{"id":2291,"date":"2010-01-29T20:44:52","date_gmt":"2010-01-29T20:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/owenstrachan.com\/?p=2291"},"modified":"2010-01-29T20:44:52","modified_gmt":"2010-01-29T20:44:52","slug":"least-adopted-children-rebuilding-men-and-jean-ralphio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thoughtlife\/2010\/01\/least-adopted-children-rebuilding-men-and-jean-ralphio\/","title":{"rendered":"Least Adopted Children, Rebuilding Men, and the Hilarious Jean-Ralphio"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/292\/2010\/01\/bondorganization.gif\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2292\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/292\/2010\/01\/bondorganization.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"155\"><\/a>According to the <em>NYT<\/em>, black boys <a href=\"http:\/\/economix.blogs.nytimes.com\/2010\/01\/25\/black-babies-boys-less-likely-to-be-adopted\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">are the least likely children to be adopted<\/a>.\u00a0 This is helpful for Christians who have a heart for orphan care to keep in mind.<\/p>\n<p>*************<\/p>\n<p>This is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bondinfo.org\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">an interesting website from an African-American pastor<\/a> who is calling for the renewal of men in his community.\u00a0 Looks like great stuff.<\/p>\n<p>*************<\/p>\n<p>Have you <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hulu.com\/watch\/120709\/parks-and-recreation-jean-ralphio\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">met Jean-Ralphio<\/a>?\u00a0 Many of us have, though we may not have encountered this utterly hilarious <em>Parks &amp; Recreation<\/em> character.\u00a0 Note to men: avoid being like this guy by any means possible\u2026<\/p>\n<p>************<\/p>\n<p>Garry Kasparov in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nybooks.com\/articles\/23592\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>The New York Review of Books <\/em>on chess<\/a>, artificial intelligence, and his career.\u00a0 Quite interesting.<\/p>\n<p>Did you know this:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left:30px\">Another staple, a variation of which is also used by Rasskin-Gutman, is to say there are more possible chess games than the number of atoms in the universe.<\/p>\n<p>Wow.<\/p>\n<p>************<\/p>\n<p>Have a great weekend, all.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the NYT, black boys are the least likely children to be adopted.\u00a0 This is helpful for Christians who have a heart for orphan care to keep in mind. ************* This is an interesting website from an African-American pastor who is calling for the renewal of men in his community.\u00a0 Looks like great stuff. 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