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V-Fusion Passionfruit Tangerine
This actually seemed like a good idea at the grocery store. V-Fusion, by the same folks who brought you, "I could have had a...
sursumcorda, 31 October 2009 |
Vitus
Funny how things click together in this world. I would never have heard of the award-winning Swiss movie, Vitus , had it not...
If Your Name is Kevin, Don't Move to Germany
Studies showing that teachers will form expectations of a student's character and ability based on nothing more than his or her name...
It's Hot!
When we first moved to Central Florida in the mid-1980s, the region was setting record lows. Freezes, and the subsequent descent...
Television, Video Games, Computers
My recent visit with our grandchildren reminded me of why I don't like video/computer games. I don't mean I don't like to play them; I...
You Can't Get the Swine Flu Vaccine - and It's Not...
Writing in the Wall Street Journal, physician Scott Gottlieb blames governmental overcaution for the shortage of H1N1 flu...
Vicarious Homeschooling - Math
School at the Daley household could hardly have been called normal, since Grandma was there as a distraction and Mommy was sick for...
ADVENT: It's Not Just a Computer Game
The Advent Conspiracy has nothing to do with my favorite computer adventure game . Advent, celebrated during the four...
Swine Flu Perspective
President Obama has declared the swine flu outbreak to be a national emergency . I'm not sure that's all that bad of a measure,...
Comic Collectivism?
I know I've been out of the comics loop for a while—having recently had three grandchild-comics available for my...
Thirty Years Ago Today
Thirty years ago today was one of the most difficult and delightful days of my life. To our wonderful firstborn, I wish a...
Like many people, I have mixed feelings about Facebook, finding it simultaneously useful and annoying. But here's a funny thing...
Tales of Ancient Egypt
Tales of Ancient Egypt , by Roger Lancelyn Green (Puffin Books, 2004) King Arthur was my introduction to Roger...
Vicarious Homeschooling - Reading
Our own homeschooling experiences were far shorter than I would have liked, so it has been fun watching other family members in their...
Child Labor
If there's an advantage to Mommy being sick, it's that Grandma got to supervise, i.e. watch, Noah doing his chores. His is not...
Cleaning Up
As a child, I always had trouble cleaning my room. What should have been a 10-minute exercise turned into an all-day project,...
Casting the Net, Vol. 17 - Faith and Reason
How Tim Keller Found Manhattan . Although a church in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) denomination gave us our...
Okay, That Does It. I'm Officially Giving Up.
On the Nobel Prize system, that is. I mean, it's bad enough they don't have anything for mathematicians. When I was in...
Casting the Net, Vol. 16 - Five from The Occasional CEO
If you'd told me I'd be the regular reader of a business blog, I'd have thought you crazy, but Eric Schultz is Chairman of the Board at...
Complying with the FTC Rules
I'm sure there must be a legitimate reason behind the new Federal Trade Commission rules for bloggers , but it looks pretty...
ADVENT and Zork
Thirty years ago we entered the world of adventure gaming. We had graduated by that point, so I believe it was my brother who...
Casting the Net, Vol. 15 - Politics
Learning the lesson of Napoleon and Hitler . Never underestimate Russia. C. S. Lewis observed that mankind tends to...
Translation Tidbit of the Day
My favorite section of the newsletter we get from Wycliffe Bible Translators is where they give some interesting example of the...
Casting the Net, Vol. 14 - Pets, Cultural Understanding,...
First we made pets of our children; now we make children of our pets. The title of Caleb Stegall's Against Pets might make...
Casting the Net, Vol. 13 - This and That
"Any decent society needs to defend itself from armed aggression without becoming a society not worth defending. This is never...