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Long Time No Update 4: Third Week of April
I had some classes canceled again today, so I figured I should continue the trend of catching up with updates since soon I’ll...
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Do You Think It's Hard to Be a Woman Today?
Today's NEHGS eNews includes the following lovely passage written on July 4, 1632 by New England Puritan leader John Winthrop ....
Long Time No Update 3: Second Week of April
I woke up this morning to find that my morning classes had been canceled. I decided to celebrate by writing an update before...
A Robust Faith?
I won't pretend anything other than a highly selfish interest in my dismay at the decision by the Catholic Church to forbid...
Take That, Straw Man!
Someone on one of my Internet forums alerted me to Rush, Little Baby , a Boston Globe article of a few months back. As...
Stop Wasting Their Time!
While chatting with the dental hygienist yesterday, I learned about a science project that had been assigned to her fifth-grade son:...
For This Relief, Much Thanks
The end month of Porter's recent gig was very stressful, with lots of pressure and 80+ hour work weeks. My father often said...
Does Anything Stop -- or even Pause -- for Tragedy?
Picture this: During the upcoming Olympics, the second place finisher of a big race suddenly collapses and dies. ...
Liturgical Theology by Simon Chan
I am behind on my book reviews as well as updates, but I’ve started a book that I can’t keep quiet about. Thanks...
Dried Pineapple
When I was in Pittsburgh, we bought some dried pineapple at Trader Joe's, and it was very, very good! Thus when I saw the same...
How's That Again?
The acoustics in our house are such that the sound from the television is loudest in every room except the one in which the TV...
Long Time No Update 2: Surprise Birthday Party
. . . the dog was oddly suspended in the air, in the arms of Sarah S. In fact, the room was full of people and I suddenly...
Long Time No Update 1 (First week of April)
Yeeps. It’s been a month since a real update. And what a month it has been! Full of concerts. ...
The Importance of Learning History
Thanks to Tim at Random Observations for alerting me to this interesting commentary on John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath...
Two Car Talk Puzzlers
On rare occasions I have the opportunity to hear National Public Radio's Car Talk program, which I find amusing as well as...
McDonald's
I'm behind with the blog and have lots of interesting adventures to write about, but I was encouraged not to let that get in the way of...
Math Education in the News
Study Suggests Math Teachers Scrap Balls and Slice s is a New York Times article about research at Ohio State University that may...
Who Says Blogging Doesn't Pay?
Okay, so it may not generate any cash income, but my status as a blogger has earned me a free, one-year subscription to the...
Cousin Aaron, the Polygamist
With polygamy in the news these days, it seems a good time to report on my discovery of one of our stranger cousins. Fourth cousin...
Who Will Speak Up when They Come for You?
It's easy to dismiss the Yearning for Zion Ranch as a collection of kooks, but even kooks have rights in this country, or should....
Wise as Serpents: Home Birth
Sunday's Philadelphia Inquirer story about Diane Goslin is a good summary of, or introduction to, Pennsylavnia's home birth...
Another Article on Teaching Mathematics (or Not)
The Story of an Experiment is another interesting story from Perla ( see previous post ), which she posted to support her...
Brief Thoughts on Teaching Math
I can hardly count Perla Adams my friend, since we met online and I only visit her blog occasionally. It's in my feedreader, but...
High Tide in Tucson
High Tide in Tucson , by Barbara Kingsolver. (HarperCollins, 1995) My sister-in-law gave me this book about a year...
Finance 101, and a Biblical Lesson Forgotten
Is it any wonder Americans are such poor money managers when you look at the behavior of our government? Or should I perhaps say that...