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Shakespeare: The World as a Stage
Shakespeare: The World as a Stage (Harper Perennial, London, 2007) by Bill Bryson Once again , a hit for Bill...
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It’s More Complicated Than That!
I recently mentioned that Dr. James Schall failed in only one book recommendation so far, but that is not wholly true. I run into...
Mr. Monk Goes to Switzerland
Perhaps it's my own OCD tendencies, but I greatly enjoyed Monk , the TV show about a brilliant detective with obsessive-compulsive...
Grocery Shopping
Our grocery budget has been taking a hit in the last several months, partly because of a significant general price increase at the...
Math, Arithmetic, and the Khan Academy
For the past week I have been reliving elementary school. My inspiration was this TED lecture from Salmon Khan of Khan Academy ....
I’m Just Doing My Job, Lady
The other day I was walking back home after taking Joseph for a swim when I saw a garbage man sweeping up spilled garbage with a broom...
Engineering's Everest
Who says engineers are nerdy, computer-toting couch potatoes? Check out this from the New York Times . (Click on the photo...
The Way "Bolero" Ought to Be Done. Sort of.
Flash mob Bolero is a great idea (H/T Jon) that doesn't quite work. Ravel's repetitive work is best appreciated, I...
How to Read a Book
. . . is another smashing hit for Dr. James Schall, author of “Another Sort of Learning: Selected Contrary Essays on How Finally...
Bullet Update (Sept. 15-19 2011)
15 th : I had to pick another corn from the garden because the stalk had blown over. This time is was nearly ripe and Joseph and I...
Manamana
Our kids grew up largely ignorant of Sesame Street , and I'm not one bit sorry for that, but this seems to have been written for...
Bullet Update (Sept. 3- Sept. 15)
Sept 3: We went to a bike fair and got a new bike for me. Mine had lots of problems and it couldn’t carry the kid trailer,...
Prayer for Peace
On the way home from church this morning, we stopped briefly at one of our local health food stores. Yes, I said "one of." ...
Well Done, Governor Brown
Although I've been a Democrat for every one of my 50 voting years, I've been accused of abandoning the party by voting more often for...
Englebert Humperdinck, Part 2
Now that I have permission to use names ( see Part 1 ), here's a photo (credit Joe Welby) of the wonderful Ashley Locheed (on the...
Bullet Update
Dates are not always accurate, as in some of the things Joseph started doing well before I finally wrote them down, but they’re...
US Vacation 2011 July 23rd – Aug. 14th
Saturday, July 23rd Stephan wanted to start packing the week before we left. It seemed to early for me. I wasn’t...
Irene
Since Hurricane Irene has been flirting with our friends and family all along the East Coast, I'm opening up this post as a place for...
Engelbert Humperdinck?
London, 1969: I was lost, though I didn't know it yet. For reasons I no longer remember, some friends and I had become...
Introverts in the Church - the Review
Introverts in the Church: Finding Our Place in an Extroverted Culture , by Adam S. McHugh (IVP Books, 2009) (I wrote...
Involuntary Computer Fast
My e-mail and blog activity will be curtailed, either somewhat or a lot, until we get a handle on some serious computer problems. ...
Too Low-class for Sears?
I used to love shopping at Sears, insofar as someone who loathes shopping can, that is. But today my frustration meter pegged....
You Are What You Eat?
What's your gut reaction to this story ? There are more than 1,000 varieties of bacteria that live within the human gut, and an...
How Can They Learn without Being Taught?
If you can read this, thank a teacher. I've seen it on bumper stickers for years, and just today at the bottom of my Penzey's...
How To Tell a Male Blue Crab from a Female, American...
My sister-in-law, ever the teacher, saw some children catching blue crabs from our bridge. Walking over, she engaged them in...