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From a Washington Post On Faith article:

The scowling old man nearly bumped into me as he fled the sanctuary.

As I turned to watch him stomp out to the parking lot, I asked a friend if she knew why he'd left before the service started. She replied, "You know how in your sermon last week you encouraged all of us to be more welcoming to newcomers? Well, after five people came up to him to introduce themselves, he blurted "Can a guy just be anonymous when he checks out a new place? I want to be left alone!" And thus concluded his seven minute survey of our church.

It's not only cantankerous old men with a flair for storm-off exits who are turned off by hyper-friendly churches, however. As I reflected on that event, I realized that I too would be intimidated and overwhelmed by that many strangers approaching me, no matter how genuine and kind they were. As it turns out, our churches are actually teeming with this species of people called "introverts." I am one of them, as is 50% of the American population, according to our best and latest research.

I totally understand where that guy was coming from.

Not too surprisingly the person speaks like a soldier.

Lettuce Bot: Roomba for Weeds

I wonder if this might make sustainable, low fertilizer ways of growing more effective. e.g. Moving from a monoculture to planting a variety of different, complementary crops in a field like Amazon orders its warehouses in a seemingly random manner. Hopefully fewer pesticides too.

U.S. Textile Plants Return, With Floors Largely Empty of People

Ahh... automation. "Take Parkdale: The mill here produces 2.5 million pounds of yarn a week with about 140 workers. In 1980, that production level would have required more than 2,000 people."

The World's Richest Women

"The 20 richest women in the world hold the purse strings to a combined $232 billion. While the majority of their wealth was inherited–just one woman in the top 20 has a self-made fortune–many are putting their money to good use in philanthropy." That single self-made woman appears to be a Hong Kong real estate developer.

Baby boy is able to set himself on fire with his own body

So spontaneous human combustion is a real thing ... or is it?

Via The Atlantic: