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It Was Cold 40 Years Ago, Too
Forty years ago today, the temperature was a record cold of 26 degrees, and my friend Leanne and I were looking forward to watching the...
sursumcorda, 28 January 2026 |
The Great Ice Storm of 1964
In view of all the excitement over the weather these days, it seems appropriate to publish my father's story of one of my happiest...
Content Overwhelm, the Problem with Numbers, and the...
Information rushes at us with overwhelming speed and intensity; we lack the capacity to take it in, much less analyze it...
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Christmas 2025 has come and gone, but I'm not waiting 11 months to share this fun peek at things you might not know about " A Charlie...
My Father's Warning about Television
As I've mentioned before, I've been enjoying going through (and digitizing, where possible) my father's old journals and letters. I...
Climate Change and Mr. Spock
I don't usually pay attention when Hollywood celebrities preach about issues unrelated to their own professions, and at my age, I've...
Celebrating January Sixth
Yesterday, January 6th, was the holy day of Epiphany, celebrating the revelation of God's Light to the Gentiles (the Three Wise Men) and...
Christmas in Middle Earth
It is Epiphany. The Twelve Days of the Christmas Season are ended. And yet I will honor their departure with one more Christmas...
Books Read in 2025
In 2025 I read 35 books, among my lowest annual totals and less than half 2024's count. I know of no particular reason for that, unless...
Accidental Lies and the Best of Intentions
There are Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics. Here's a very interesting, 14-minute video that sheds light on one reason Americans...
The Salisbury Organist - Coventry Carol
As I've mentioned before, a great advantage of being in a denomination that celebrates the Church Year is that Christmas is not just one...
The Joys of Plumbing, Summer Camp Edition
'Way back in the 1980's, my family enjoyed spending time with good friends who owned a summer camp on a lake in Vermont. The following...
Christmas Eve 2025
It's Christmas Eve, and I have many things to say but no time to write. Instead, I offer this beautiful King's College Choir rendition...
To Face the Fear
“Afraid of heights?” Helmer asked. “Perfect. You really are a mixed-up lad. You come here full of defiance and...
Sing We Now of Christmas
We have so many wonderful Christmas albums, collected for well over half a century, many wonderful, wonderful works reaching from...
Changing Case in Windows Filenames
You may already know this. I didn't, so I'm putting it here so I can find it again. This is the situation in Windows 10; I don't know...
Height in Square Meters
Fun fact: Here's part of an AI-generated answer to a question involving the Body Mass Index. Question: If I could figure out how...
Hammered Dulcimer, Irish Music, and Les Mis!
A modern song based on a 19th-century French novel played in the style of Irish music on a hammered dulcimer! Unfortunately, it's a...
If I Owned a Honda Odyssey
Heather reported seeing this awesome car/bumper sticker combination in the Walmart parking lot. Who says Walmart customers are...
Thanksgiving Broth Win
This Thanksgiving we did not have turkey. A guest provided a ham, so a turkey would have been 'way too much food. So I...
Autism Is Not a Spectrum
What do you picture when you hear autism called a "spectrum"? I think of a linear scale, the kind you see in so many surveys, such as...
More Generous than God?
Forevergreen
Forevergreen is a new, short, animated film. I know nothing about it except that a friend recommended it, and I found it...
Growing Up with Engineers
I had an idyllic childhood. Not perfect, but as close to that as anyone I know. And one of the best parts, I now realize, was growing up...
Worm Experiment Update
As I wrote in Let the Worms Decide , I decided to do my own experiment on what our composting worms think of junk food. I...