Taking up Janet's challenge , I'm attempting to put a YouTube video in this post. Being perennially out of date and out of touch, I...
Oh, I shouldn’t have let so much time pass before writing all of my Japan experiences up. Ah well, I’ll do the best...
I wonder how much of the harm in the world has been done to people "for their own good." I think of the Crusades, forced...
As I read 2 Peter this morning I was once again faced with difficult language. I grew up in a church that said God wills from...
A Candian study indicates that knowledge of two or more languages can play a significant role in staving off dementia. ...
According to this WebMD article , napping helps babies process and retain new information. Extrapolating to all ages, maybe a good...
Well, not exactly, I’m only trying her out and I actually don’t like her that much, but if you know me at all you’ve...
Beginning January 1st, one of my favorite comic strips, FoxTrot , will be published on Sundays only . I love FoxTrot primarily...
A break in the weather (in which the winds on the mountain are predicted to be "only" 60 mph) is expected to set off an intensive...
Here's a link to a crazy story about Toilet Cleaning Day in Japan at my friend's Jr. high school. Besides the 80min individual...
Terrorism? War? Disease? Crime? Not being able to communicate? For the places I'm likely to go, the biggest danger is none of...
The purpose for this post is mainly to experiment with adding pictures to my blog and mostly so I can procrastinate on work I don't want...
I've already written ( here and here ), about some of the dangers of epidural anesthesia during childbirth. Today's reports...
I do feel sorry for Lake Brantley High School's band . When our kids played in it, many of the members secretly (or not so secretly)...
We went for a long walk around the neighborhood tonight, looking at the many inventive and beautiful Christmas light displays. But...
In a moment of weakness, I brought home a Rubbermaid bin full of family books, papers, and photographs from my sister's house when we...
I'm so sorry to announce that the email address on my blog has been wrong for many months. A good friend pointed out the mistake, but I...
The Seminole Indians never surrendered to the U. S. Government; perhaps they knew that time and patience would be the keys to eventual...
I'm not holding a grudge, and have recently fallen in love with Japan and her people, but history, remembrance, and memorials are...
Yesterday I tried to buy Porter some razor blades. It may be the biggest shopping season of the year, but some people are making it...
Jonathan, who just turned three, met me on the stairs with a blue cable in his hand. As I passed, I remarked, "That looks like a Cat 5...
Central Florida news teams were positioned to cover what they thought would be the big news of the night—the election—and...
To Whom It May Concern: If you need to reach us, try the good ol' telephone, or leave a comment here. For some bizarre reason...
Last night we heard the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra play Pierre Jalbert 's deeply moving In Aeternum , which he wrote as a...
Wild at Heart , by John Eldredge (Thomas Nelson, Nashville, Tennessee, 2001) Captivating , by John and Stasi Eldredge (Thomas...