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The Effectiveness of Compulsory Lockdowns on COVID-19...
The supporting documentation is long and complex and I don't expect anyone to read it all. But I include the link anyway. Some...
sursumcorda, 6 January 2023 |
Books Read in 2022
It's that time again: Here's my annual compilation of books read during the past year. Total books: 83 Fiction:...
The Ideal New Year's Eve Party
Our church is having an event this New Year's Eve. I'm not thrilled, but we'll probably show up for a little...
Did You Know?
WARNING: If you have a particular fondness for President Biden's policies, or for the Christmas song, "Mary, Did You Know?" —...
Opening Lines of Great Books
One Thanksgiving, during a family trivia game, I discovered that I know the first and often the second lines of quite a number of books,...
A Christmas Carol of Deep Grief
Having overheard someone questioning why Coventry Carol was included in our church's Lessons and Carols service earlier this...
Everything Sad Is Untrue
Everything Sad Is Untrue: (a true story) by Daniel Nayeri (Levine Querido, 2020) Sometimes the AI—which Porter,...
What Price Truth?
A long time ago, Pontius Pilate famously asked, "What is truth?" More recently, Elon Musk questioned, "What is the value of...
Homemade Orange Extract
A year ago, I picked and washed some fruit from our Page orange tree, then used a vegetable peeler to obtain thin slices of peel....
What I Want to Sing in Church Someday
" Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence " is a wonderful and ancient Eucharistic hymn particularly suited for this time of year. I love it...
Canada, COVID, Cannabis, Catastrophe
Maybe you smoked some pot when you were young. Or know that your parents did. I did not, except second-hand and co-mingled with tobacco...
Evergreen Hills
I find Chick-fil-A's Evergreen Hills stories a much-needed breath of sanity in today's world. This year's is The Snow Globe, but I've...
Inheritance
Inheritance: How Our Genes Change Our Lives—and Our Lives Change Our Genes by Sharon Moalem (Grand Central Publishing,...
What's Wrong with This Picture?
I found this meme on a Viva Frei video . (The link is to give credit; I'm not asking anyone to watch the video, which is an hour and 40...
Californians in Texas
Sometimes you try to please everyone, sometimes you preach to the choir. I'm enjoying the following video series so much I have to...
The Real Anthony Fauci, Confirmed
I'll admit I'm astonished that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s shocking book, The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the...
The Most Important Political Statement I Can Make
What do you think explains the current political climate? Half the country is made up of f-ing idiots. The elections were...
Before You Freeze Your Bagels
Being a household of two, we can't keep bread goods out on the counter as we once did; all too often they spoil before we can finish...
Look What Showed Up In My YouTube Sidebar
YouTube is not exactly reliable when it comes to recommending videos for me to watch, but look what showed up in my sidebar...
Tropical Depression Nicole - Friday, November 11, 5AM
The big news is—there is no big news. Nicole, now a tropical depression, is marching through Georgia rather more peacefully...
Tropical Storm Nicole - Thursday, November 10, 7AM
Nicole, having become a hurricane long enough to harrass the western Bahamas and southeast Florida, made landfall around 3 a.m....
Tropical Storm Nicole - Wednesday, November 9, 7PM
Nicole is not a hurricane yet, but looks to become one in the Bahamas, and come on shore around Ft. Pierce in the early hours of...
We Are All Winston
In George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four , most people agree that the climax of the story is when Winston finally breaks under torture...
From Devastating Storms, Natural and Political, Good Lord...
It's time for more from my Favorite Left-Coast Liberals. I don't like to post too much in one day, but with Election Day and an...
Sub-Tropical Storm Nicole - Tuesday, November 8, 4AM
I think our weather warning system is broken. Or in a different time zone. There was absolutely no reason to awaken us with an...