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Preparation
Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. I don't remember where I saw this...
sursumcorda, 8 November 2023 |
Anesthesia - Boon and Bane
I've sung before the praises of avoiding anesthesia when possible. Here's an Epoch Times article that confirms my instincts:...
Vampire Victim
There may be something particularly potent about giving blood on Hallowe'en; I've never before been quite as exhausted after donation as...
Why I Haven't Left the Episcopal Church
Why haven't I left the Episcopal Church? I know many who have, from individuals, to churches, to in one case an entire diocese....
The War on Currants
When we lived in Rochester, New York, one of our neighbors grew red and black currant bushes in her backyard, and shared them with us....
And I'll Say It Again
I have heard that Harvard University is losing donors because of its perceived lacklaster response to the Hamas attacks, and its refusal...
How Well Do We Know Danger When We See It?
The State Department has issued travel warnings for Israel (Level 3, "Reconsider Travel") and Gaza (Level 4, "Do Not Travel"). Not...
Why Not to Give a Thoughtless Ovation
We've all been there. At some performance, or speech, the audience bursts into applause, and you join in, because, well, it's now...
Steak for Breakfast - and Lunch, and Dinner
I've featured the Lex Fridman podcast once before, his interview with former Soviet spy Jack Barsky . Fridman's podcasts are an amazing...
Hold On to Your Kids Is On Sale
Public Service Announcement: Gordon Neufeld's Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers is currently on...
Sensible and Human Things
This isn't the post I had planned for today, but it seems timely. Lift Up Your Hearts! is an eclectic blog, and I don't...
Malware Warning
In case this helps someone: I attempted to post a comment to a friend's blog, which I had done many times in the past, though not...
Urgent Update on the Case of the German Homeschooling...
Ten years ago I asked for help in petitioning the government to grant asylum in the United States to the Romeike family, who were...
Thoughts Upon Observing Seasonal Decorations
We commonly go to lunch with some of our choir friends after church on Sundays; recently we were at our local Outback Steakhouse. The...
David McCallum -- September 19, 1933 - September 25, 2023
Back when girls of my generation were swooning over those upstart musicians from England known as the Beatles, I couldn't have cared...
The Spy in Your Garage
Since we always buy used cars, I may not live long enough to get a cool car like the one my sister-in-law just bought. It has some...
Creating a Camper from a Pop-up Trailer
The same guy who brought you the 18-Minute Cabin had an old, broken down pop-up camper that he decided to renovate from the...
Keep Your Feet on the Ground and Your Head on Straight
I'm not posting the article I read about the latest efforts of China and other worrisome countries to use AI to divide and conquer...
Vivek Ramaswamy
I don't like to pay too much attention to elections until things have shaken themselves out enough to narrow the field somewhat. I'm...
Pippa Malmgren - Space Wars, Rich Men North of Richmond,...
Have you ever heard of Pippa Malmgren? Maybe you have—not everyone is as ignorant of current events and culture as I am. Let's...
One of the Things Our Church Does Best
There's an Episcopal/Anglican magazine called The Living Church, which I'll admit I've never read and am therefore not endorsing nor...
It Should Have Felt More Uncomfortable
Earlier this week I both took a Covid test and wore a face mask for the first time in a long time. I hadn't been planning to do either....
The Black Stallion, with Nostalgia
EReaderIQ is my good friend, and it ought to be Amazon's, given how much of my business they've sent the company's way. I...
A Surprising Sight
Yesterday we were driving home from a Saturday outing of museum + Cheesecake Factory, when we saw a small group of people waiting to...
Hurricane Idalia
I wonder how many internet searches have been made in the past week for "Idalia name origin." When I made mine this morning, this is...