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Flying, Sixty Years Ago
[ I have been having so much fun posting excerpts from from my father's journals that I decided to give it its own category: ...
sursumcorda, 18 December 2023 |
No One's Perfect
As we prepared for our annual Lessons & Carols service a weekago, a fellow chorister shared this reminder from Allan Sherman, one of...
The Shift
The Shift is a new movie from Angel Studios , the folks who brought us Sound of Freedom . I thought the latter so worthwhile...
If You Liked the Monty Hall Problem, You'll Love This One
I've put this post in the Just for Fun category, though those who hated math in school might not think so. I'm one of those weird folks...
You Had to Be There
One of my favorite priests believes strongly that it's important to be physically in church for worship, with one's own...
Lessons & Carols 2023
'Tis the season for festivities and music! Well, sort of. For those who observe the traditional Church Year, it's actually Advent,...
The Problem of Answered Prayer
Books, sermons, and debates on the problem of unanswered petitionary prayer have been around for as long as people have been praying. To...
How Free Is Your State?
Once again, the CATO Institute has come out with its assessment of relative personal and economic freedom among our states . I'm always...
Neanderthal Me
Here's a PBS story with information on how Neanderthal (and Denisovan) genes live on in modern humans. I'm taking it personally; after...
America Our Heritage
I sang this song in sixth grade, in an elementary school chorus where we we were taught three-part harmony and music theory as well. It...
Rethinking the Bidet
Here's an interesting video about toilet paper I just came across (17 minutes @ regular speed, language warning). It begins with...
The Most Successful Tyranny
Freedom of the mind requires not only, or not even especially, the absence of legal constraints but the presence of alternative...
Music, Dogs, and Hope
It is refreshing when someone whose eyes are wide open to "the hosts of evil 'round us," and has suffered much in exposing them, finds...
Our Veteran Ancestors
This year's Veterans Day tribute is to all the U.S. (and pre-U.S.) veterans among our direct ancestors. Pequot War, 1634-1638: Thomas...
Nailed It
I know myself better than to watch any presidential debates, Democratic or Republican. Neither my blood pressure nor my mental health...
Preparation
Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. I don't remember where I saw this...
Anesthesia - Boon and Bane
I've sung before the praises of avoiding anesthesia when possible. Here's an Epoch Times article that confirms my instincts:...
Vampire Victim
There may be something particularly potent about giving blood on Hallowe'en; I've never before been quite as exhausted after donation as...
Why I Haven't Left the Episcopal Church
Why haven't I left the Episcopal Church? I know many who have, from individuals, to churches, to in one case an entire diocese....
The War on Currants
When we lived in Rochester, New York, one of our neighbors grew red and black currant bushes in her backyard, and shared them with us....
And I'll Say It Again
I have heard that Harvard University is losing donors because of its perceived lacklaster response to the Hamas attacks, and its refusal...
How Well Do We Know Danger When We See It?
The State Department has issued travel warnings for Israel (Level 3, "Reconsider Travel") and Gaza (Level 4, "Do Not Travel"). Not...
Why Not to Give a Thoughtless Ovation
We've all been there. At some performance, or speech, the audience bursts into applause, and you join in, because, well, it's now...
Steak for Breakfast - and Lunch, and Dinner
I've featured the Lex Fridman podcast once before, his interview with former Soviet spy Jack Barsky . Fridman's podcasts are an amazing...
Hold On to Your Kids Is On Sale
Public Service Announcement: Gordon Neufeld's Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers is currently on...