My name is Rodney Dunning. I'm a physics professor at Longwood University in Farmville, VA, and I attend Farmville Baptist Church. I'm not sure what I'm supposed to say about myself, but I'm glad this forum exists. It appears to be a place where Baptists can engage in civil discussions without being excommunicated because you disagree with someone.
I have a wife (Tammy) and two daughters (Sarah, Olivia). I ride my bicycle almost every day. I maintain a blog called "Very Important Stuff" at . Please visit it. If I get enough hits I can start selling ads, and become a millionaire.
My favorite Bible verses are 1 Peter 1:6,7.
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Hello from Virginia
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Re: Hello from Virginia
by JaneFordA » Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:00 pm
Hiya, Rodney--
The only thing that MIGHT get you into a spot 'o bother around here is your obvious commitment to being healthy.
I advise you to stock up on dark chocolate and CRUNCHY Cheetos (the only Jane-approved ones, naturally) and do battle with the bulge as do the rest of us gluttons. Daily. Hourly. 
The only thing that MIGHT get you into a spot 'o bother around here is your obvious commitment to being healthy.
I advise you to stock up on dark chocolate and CRUNCHY Cheetos (the only Jane-approved ones, naturally) and do battle with the bulge as do the rest of us gluttons. Daily. Hourly. (\~~/)
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Re: Hello from Virginia
by Haruo » Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:20 pm
Welcome, Rodney. I urge you to join me in consuming —the heretic's snack of choice. Very low sodium, and plenty of that chemically induced banana flavor you remember from childhood bright-yellow toffee pieces.
Haruo
PS to Jane: There, I've thrown down the gauntlet.
Haruo
PS to Jane: There, I've thrown down the gauntlet.
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Re: Hello from Virginia
by Lowen » Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:23 pm
Welcome Dunning. I'm new myself. As newbies here, I say we stick together. These people might bite and rip us apart until we become official members of the pack. lol, I jest.
Heb 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
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Re: Hello from Virginia
by Joshua Villines » Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:05 pm
Rodney,
What kind of bike do you ride? My wife is a daily commuter, and I just put another 17 miles on my Cannondale T800.
Also, have you read Feyman's Six Easy Pieces? I'd love an actual physicists perspective on those lectures.
Oh, and welcome!
What kind of bike do you ride? My wife is a daily commuter, and I just put another 17 miles on my Cannondale T800.
Also, have you read Feyman's Six Easy Pieces? I'd love an actual physicists perspective on those lectures.
Oh, and welcome!
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Re: Hello from Virginia
by dunningrb » Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:04 pm
Thanks everyone for the kind words. I'm looking forward to all the conversations.
Joshua: I ride a Trek 5200, your standard race-ready road bike, although I don't compete. (Not fast enough.) I think I'm called a "recreational cyclist." I bike between 100 and 160 miles per week, and ride centuries when I find the time. I'm training for two late-season centuries now, in fact.
I've read most of Feynman's lecture materials. There's an old joke about them: they're like Chinese food---they're great, but an hour later you're hungry again. (I hope that wasn't offensive.) Feynman was a genius of the first rank. But, pedagogically, I'd say his lectures are fairly close to useless. I don't think he understood that the key to successful teaching is to focus on what the students are doing, not what the professor is doing.
Joshua: I ride a Trek 5200, your standard race-ready road bike, although I don't compete. (Not fast enough.) I think I'm called a "recreational cyclist." I bike between 100 and 160 miles per week, and ride centuries when I find the time. I'm training for two late-season centuries now, in fact.
I've read most of Feynman's lecture materials. There's an old joke about them: they're like Chinese food---they're great, but an hour later you're hungry again. (I hope that wasn't offensive.) Feynman was a genius of the first rank. But, pedagogically, I'd say his lectures are fairly close to useless. I don't think he understood that the key to successful teaching is to focus on what the students are doing, not what the professor is doing.
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Re: Hello from Virginia
by Dave Roberts » Fri Aug 01, 2008 8:41 pm
Welcome, Rodney, from another Virginian in the southside. I like your pastor from what I have seen of him in the BGAV and VBC. He seems quite interesting. I'm in Emporia and only occasionally get over to Farville. Welcome, and I look forward to reading what you post.
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Re: Hello from Virginia
by Joshua Villines » Sun Aug 03, 2008 7:03 pm
Rodney,
I'm not offended at all. I feel much the same way about when religion scholars write popular books. That's why I wanted to know what an actual physicist would say.
Joshua
I'm not offended at all. I feel much the same way about when religion scholars write popular books. That's why I wanted to know what an actual physicist would say
.Joshua
"Saying that CBF churches are more progessive than SBC ones because they support the ordination of women is like noting that one flat-earth society is more progressive than the other because it admits to the existence of gravity."
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Re: Hello from Virginia
by Lowen » Mon Aug 04, 2008 12:36 pm
Heb 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
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Re: Hello from Virginia
by Joshua Villines » Mon Aug 04, 2008 7:03 pm
Bah! Homonyms have always been my enemy
"Saying that CBF churches are more progessive than SBC ones because they support the ordination of women is like noting that one flat-earth society is more progressive than the other because it admits to the existence of gravity."
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Re: Hello from Virginia
by Ed Edwards » Mon Aug 04, 2008 11:19 pm
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Re: Hello from Virginia
by Chris » Wed Aug 06, 2008 9:03 pm
Welcome, Rodney; from another Virginian.....at the Mouth of the James.
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