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Unplanned
Unplanned The Movie About once a year or so we actually go out to a theater and watch a movie. I knew I wanted to see...
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The Abolition of Man
The Abolition of Man: or Reflections on Education with Special Reference to the Teaching of English in the Upper Forms of...
Miracles: A Preliminary Study
Miracles: A Preliminary Study by C. S. Lewis (Macmillan Books, 1978; first published 1947) This is another book in my C....
Our Annual Rock Concert
Despite our general antipathy to most forms of rock music, there's one rock concert we try to attend whenever we have annual Disney...
To Do the Work You Have Given Us to Do
Thoughts on DNA Testing
It took a long time for me to dip my toes into the DNA testing waters, being both an avid genealogist and a very private person. But...
Beginning in Jerusalem
How can anybody think that they're better than anyone else—that their race is better, their country is better, their religion...
Eradication Is Neither Prevention nor Cure
March 21 is World Down Syndrome Day. Temple Grandin wrote : It is likely that genius is an abnormality. If the genes that...
C. S. Lewis on Peer Orientation
C. S. Lewis wrote about peer orientation? Certainly not by that name. But recently, as part of my C. S. Lewis retrospective, I...
March 16 - Greatest Love Day
Sandwiched between 3:14 (Pi Day) and 3:17 (St. Patrick's Day) is 3:16 (Greatest Love Day) John 3:16, that is. For God so...
The Best Part of The Bachelor Finale
I've never seen the show, The Bachelor , never wanted to see it, still don't want to see it. But even I have to admit they did...
At Least He Didn't End Up In Nineveh
South African deep-sea diver Rainier Schimpf was diving with a crew that was documenting a sardine run in the waters east of Cape...
Viking Warrior Gender Roles
I appreciate living in this time and place. I know I've sometimes said that I think I was born in the wrong century, but in truth I'm...
In Retrospect, It Was Funny
If you think backseat driving is annoying, you should try backseat navigating. We were with a friend, driving through unfamiliar...
Traits Analysis from Ancestry
Not long ago, Ancestry.com added a new feature to their DNA services, where for an additional $10 they will analyze your existing DNA...
Struggle Meals
I have a new favorite cooking show, and no one is more surprised than me. It's called Struggle Meals and features a crazy young...
The Road to Hell....
Words of wisdom for our time from one of my favorite columnists, "back in the day"—economist Milton Friedman: One of the great...
A Preface to "Paradise Lost"
A Preface to "Paradise Lost" by C. S. Lewis (Oxford University Press, 1942) When C. S. Lewis writes a preface, it isn"t...
The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien
The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien edited by Humphrey Carpenter (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1981) It may seem as if I've...
Tough Love
Dost thou ever feel thus toward thy neighbour—“Yes, of course, every man is my brother; but how can I be a brother to...
The Weight of Glory
The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses by C. S. Lewis (Macmillan Books, 1980; talks originally given from the 1930s through...
My Rocky Relationship with Penzeys Spices
I fell in love with Penzeys Spices the first time I walked into their Pittsburgh store, many years and ten grandchildren ago. What an...
Galaxy S9 Smartlock Not Working?
This blog is my storehouse for a good deal of miscellany, since combined with Google's search capabilities, it's a good way to find...
Sunshine, Vitamin D, and Why I'm Skeptical of the Medical...
I respect doctors, and am grateful for their skills, knowledge, and compassion. But that respect and gratitude are much the same as my...
Four Poems from C. S. Lewis
Here are four poems that struck me in particular from a book of C. S. Lewis' collected poems. Irresponsible actions have...