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Playing Catch-up Backwards 1 (Aug 28-21, 2008)
I’m at my sister’s new house for the purpose of helping with before and after baby needs and one of the first things I...
harp, 28 August 2008 |
Baby Pool
I'm tired and have too much to do. Therefore, I'm procrastinating. I'm putting our guesses about Little Baby Daley 's...
European Genealogy and Genetics
No time for something more thoughtful at the moment, but I saw this and can't resist passing it on. Check out this genetic map...
It Begins...
...and as far as I'm concerned, Hurricane Season can end right here. Tropical Storm Fay's path is looking suspiciously like...
Can You See the Bookshelves?
I think maybe I know why no one has commented on my new bookshelves. They're currently located under "Welcome" in the...
Why I Won't Be Applying for My Airborne Refund
Years ago, when a friend recommended Airborne for staving off colds, I was skeptical, as I always am with such claims. But...
A Digression on Extraterrestrials, the Church, and...
Okay, I'm being really lazy today and merely posting a link to someone else's post, but there are too many other things to attend to,...
What If the Catholic Church Got This One Right?
When an article from my "to blog" backlog, a recent post from one of my blogging contacts, and an article from the most...
While the World Slept...er, Watched?
Whatever you think about John Edwards, he isn't stupid, and choosing to admit his adulterous affair while our attention was focused on...
Alive and Well
Just a quick post to say that I am alive and well and enjoying my vacation. Obviously I've taken a vacation from just about...
Sacred Causes
John Stackhouse has another perspicacious post, this time on the homogenization of music in contemporary churches. I know...
Why Blog?
It's been harder than I thought to write the "why I blog" post that's been on my backlog for ages. So I'm just going...
Please Tell Me August 7 Is the UK Equivalent of April...
This is a joke , right? It doesn't surprise me that some crackpot with "Dr." in front of his name should decide that...
Photo Contest Winners
Holcomb Farm has posted the winning photographs from its 2007 Photo Contest. My favorite is the third prize winner.
Poisoning Ourselves
Last night our neighbors called to ask if we had noticed a terrible odor. They had just returned home after a few hours away and...
What If Herod Had Told Mary Where to Give Birth?
Whenever I despair about unnecessary governmental interference in our lives and families, it's good to be reminded that we could be...
Generation Jones
I've often noted that there is a significant generation gap between my siblings and me; even seven years makes a big...
The Origami Guy
Today's Drabble comic, suitably modified, is for our friend Johnny Montroll, a.k.a. The Origami Guy. I have my doubts...
Aaargh! Another (Interesting) Blog!
During the 18 months we lived in the Boston area, we experienced three deaths in our immediate family. This, as I realized how...
Like Sesame Street, Only Different
I hate to give such horrors any more publicity, so if you already view Planned Parenthood as evil incarnate, don't follow any of the...
Good? Or Merely "As Good As"?
My first reaction to the good news that girls are now doing as well as boys in mathematics , at least through high school, was to...
Those Who Cannot Remember the Past Are Condemned...
John C. Wright's post about his discussion with a utopian communist awakened memories of my own encounters with people who look back...
Why Teach Logic and Argumentation?
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek...to be understood, as to understand. —St. Francis I can't resist...
Planet Narnia!
Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C. S. Lewis , by Michael Ward (Oxford University Press, 2008) It is hard...
Never Underestimate the Power of Pre-Natal...
A friend of ours has four children. They're all still less than eight years old, and have yet many years to develop their tastes...