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Can I Take This with a Grain of Salt?
Now it's Chinese food that's bad for you ! I'm especially sad that they singled out my family's favorite, General...
sursumcorda, 22 March 2007 |
So Caiaphas Was Brain-Damaged?
This article on making moral judgments is a good example of the kind of false dilemma that drives me crazy. It reminds me of...
Why We Need More Cultural Exchange Programs
A friend sent me the following YouTube link. WARNING: Parts of the video are offensive, and if you go to YouTube and read...
Republicans Have No Hearts; Democrats Have No Brains
Or you can substitute "Conservatives" and "Liberals" for a more general application. This unfair generalization is...
Make Mine Strawberry-Rhubarb
Happy Pi Day to all my nerdy friends and relatives!
Time for the Yankees
Just for you, my dear Northerners, I have run around the house changing the clocks, and will get up unconscionably early...
Springtime Pictures
For those of you who might be a little homesick for Florida:
Rock Collectors Beware
Serious collectors of anything can have serious problems when they die. We've all heard of the numismatist whose rare coins were...
Update on the Phone Situation
I wrote earlier about our failing telephone system . We limped along for a week with all calls forwarded to one or the other of...
Two Cuties
Bearing in mind that one of this children is eight, and the other three—can anyone doubt they are related?
Hang on! Spring is Coming!
I know most of my Loyal Readers are shivering, with temperatures in the teens and even single digits, so you'll be glad to know that...
Internal Thermostat
I had an incredible experience recently. Having been transplanted, through the woders of modern aviation technology, from our...
Lowest Old Saybrook Tide
We were in Old Saybrook for what in my personal expert assures me was the lowest tide in his nearly 80-year-old memory. (We...
Phone Troubles
If you try to call us in the next few days, please be patient. All calls are being forwarded to our cell phones, so it may take...
Celia Nicklin
So who is Celia Nicklin ? Beats me, but she is responsible for my getting up before five o'clock this morning. I awoke at...
The Gift of a Smile
A warm smile is the universal language of kindness. — William Arthur Ward Or maybe not. I don't...
Why the Rest Hates the West
Why the Rest Hates the West: Understanding the Roots of Global Rage , by Meic Pearse (Intervarsity Press, Downers Grove,...
Mushroom Recipe
Tonight I had some mushrooms to use up, and created a dish that Porter really, really liked. (So did I, for that matter.) So...
A Trick of Memory
Janet has a remarkable memory for faces, especially if seen in a dramatic/musical context. I'll never forget when she was 13 years...
Homeschooling Speech
I figured out why I am so impatient with sermons and generally find them the least important part of the church service: I'm...
Winning the School Lottery
Everyone wants to "fix" our educational system. But as long as most people have no choice over which school they attend,...
What Planet Am I Living On?
Not the same one as these people, certainly. Thinking it was from someone else, I followed Erica's link in her comment on...
A Minor George MacDonald Quote -- but Still Wise
I found this gem reading MacDonald's story, The Portent . Not profound, but there are several readers of this blog who will...
Peanut Butter Paranoia
I suppose I should throw out my Peter Pan peanut butter. Having read about the recall, I quietly scoffed at the paranoia of...
The Well-Educated Mind
The Well-Educated Mind , by Susan Wise Bauer (W W Norton & Co, NY 2003) The Well-Educated Mind reminds me of Mortimer...