Sentences with phrase «naval gazing»

This week was all about looking out vs looking in... navel gazing vs naval gazing, if you will.

Skeptics of climate alarmism are not a fringe group, except in alarmist circles of course, making this a kind of naval gazing ad hominem.

not on this naval gazing over IRRELEVANT Minutia

Either the content of a piece is undermined, or else the viewer is left with a lot of painterly naval gazing.

Since the future of publishing is a particular interest of mine (if you have a chance, check out some of the Future of Publishing Blogs on my blogroll) and since I must admit I enjoy naval gazing as much as the next New York City media type, I thought I would weigh in on one issue that always looms large: what is the role of the publishing house in a world in which self publishing platforms are ubiquitous and the Internet has turned the traditional retail model on its head?

Thanks for the insight and, well, I wish I could say the NYC naval gazing surprised me but it doesn't.

But aside from that this potential can be used for good (such as orienting us as a community to bring practical expressions of God's love to the world, such as pursuing social justice) or for evil (such as when we turn our worship services into corporate naval gazing that never moves beyond the intention to touch the world — there is far too much of this kinda BS pretending to be worship of God, the Bible would call this idolatry).

I can't help thinking that all this optimisation (of course, optimised to the past, not the future) is a lot of naval gazing spreadsheet worship, which I must admit I have a tendency to do myself.

I know you're a champion hair splitter and naval gaze par excellence, but what could you possibly mean?

Not exact matches

Indeed, when speaking to members around the country, that issue was seen as naval - gazing, relevant to a small number of people in the Westminster village who were aggrieved that their man didn't get the job.

NAVAL - GAZING: Sept. 10 marks the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Lake Erie, when Oliver Hazard Perry and a few hundred other Americans took on the British Navy near Put - In - Bay — and won.

Brad's naval - gazing and what - if ponderings make him tedious company, not only for us but also son Troy (an authentically mumbly Austin Abrams), whom he chaperones while visiting prospective colleges for the talented youngster.

Thanks for joining us on another naval - gazing journey into the Worst Stuff.

We've written up our typically naval - gazing thoughts on seeking crowd - funding and I won't rehash them here..

Tillmans's work manages to convey an isolation caused by introspection without succumbing to mumblecore naval - gazing.

But the main reason I didn't watch it is because I'm utterly bored with meaningless scientific naval - gazing.

King, for example, saw the search for the Higgs - Boson as so much «naval - gazing», without useful application in a world at the brink of catastrophic change — a burden that he seemed to be shouldering all by himself, while others toyed with expensive hardware.