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The Joys of Plumbing, Summer Camp Edition
'Way back in the 1980's, my family enjoyed spending time with good friends who owned a summer camp on a lake in Vermont. The following...
sursumcorda, 27 December 2025 |
Christmas Eve 2025
It's Christmas Eve, and I have many things to say but no time to write. Instead, I offer this beautiful King's College Choir rendition...
To Face the Fear
“Afraid of heights?” Helmer asked. “Perfect. You really are a mixed-up lad. You come here full of defiance and...
Sing We Now of Christmas
We have so many wonderful Christmas albums, collected for well over half a century, many wonderful, wonderful works reaching from...
Changing Case in Windows Filenames
You may already know this. I didn't, so I'm putting it here so I can find it again. This is the situation in Windows 10; I don't know...
Height in Square Meters
Fun fact: Here's part of an AI-generated answer to a question involving the Body Mass Index. Question: If I could figure out how...
Hammered Dulcimer, Irish Music, and Les Mis!
A modern song based on a 19th-century French novel played in the style of Irish music on a hammered dulcimer! Unfortunately, it's a...
If I Owned a Honda Odyssey
Heather reported seeing this awesome car/bumper sticker combination in the Walmart parking lot. Who says Walmart customers are...
Thanksgiving Broth Win
This Thanksgiving we did not have turkey. A guest provided a ham, so a turkey would have been 'way too much food. So I...
Autism Is Not a Spectrum
What do you picture when you hear autism called a "spectrum"? I think of a linear scale, the kind you see in so many surveys, such as...