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Ice Skating Fun
The homeschool group my nephews belong to has been meeting once a week for ice skating, and today I joined them. I can't tell...
sursumcorda, 2 December 2008 |
Smile
Thanks, Peter, for this link, which I finally got around to checking out this morning. I'm not sure I know anyone who has 15...
Technical Difficulties
Please be patient, those of you who sent me the innundation of e-mails that awaited me tonight. You know the stories you hear...
Five Hours at Home
I had five solid hours of time to myself at home today for the first time in a long, long time. I have a clean room and house,...
Homeschooling: The Next Generation
There was an interesting column by Laura Vanderkam from Thursday's USA Today : Tailoring school to the child . From...
We Will Never Forget
Isaac Christopher Daley November 21, 2002 - November 23, 2002 Six years ago I stumbled through a small speech as...
I Get the Point, but I'll Take the Swiss Trains, Thank You
The Occasional CEO is on the short list of my enjoyable, regular blog-reading. Today's offering, I Love the Swiss Watch ,...
Hard Times Come Again No More
Once when we were visiting Pittsburgh, we had the pleasure of attending a Stephen Foster festival at the cemetery where he is...
It Doesn't Take a Conspiracy
I've said before that most so-called conspiracies can be more readily explained by simple human stupidity. Take, for example,...
Dollars and Sense
U.S.A. Today recently printed an excellent editorial in support of saving large hunks of taxpayer money by replacing the one dollar...
The Meek May Inherit the Earth, but They're Not Generally...
What happens when an atheistic science fiction writer becomes a Christian? You get Christian blog posts with attitude, such as...
Young Mathematicians at Work
Young Mathematicians at Work: Constructing Number Sense, Addition, and Subtraction , by Catherine Twomey Fosnott and...
Distributism
Distributism , as an economic philosophy, is totally new to me. (My decision to circumvent Pennsylvania's high school...
What's Next? Gold from Budweiser?
I checked the date of the article; it's not April 1. Mexican physicists have made diamonds from tequila . One can only...
Great. Another Really Dumb Idea.
Maybe commenter Phil had the right idea after all. Since the government is bound to foul up even the best plan when it...
O God of Earth and Altar
Thanks to Janet's question about one of my favorite hymn tunes, LLANGLOFFAN, I was reminded this morning of one of my favorite hymns,...
Shop Locally?
I'd hate to see local bookstores go out of business, even chain stores like Borders and Barnes and Noble. Nothing long-distance...
Veterans Day, 2008
It must often be so...when things are in danger: some one has to give them up, lose them, so that others may keep them....
Bragging Rights
Games are a traditional part of our family gatherings. On any given occasion you are likely to find games in process as varied...
Taking the Name of Science in Vain
Curbing the time I spend writing doesn't mean there won't be new posts; rather, you'll get less of me and more of links to interesting...
Hope
My own fears about an Obama presidency and a heavily Democratic Congress notwithstanding, I can see one factor in his election that...
Gag Order
I don't expect my resolve to last long, but I'm going to attempt to put a gag on Li'l Writer Guy . I love to write, and there's...
(Why This Election Is So Threatening), (Some Mitigating...
Like it or not, our country has placed itself under the threats I mentioned in Part I , and I can only hope that the mitigating...
(Why This Election Is So Threatening), Some Mitigating...
Part II — Some Mitigating Factors As I said in Part I , the prospect of the next four years under Barack Obama and a...
Why This Election Is So Threatening, (Some Mitigating...
If I'm going to make a political post before Election Day, I'd better move quickly. This won't have as much as I want to say, nor...