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Language, Equality, Fairness

It's no secret that I love hearing from Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein. I don't listen to half of what I want to of their videos,...

 
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Her She

For much of my life, chocolate meant either Nestlé or Hershey. Nestlé tasted better, but Hershey gained points after I...

 
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Take Me to Your Leader

If you're not a Babylon Bee fan, feel free to skip.  If you are, enjoy!  The clip will look as if it's ending before the...

 
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Is It Always Fun to Travel Abroad?

Is It Always Fun to Travel Abroad? by Antonio Evaristo Morales-Pita (Austin-Macauley, 2021) I wasn't happy to discover that...

 
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"A Hellscape of Self-Obsession"

The problem with mirrors :  a 13-minute discussion.  New to me, and profound.

 
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Hope for Recycling Plastic

Here's an interesting article about a New Haven, Connecticut company called Protein Evolution, and why they may have an approach that...

 
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Computing, Thirty Years (and More) Ago

As part of my ongoing project to organize and pare down my files (physical and digital) to something understandable to someone other...

 
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It's in My Genes

Ancestry was totally wrong about my feelings toward cilantro—they say I'm prone to disliking the herb, but I love...

 
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Travel Warning

 
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Whence Self-Confidence?

I've been sorting through old physical and computer files lately. I can't afford to read much of what I process, but occasionally...

 
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The Bible, TLDR Edition

The Babylon Bee can be educational as well as funny. I'd never heard of "TLDR" until seeing this video, and even so had to look it up:...

 
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I Started a Story

I've been working my way through old computer files, and found this one-paragraph story starter that I had submitted for the Orlando...

 
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This Injustice Has Not Been Haunting Our Family for...

There I was, pondering what I might say in today's blog post, when my sister-in-law sent me the following article, from People...

 
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We Remember

One year ago, the Canadian truckers of the Freedom Convoy rolled into Ottawa, Ontario, their swelling ranks cheered on by people all...

 
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January 28, 1986

High Flight Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward...

 
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Amazon Has It Their Way

I liked the AmazonSmile program, in which Amazon.com would donate a percentage of a customer's purchase to the charity of that...

 
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The Benedict Option

The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation  by Rod Dreher (Sentinel, 2017) I read Live Not...

 
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A Less Impressive Encounter with Shutterfly

I wrote recently about my pleasant encounter with Shutterfly customer service. That has not changed. But here's something I'm not...

 
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Risk Benefit Analysis

I didn't expect to like this Wall Street Journal article  about the board game, Risk . Unlike nearly all the rest of my...

 
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Survival of Preterm Babies

Back in the 1970's, I worked at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, New York. One of my favorite things to do on my...

 
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America's Favorite Toy

No matter how addictive video games become, I doubt they will ever truly supplant the humble Lego building bricks for enduring value,...

 
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Shutterfly Adventure

I like Shutterfly, for making books, greeting cards, and other photo-themed gifts. My experience with them hasn't been perfect, but they...

 
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The Effectiveness of Compulsory Lockdowns on COVID-19...

The supporting documentation is long and complex and I don't expect anyone to read it all. But I include the link anyway. Some...

 
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Books Read in 2022

It's that time again: Here's my annual compilation of books read during the past year. Total books: 83 Fiction:...

 
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The Ideal New Year's Eve Party

Our church is having an event this New Year's Eve. I'm not thrilled, but we'll probably show up for a little...

 
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