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Why Old People Get Cranky
This Stone Soup cartoon makes me think, not of our children, who have learned from us and built well upon what they've...
sursumcorda, 25 April 2009 |
Swiss Mail
I think the U.S. Postal Service is great. Sure, there are occasional mistakes, like the one that resulted in some of our mail...
The Trial, Part III - Not Guilty (Mostly)
I have no more information yet than is in this Post-Gazette article , but it looks as if the seven-year ordeal is finally over. ...
Water
Water supply is an issue in Florida. We'd probably be a desert, like most places at our latitude, if we weren't embraced by two...
Baroque Dance
Last april I performed in a project of Baroque dance and music and some videos from it have been posted. You can view them here...
Video Games, Education, and Vision
Here's a perfect funding opportunity for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundatation, or anyone else who is interested in both technology...
The Benefits of Marriage
Others, I'm sure will list more exiting benefits of gaining a husband, and I'm certainly not despising companionship, children, and...
Think You're Rich? Or Poor?
The Internal Revenue Service has released tax statistics for 2006. You can view them yourself, at the IRS site . Having...
Casting the Net, Vol. 9
Three diverse takes on China: Although written nearly a year ago (note the line, "Assuming that the global economy does not...
R.I.P. Orlando Opera
The Orlando Opera Company has announced that it will be no more as of May 1. We join with the Orlando arts community in...
Common Culture
Around here, we try to reuse sheets of paper that still have one good, blank side, which sometimes results in amusing or confusing...
The Cultivation of the Amateur
I awoke this morning to e-mails from two family members, each containing a link to a video. They seemed as unrelated as can...
Worm Update
I'm sure you're all waiting on the edges of your chairs for news about our worm farm . I'm getting more and more excited, as...
True Title Case in Word
Is anyone else as frustrated as I am with Word's so-called Title Case (called "Capitalize Each Word" in Word 2007)? I haven't...
Another Good Booklist
SFSignal asked of several present-day science fiction writers, "What non-sf/fantasy books would you recommend to someone whose...
No Hiding Place
Like the Internet itself, YouTube reveals the secrets you thought you'd left far behind you. Even when they're not secrets....
Easter Cannot Come Too Soon
Looking back at my Lenten disciplines for 2009, I find it was a surprising exercise. While I can't say I was perfect in...
Casting the Net, Vol. 8
From the frequency of my posting recently, my overwhelmed readers can see I'm hacking away at a hugh backlog. Here's...
Free Speech, Free Markets, and (Un)Common Decency
Thanks to Percival Blakeney Academy for publicising Southern Utah University communicatio major Jeffrey Wilbur's direct and pithy...
Fireproof, and Facing the Giants
(I'll be including some links in this post, but follow them with care if you think there's a chance you'll want to watch the movies,...
Genius Is as Genius Does
A brilliant student, Marcus sailed through grade school. He completed his assignments easily and routinely earned As. Marcus...
Urban Architecture
There is a place for what used to be called salty language in our discourse. As a seasoning, however, it is more like Dave's...
Two More from FPR
Green is as green does . [Quoting Desperate (Green) Housewives ] The greenest people are totally unhip and unlikely to...
Good, Clean Fun in Any Language
Where does Stephanie find these things? I'm four days late but have to share this anyway. If their country is no longer...
The Front Porch Republic
I know—the last thing you need is another blog to read! And the one I’m about to recommend had several authors and...