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Thanksgiving 30 - Computers and the Internet
Being an avid reader of science fiction, I was sure that the big technological change to mark our time would be space travel. But...
sursumcorda, 30 November 2010 |
Thanksgiving 29 - The Interstate Highway System
For all I gripe about the short shrift given to public transportation in the United States, I need to take a moment to be thankful for...
Five Month Update
Today is Joseph’s five month birthday. Time flies. Life gets easier. He’s still nowhere near sleeping...
Thanksgiving 28 - 911
It’s such a brilliant idea to have one, easily-remembered number to call for all forms of emergency, anywhere in the...
Thanksgiving 27 - Advances in Medical Care
For a normal, healthy person dealing only with minor illnesses—including diseases like measles and chicken pox, which were no big...
Thanksgiving 26 - Ethnic Diversity
I grew up in a monoculture, which was not unusual 50 years ago. People of other races and cultures were a topic to studied, not...
Thanksgiving 25 - Food from All Over the World
On this Thanksgiving Day, as we prepare for a very traditional American feast, I’ll take time to be thankful for the tremendous...
Thanksgiving 24 - Video Technology
I can’t quite bring myself to say directly that I’m thankful for television, because I believe it has done great harm in our...
Thanksgiving 23 - Modern Dentistry
When I give thanks for modern dentistry, I’m not referring to the practice of some dentists, which is to do any dental work that...
Thanksgiving 22 - Clothes Dryers
How I love the smell of clothes dried outside in the sunshine and a soft breeze! Especially bed linens; no perfume exists...
Thanksgiving 21 - Educational Choices
You’re surprised I waited so long for this one, right? I value home education so highly that my gratitude for that privilege...
Thanksgiving 20 - New Telephone Technology
I’m thankful for push-button phones, cordless phones, cell phones, answering machines, voice mail, Voice over IP, and video...
Thanksgiving 19 - Oppotunities for Girls (and Women)
By now you’re tired of hearing me say this, but you won’t believe… …the things one couldn’t do...
Thanksgiving 18 - Calculators
I am of the last generation to know what life was like before pocket calculators. Even that name is revealing; who calls them that...
Thanksgiving 17 - Community Recycling
When I was young there was no such thing as recycling, per se . We still produced a whole lot less trash than the average family...
Thanksgiving 16 - Reproductive Freedom
Think “reproductive freedom” and what comes to mind? Birth control? Abortion-on-demand? The freedom, in...
Thanksgiving 15 - Sexual Harassment Rules
Overall, society has become much ruder, cruder, and lewder than it was 50, or even 25, years ago. But sexual harassment, if hardly...
Thanksgiving 14 - Digital Cameras
It’s okay—it’s good—to be thankful for small things, too. It may not be an earthshaking improvement, but...
Thanksgiving 13 - Fathers and Children
There’s no doubt the sociological upheavals caused by the so-called Women’s Liberation Movement have done much harm, but one...
Thanksgiving 12 - Cleaner Air and Water
It’s quite possible that the environment we live in is in worse shape now than 50 years ago, especially in places like China and...
The Swiss Speak . . . Latin?
I know I have better things to do then blog about this, but Joseph's still napping, so . . . I bought planner refill pages in Basel,...
Into the Silent Land
Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation , by Martin Laird (Oxford University...
Thanksgiving 11 - The All-Volunteer Military
What would today be without being thankful for our veterans, and all who work and sacrifice to protect the rest of us? In the spirit...
Thinking in Pictures
Thinking in Pictures : And Other Reports from My Life with Autism , by Temple Grandin (Vintage, 2006) (Expanded from the...
Thanksgiving 10 - Worldwide Communication and Travel
A couple of generations ago, overseas travel for pleasure was only for the rich. Even business travel was uncommon, unless one was...