Sunday, November 01, 2026

Fall

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Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes describes the season just right. "Gee, I like this season best of all! The trees are like nature...
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Saturday, October 31, 2026

Adding machines

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My father was an accountant (who became a missionary accountant/business manager), and on his desk sat an electric mechanical adding machine...
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Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Data centers and finance

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Whether to allow data centers to be built is a huge issue locally, with lots of talk about water use and competition for electric power. My...

Interpreting

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In 1 Corinthians 14:27-30 Paul says that in church no more than 3 people are to speak in tongues, and only if an interpreter assists. Also...
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Sunday, October 25, 2026

Fall chores

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Painters make it look easy. In theory, it is. But how much of this thickness of paint is just enough, how far is far enough, and when the s...
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Thursday, October 22, 2026

1942: Crux of War by Jonathan Parshall

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A few years ago when Drachinifel visited U505, Jonathan Parshall also dropped by to visit him, and we wound up talking with him more than ...
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Alternate history

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I've got a premise for a story I won't have time to research. Suppose the Viking settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows had included ...
Friday, October 16, 2026

If you have the budget, why not

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Epic System is famous for several things, most happily the way they decorate their buildings . They're completing two more: "Azl...
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Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Ambassadors

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Back in the day the Womens Missionary Union organized a group for boys called "Royal Ambassadors", recalling 2 Corinthians 5:19-20...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Patterns and language

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When you read "blue" do you think of the sky, or ocean, or copper sulfate, or maybe a little of all at once? The word's just ...
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Monday, October 12, 2026

Something doesn't quite add up

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When checking for comments for this blog, I noticed that posts were racking up a lot of page views. Curious as to why, I went to Stats, and...
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Sunday, October 11, 2026

Crosses

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"And He was saying to them all, 'If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me...
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Songs and memories

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AVI posted a song I haven't heard in ages: Winchester Cathedral . I now see why the guy's voice sounded strange. I remember where ...
Tuesday, October 06, 2026

Nobel winner

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A congratulations to Professor Halzen for his inspiration and leadership in creating the IceCube experiment! He's a really knowledgeabl...
Sunday, October 04, 2026

Flower photography

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My wife wanted to visit a local flower farm she had just read about. It turned out we shared an unexpected connection with the lady on dut...
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Career choice

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I've heard that you should "follow your passion." A counter-example: Some people enjoy the job of prophet, denouncing the ev...
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