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Would It Help?
Over the years, Porter has ordered all sorts of movies from Netflix (the old-fashioned, DVD-in-the-mail way), and every once in a while...
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Kingfountain
The Queen's Poisoner by Jeff Wheeler (47North, 2016) The Thief's Daughter by Jeff Wheeler (47North, 2016)...
Me vs Facebook, Again
Oh, Facebook, when am I going to totally give up on you? It's the people who keep me going there, albeit in a much-reduced state....
Falcon Heavy Launch
It was a beautiful launch last night, just after sunset. I only recorded a small part, first because I wanted to enjoy it...
YouTube Channel Discoveries - Pro Home Cooks
It's been a while since I've shared a favorite YouTube channel, and this one comes with a warning: It will make you hungry ! The...
The Great Outdoors
"Go play outside!" So said generations of mothers—at least once we got past the eons of history in which both work and play...
Time Well Spent - Viva, Barnes, and Bret
As most of you know, David Freiheit ( Viva Frei ) has been my favorite Canadian lawyer since sometime in 2020. Even though he no...
Would You Die for What You Knew to Be a Lie?
One advantage to having aligned myself with the more "high church" denominations is that the major holidays. Twelve days of Christmas...
Choosing Hope and Courage Over Anger and Despair
Those of you who are better than I am at remembering political names will understand Porter's oft-repeated saying from the very end of...
Two Views of the Problem, Two Correct Answers
It begins early, the idea that there is only one right answer to a problem. Here's part of a journal entry from when one of our...
Happy Easter, 2023
That will be our opening hymn this morning, and it's one of my favorites. Happy Easter to all!
The Day Between
One of my favorite Easter cartoons, fitting for Holy Saturday, the day between Good Friday and Easter.
Christian Denominations in Twelve Minutes - Really
In honor of Holy Week and Easter, I present this 12-minute guide to the " What is it with all those different kinds of Christian...
Reminder to Be Grateful
Our Palm Sunday service went well yesterday, and it was a joy to sing our anthem: Hosanna and Hallelujah...
Small (Agriculture) Is Beautiful
I've admired Joel Salatin and his Polyface Farms for a long time, but many years have passed since I first read Everything I Want to...
Good Morning!
The Freedom to Opt Out
Allow me to play devil's advocate here. Tallahassee Classical School has made the news as far away as Australia because its...
Sesame Street: It Was Ever Thus
I have no quarrel with parents who are up in arms at Sesame Street 's decision to use cute little Elmo to...
The Good Stuff
Sometimes you have to post about all the terrible things happening in the world, and sometimes you just have to post about ......
Clean and Safe
Here's another treat for you from Heather Heying's substack, Natural Selections : Stark and Exposed: It's the Modern Way . ...
People Can Change
As part of my recent long-term efforts to "get my affairs in order," I ran into this passage from one of my old journals. Sunday,...
Fauci and the Fed
Language, Equality, Fairness
It's no secret that I love hearing from Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein. I don't listen to half of what I want to of their videos,...
Her She
For much of my life, chocolate meant either Nestlé or Hershey. Nestlé tasted better, but Hershey gained points after I...
Take Me to Your Leader
If you're not a Babylon Bee fan, feel free to skip. If you are, enjoy! The clip will look as if it's ending before the...