiatus in ADHD: from Screening to Adult Diagnosis
When I was in 5th grade [1977-1978], I took a screening test for ADHD. The screening consisted in listening to a tape of a story with tones or beats in the background. The instruction was to keep track of how many beats were heard. […] If I recall correctly, the story was a pointless story about a monkey and maybe a tree. …
Luigi Giussani and US Funding
TL;DR Did CL get financing from the US government? Not directly, but Giussani recommended funds to support the Popular Movement and media initiatives run by people in Communion and Liberation
Charism succession in Communion and Liberation:1992; 2005
Giussani spoke of ‘uninterrupted following’ a ‘line of references’ for a ‘true interpretation’ of the charism in February 1992
The mistake of charism succession in Communion and Liberation
“‘charism succession’ … is seriously contrary to the teachings of the Church.“ This idea shows up in Communion and Liberation book Generating Traces by Javier Prades, Stefano Alberto, and Luigi Giussani
Anime and things hidden (spoilers)
Some incomplete thoughts on René Girard and anime treatment of sacrifice, rivalry, and mimetic desire.
Build a robust data model from a data warehouse: presentation outline
build a robust data model in Power BI using a data warehouse presentation outline
Some quotes about charisms
I’ve collected here several quotes about charisms in the Catholic Church…
Skateboarding in churches?
When I picked up To Give One’s Life for the Work of Another by Julian Carron, I noticed a kind of disconnect between myself and a topic in Carrón’s preface…
Variables in M Power Query
Some details about how to use stand-alone and inline variables in M Power Query queries.
Love in the Ruins is a weird damned book
It’s a weird book with some satirical teeth and some deep flaws
My Colbert Questionert
My responses to the Colbert Questionert. On this personal side of the blog, I’m going to do a classic personal stories blog again, some reviews and various topics of interest to me— conversational and not polemic. For now, let’s try an icebreaker.
My Power BI guest blog posts
My guest post blogs on Power BI at P3 Adaptive. Data warehouse, data governance, and hacks!
Rapidly Rebuild Enterprise BI with Power BI Dataflows
As a first step in moving from traditional BI to Power BI, build a data mart using Power BI dataflows.