Saturday, April 30, 2005

Near death

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I got a call Tuesday at 4:20 in the morning saying that my mother-in-law was "in the process of dying," and would I like to notify...
Sunday, April 24, 2005

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Train horns and clarinets Yesterday I took #2 son to see a friend's model railroad layout. Imagine a basement area about 12' x 15...
Saturday, April 23, 2005

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One of those days My better half is extremely tired today, and told me "I'm coherent as long as I don't try to talk."
Friday, April 22, 2005

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Non-essential services The University's main computer systems had some cooling problems this morning , so they closed down some non-ess...
Wednesday, April 20, 2005

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OK, I like this Work is play when pumping water.
Monday, April 18, 2005

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The price of fame I wrote in a comment to somebody's advice column, and the columnist printed it,with my name on. Ok, that's how s...
Saturday, April 16, 2005

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Death on a Friday Afternoon by Richard John Neuhaus Meditations on the Last Words of Jesus from the Cross The book is in the form of a re...
Friday, April 15, 2005

The Long Truce

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by A.J. Conyers How Toleration Made the World Safe for Power and Profit Conyer's thesis is that the meaning of the word "toleratio...
Thursday, April 14, 2005

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Some info on placebo in rats I'd puzzled about placebos in rats earlier. I asked Dr. Coe for information, and he was very helpful. I...

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In the clouds Last evening, I was glancing at jet contrail clouds in the clear blue sky. One jet must have been changing altitude, because...

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2004 Bumper Stickers This is Madison, so before 2-Nov-2004 we were awash in Kerry bumper stickers. You could see a few Bush stickers, but ...
Wednesday, April 13, 2005

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Ever heard that old saw, "God doesn't give you anything you can't handle?" Horsefeathers. God does not give un anything...
Sunday, April 10, 2005

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WCRP w/ candy We were faced with a superfluity of Easter candy, including those all-too-soon stale Peeps. I proposed that we buy a Tombsto...
Saturday, April 09, 2005

John Paul II

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I haven't tried to comment on his life and death, partly because I didn't know him very well and those who did have written so much ...

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Job Applications Our middle daughter is looking for a summer job, and among the local stores she visited Jacobsens, a butcher chain that ma...
Saturday, April 02, 2005

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Ah, the joys of taking Asperger kids ("aspies") out in public! #2 son has all the timing and sense of a rhinoceros. He has mem...

Science Show

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The UW held a science exhibition, aimed at younger students. We took our youngest two. The youngest son YS stopped at every booth, and so...
Thursday, March 31, 2005

John Paul II

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Pope John Paul II came to Chicago in 1979, and I went to hear his mass in Grant Park. I'm not Catholic, but I'd been looking for Go...

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Terri And Terri Schaivo finally dies. You don't often see as much nonsense and lies flying around a single person as you did around Ter...
Wednesday, March 30, 2005

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Thunderstorm We were waiting by the mall, facing the sunset and the thunderstorm racing towards us. The sky was turquoise under the cloud,...