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A Promising, Practical Use for Artificial Intelligence
Promising, practical ... and, as with so many applications of massive data collection and analysis, maybe a little perturbing. This post...
sursumcorda, 16 September 2019 |
Recasting the Past
Recasting the Past: The Middle Ages in Young Adult Literature by Rebecca Barnhouse (Boynton/Cook, 2000) This was...
Innovation
I posted the following back in 2011, and its message is just as vital today. Unfortunately, the link to the Occasional CEO...
Waiting for Dorian
There is something in the very presence and actuality of a thing to make one able to bear it; but a man may weaken himself for...
Rizzoli & Isles
On a whim—or more accurately, a teaser from my sister-in-law—I put the show Rizzoli & Isles on our Netflix...
Whistling in the Dark
While praying and working with Dorian taking aim right at us, it is impossible to resist some musical jokes about current events. Dorian...
Spicy Chicken Sandwiches
Overall, I'm a big fan of Chick-fil-A. It's the exception to our policy of not eating fast food except when travelling, and even then...
William Stoddard Wightman
Porter is now the patriarch of our family. His father died last week, at the good age of 92. We are thankful that he did not...
Lunch Despotism in Italy
The school lunchbox is dead in Italy. The Italian Supreme Court has ruled against parents who want to send lunch to school with...
Smoke on the Mountain
Smoke on the Mountain: An Interpretation of the Ten Commandments by Joy Davidman (The Westminster Press, 1953) I...
Ruminations on Back to School
People on Facebook and elsewhere have been wishing Florida students "happy first day of school." Leaving aside that I agree with C. S....
A Taste for Vulgarity and Sensationalism
I can hardly regret having escaped the appalling waste of time and spirit which would have been involved in reading the war news or...
Decisive
Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work by Chip Heath and Dan Heath (Crown Business, 2013) This book...
Flying on Your Own Two Feet
The jetpacks of science fiction are closer to reality ! It may not be the most comfortable way to get from England to France,...
Facts Don't Change Our Minds - Friendship Does
I read a satirical article recently in which someone from Political Group A wrote as if he were from Political Group B. Except for the...
How Strangely the Mind Works
I never fail to get a kick out of the way my mind has a mind of its own. There are things I know that I don't know I know, tucked away...
The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael
A Morbid Taste for Bones: The First Chronicle of Brother Cadfael by Ellis Peters (Little, Brown, first published 1977)...
Yesterday's Falcon Launch and First Stage Landing
We couldn't see yesterday's Falcon 9 launch from home this time, due to clouds between us and the coast. We did catch the first stage...
July 21-24, 1969
After staying up all night to watch the moon walk , I was glad the next two days on our Girl Scout European adventure included not much...
The Beatles - A Brief Reminiscence
I was eleven years old when the Beatles first came to America. The cultural effect, as viewed from sixth grade, was more momentous than...
July 20, 1969
On July 19 our touring Girl Scout group had left London and a madcap sightseeing itinerary behind and settled into a hostel of sorts...
July 16, 1969
Fifty years ago a few intrepid adults gathered a flock of teenaged girls and took them on a tour of Europe. What were they thinking???...
Now More than Ever
I've been looking over some of my posts from years ago, and rediscovered this inspiring short film . Take a 16-minute break and...
Small Town America - Fest and Fair in Hillsboro, New...
Three cheers for small-town America! I know small towns and villages can be narrow and stifling and ingrown—but they can also put...
Stuck in the Door
It's time to reprise a favorite G. K. Chesterton quote. Sex is an instinct that produces an institution; and it is positive and...