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Microsoft's New Search Engine
Microsoft is challenging Google with its new search engine , now in beta form. I'll admit to a prejudice against Microsoft because it...
sursumcorda, 11 November 2004 |
Veterans Day
There are many ways to serve one's country besides military service, but today we honor those who have given the extraordinary service of...
Brrr!
I know this will not impress you Northerners, but I'll tell the story anyway. When I jumped into the pool today, I thought that the...
Walking Up and Down
An Austrian study of the benefits of walking is both encouraging and perplexing. During the four-month study, 45 healthy adults...
Florida—Bad for Your Health?
Florida is being labeled as an unhealthy state , ranking 42nd in a study by the United Health Foundation . On looking further into...
Homeschooling in Pennsylvania
Homeschooling is legal in Pennsylvania, but the regulations imposed on homeschooling families are among the strictest in the nation....
Breastfeeding and Arthritis
Researchers at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital found yet another health benefit of breastfeeding , this time for mothers. Women...
John Kerry and the Boston Red Sox
It appears that Boston could not have two big winners this year. If they could have chosen, I wonder how many would have traded the Red...
George W. Bush's First Critical Act
John Kerry has conceded, and President Bush is expected to declare his victory. That speech will be the first critical act of his...
Election Advice—for Your Health!
Cast your vote, then "cast your cares on the Lord, and he will sustain you" (Psalm 55:22). As close as this election is, we can...
A Democrat's Choice for Bush
Thus far I have tried to remain fairly nonpartisan in my political commentary, but the time has come to take a stand. I have been a...
Voting in Florida
As I have written previously , I believe that Florida's voting procedures in 2000 were as fair and accurate as any in the country, and...
Quick Tourist's Conversion between Fahrenheit and Celsius
This is for my dear friends who will soon be travelling to Spain: When I was in elementary school, we were taught, drilled and tested...
Bush's Battle of the Bulge
Get your news first, from Crickler ! Their nifty little puzzles often alert me to interesting news stories, which I follow up with...
Apology to IE Users
I do all my blog work in Firefox , and my secondary browser of choice is Netscape , so I didn't realize the site is fouled up in...
View from the Front Porch
We're watching the lunar eclipse . The first time I saw that beautiful phenomenon, my father awakened me in the early hours of the...
Learning HTML and All That
Once upon a time, I thought it would be good to learn HTML and how to create a web page. What does a computer...
Don't Forget to Drink Your Tea
Researchers in England have determined that tea inhibits the activity of brain enzymes linked to Alzheimer's disease . They don't...
John Kerry Is Not Irish
Did you know that? Do you care? Probably not, unless you live in Boston. A senator from Boston, with a name like Kerry? Of...
Boston Red Sox!
Being originally a New Englander, Porter has been a Boston Red Sox fan since before he learned that those things he put on under his...
Blog Statistics
I've added a statistics section for the blog (thanks, Jon !). It's not as accurate as I would like, as apparently it only considers...
TV-B-Gone!
Are you as annoyed as I am by the omnipresence of blaring television sets? It's bad enough to spend time waiting in a doctor's office...
Caesarean Sections and Childhood Allergies
A study of German babies showed a higher risk of food allergies and diarrhea for those born by Caesarean section. The healthy,...
It Takes a Man . . .
...to make a man. Or at least it improves the odds significantly, according to a study by Dr. Karen Norberg, a clinical associate at...
When to Cut the Umbilical Cord
A study of premature infants suggests that delaying the clamping of the umbilical cord can reduce the need for blood transfusion in...