Monday, May 29, 2006

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No more drudgery! I’ve never been a fan of fufu myself, but if hours of drudgery can be done away with, this might be a good idea. Of cou...

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Is That a Hint? I’ve been reading Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life by Donald Whitney. This afternoon I read the chapter on fa...

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Hand-Me-Ups? At lunch today Youngest Son announced that he was “giving his Lord of the Rings action figures as hand-me-downs” to Youngest D...
Saturday, May 20, 2006

Why no book reviews?

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I have been writing, just not here. Our church needs some material for introductory classes, so I wrote it. What with the many other thin...
Wednesday, May 17, 2006

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DaVinci Code I've been hearing two reactions in church to the upcoming movie: opportunity and boycott. Boycott is the wrong word for m...
Sunday, May 14, 2006

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Time and Mother The past is always with us. I feel this most with my wife: a moment with her recalls other moments. We shaped each other...
Thursday, May 11, 2006

Policeman to the world

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The Darfur situation has been eliciting calls for intervention. Some of the same people are calling for us to intervene in the Sudan who de...
Sunday, May 07, 2006

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Sweet sentiments? If your honey is a naturalist, fascinated by wild creatures great and small, perhaps she would appreciate what you find w...

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Images When I was young I saw shapes not just in clouds but also in maps. Everybody knows the Italian boot, but did you see that New Zeala...
Wednesday, May 03, 2006

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Left Behind Years ago Eldest Son was fascinated by constellations: not just any, but those of the Southern Sky. My wife decided he should...
Friday, April 28, 2006

Skits

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The National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages had a convention here in Madison this week, so the University language teachers had t...
Tuesday, April 25, 2006

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Concert I took Youngest Daughter to see Eldest Daughter's choir concert last night. Youngest Daughter's Community Concert was Sund...
Monday, April 24, 2006

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Sorry about that The triple posting wasn't really my fault, but I should have checked more carefully. To try and make up for it, let me...

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Radiation environments The BBC report on the Chernobyl disaster's effects on wildlife has some interesting features. A lot of specie...
Monday, April 17, 2006

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Unfortunately, changing names appears to be a side effect of teaching one's daughters how to post on your site. Blogger has an obnoxiou...
Friday, April 14, 2006

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And now it changed back again. And I didn't change any settings.

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VERY ODD The nickname has changed from James to Sandra. I'm not sure why.
Thursday, April 13, 2006

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Travel I never drive off down the road to Fermilab or set off for the airport without wondering if I will ever return. There are so many t...

Baseball and chess

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My wife is a Cubs fan. As we drove up through Illinois yesterday, listening to the Cubs win a game against the rather sloppy Reds, it struc...

NDD

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There’s a book out that I haven’t read yet with a title like Nature Deficit Disorder . I gather that the thesis is generally something alon...