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Not Your Ordinary Student Recital
I love student recitals. Our kids attended the Suzuki Music Institute of Central Florida for nearly 10 years, so I think I've...
sursumcorda, 22 June 2008 |
Back to Salem
We throw the term "witch hunt" around pretty loosely, but when it comes to child abuse accusations, apparently it's more accurate than...
I Am Really Tired of the Double Standard
A local man makes his living selling political propaganda, including campaign buttons. Like a mercenary soldier, he plays all...
How Would Martha Stewart Have Handled This?
I've had some adventures with palmetto bugs , but I'll take them over scorpions any day. Check out "Et tu?" s...
Firefox 3.0
Thanks to Andy B.'s suggestion, I just installed the latest version of Firefox . No verdict on it as yet—it was an easy...
Texas de Brazil
Last night we enjoyed an outing to the Texas de Brazil restaurant. This is not what I would normally call my kind of...
First Fruits
We've been nibbling on the basil, parsley, and Thai basil from our garden , and the hot pepper plant has been producing prolifically...
Financial Problems for the EU (and the Rest of Us)
In honor of Father's Day, I present an article that's a bit more challenging than my normal light fare. It's from John Mauldin's...
It Never Gets Old
A week ago we paused in the middle of grouting our new entrance tile to turn around and watch the Space Shuttle Discovery sail through...
Way to Go, Ireland!
Ireland's 3 million voters will decide on a document representing the 490 million people in the European Union. You can...
Quarks and Creation
I've never heard the American Public Media program Speaking of Faith , but somehow (I've forgotten whom to credit) came upon this...
Lake Wobegon's Soccer Team
Equality means everyone gets to run the race. It does not mean everyone comes in first. John C. Wright and I may not agree...
To Drink, or Not to Eat....
So. Studies have shown that length of life can be extended by eating a very low calorie diet, twenty to thirty percent less than a...
Open Wide
The spectre of mercury poisoning from dental fillings has made the leap from alternative medicine/tabloid fodder to official health...
Free Range Children
The comic strip Baby Blues , like Dilbert , often frustrates me because of its negative views. Its depiction of family life...
Our Garden 2008
We've lived in Florida more than 20 years and haven't yet mastered the art of gardening in this climate. After a year or two of...
Now the Learning Really Starts
With all due respect for everyone's personal choices, and with free acknowledgement that in our diversity of educational options lies...
Not My Fault
I did place an order on Amazon.com this morning...but somehow I doubt that's what brought down the system. Whatever; it has been...
Daddy, Tell Us a Story
Thanks to John C. Wright for bringing to my attention Story Time by Andrew Klavan, in City Journal . Read it. It may...
A Happy Story for Today
As I said before , I'm not always curmudgeonly. Here, for your morning's delight, is an inspiring story from the blog,...
Blogging's Darker Side
Here's a scary article for you: Emily Gould's Exposed , from the May 25, 2008 New York Times Magazine . Andrew Keen ( The...
Question for Any Europeans, Canadians, Australians, or...
In a previous post, which was primarily about something else so I won't link to it here, I said: Having experienced the...
On Raising Boys...and Girls
My feminism tends to be of the on-again-off-again sort. As a child—thanks to parents who encouraged me—I never...
The Cult of the Amateur
The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet Is Killing Our Culture , by Andrew Keen (Doubleday, 2007) It's past time to get this...
Long Time No Update 6: May
May 1 st is a holiday and it was also Ascension Day, which is a holiday, but since they fell on the same day, we only got one day....