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Blogging Mistakes?
Someone else posted an enthusiastic link to Michael Hyatt's Do You Make These 10 Mistakes When You Blog? That I am not so...
sursumcorda, 21 February 2010 |
A Journal of the Plague Year
A Journal of the Plague Year , by Daniel Defoe (New American Library, New York, 1960) I first read this as a requirement for...
Our New Baby!
We’d been thinking about it for quite some time, but we finally acted and we couldn’t be happier. Take a look at...
Jamie Oliver and Food
Jamie Oliver , a British chef, is apparently a big hit in Europe. (Perhaps here, too; that I had never heard of him doesn't mean...
The University of Rochester's WeBWork
This article about the mathematics department at the University of Rochester credits much of their recent success to an online...
Just Courage
Just Courage: God's Great Expedition for the Restless Christian , by Gary Haugen (InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, Illinois,...
Weapons of Mass Instruction
Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher's Journey through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling , by John Taylor Gatto...
A Flock of Robins
We don't see robins much at all here, but when we do, they are a lmost always in flocks . Having grown up with the excitement of...
That's Our Family!
This is SO typical of our wonderfully nerdy family that I had to share Jon's birthday cake here.
The Selfless Gene
The Selfless Gene: Living with God and Darwin , by Charles Foster (Thomas Nelson, Nashville, 2009) Charles Foster...
New Year's Resolution #2 - Rediscover Feasting
Having made my first New Year's resolution on January 8, it is fitting that I add my second today. At first glance, resolving...
The Omnivore's Dilemma
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals , by Michael Pollan (Penguin, New York, 2006) My limited...
Godspeed, Endeavour!
A night launch of the space shuttle is always worth waking up for, even if you have to do it two days in a row and put on a coat...
Monday, Monday
You'd think that being freed from the 9 - 5 routine, Mondays wouldn't bother me. (What's with 9 - 5 anyway? When I was...
The Right Tool in the Right Place
Sometimes the difference between a useless tool and a helpful one, or a good tool and a great one, is merely a matter of imagination....
The Raid
Is there a word, in any language, for "my daughter's husband's cousin's husband"? That's what Kevin Michael Johnson...
Mayflower
Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War , by Nathaniel Philbrick (Penguin, New York, 2006) Whatever your...
Theatre Shoes
Theatre Shoes , by Noel Streatfeild (Dell, New York, 1983) This wasn't on my reading list at this time, but the...
Our Simple, Delicious Dinner
Ah, a glass of red wine, bruschetta (made with homemade bread), and a Porter-made salad with spring greens, scallions, artichoke...
Shakespeare: The Word and the Action
Shakespeare: The Word and the Action , by Peter Saccio; a Teaching Company lecture For accessible, serious,...
Your World Is the Computer
Check out this TED lecture: Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology , not only for what might be ahead...
Reading the Dinosaur Bones
Forget whatever witty and informative post I was going to provide tonight. Go over to The Occasional CEO and read about the...
Eugenics and Other Evils
Eugenics and Other Evils: An Argument Against the Scientifically Organized State , by G. K. Chesterton. With...
Rabbit Games
Having waited at home for an expected delivery, it was late when I was finally free to take my accustomed walk. By the time I...
Thunderbird 3
The latest version of Thunderbird , 3.01, includes a number of significant changes from Version 2. I think I'm going to like...