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Just for Fun
My to-do list is too long for me to indulge much in long stories or philosophical musings, so today you get just plain fun. ...
sursumcorda, 5 July 2008 |
Birthdays
We celebrated my birthday with a three-way phone call (Florida/Pittsburgh/Basel), good wishes from family and friends, and a dinner at...
Language Learning, Language Prejudice
For a monolingual person, I have an inordinate love of languages. Not only is multi-lingualism increasingly important in today's...
"Hannah Montana"
I shouldn't be surprised when what is said in comic strips mirrors opinions expressed by essayists in more serious venues. After...
Blowing Hot and Cold Out of the Same Mouth
Mike Thomas , an Orlando Sentinel columnist, has had a special place in our hearts ever since he interviewed Heather for a magazine...
"It's So Nice to Have a Man Around the House"
[Insert whistling here] Front entrance lights and tiles ...
Sophie Scholl: Die Letzten Tage (Sophie Scholl: The...
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days is a simply made but powerful German film (with English subtitles) about a young woman arrested for...
Life, Choice, and The Man
I don't recall the era of the 1960s with fondness; it wasn't all bad, but it was a messy, unkind time that accelerated our culture's...
Supreme Court Redux
In considering the Supreme Court's nullification of Louisiana's law that allows a death sentence for one convicted of raping a child,...
Building on Strengths
As I wrote earlier , one important idea I took from Marcus Buckingham's The One Thing You Need to Know is the value of expending more...
The Supreme Court v. The People of Louisiana
In an earlier post on the Lisbon Treaty , I stated [I]n the U.S. we have seen state laws gradually subsumed more and...
More on Humor
The role of joking in the way we deal with one another is a concern of mine, as I've said before . Thanks to Groshlink I've...
When Nerds Don't Want to Do Something
Scott Adams strikes again, with a definitely nerdy variation on this popular saying:
Why So Many Posts?
You may have noticed I've been posting a lot recently. At one point I decided to try to write a post a day for the month of...
Confessions of a Medical Heretic
Confessions of a Medical Heretic , by Robert S. Mendelsohn, M. D. (McGraw-Hill, 1979) A quick review of this so I can get...
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...
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...