Sunday, September 30, 2007

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Her keys are in a box on the bookcase We dropped her off at O'Hare, together with her friend also going to Senegal; had a hug, said a p...

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Party UPDATE Apparently when I was elsewhere the fellow trying to hit on the young lady used a different line; considerably coarser. He on...
Monday, September 24, 2007

Boss-Man

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I knew days before we went that we'd have uninvited guests, and we'd have to feed them. That was pretty obvious from the location; ...
Saturday, September 22, 2007

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Overheard conversations 2 The seats in airports are close together, and when there's a lull in the announcements you can sometimes hear...

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Overheard conversations I was near enough to hear, but not to become a part of, a conversation involving some people I knew and a number of...

WCRP

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The US hasn't switched to metric yet: from lack of litership?
Wednesday, September 19, 2007

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Geneva and CERN The Meyrin site feels a lot like old town Geneva. The streets are narrow, curved, and short, the buildings seem randomly a...
Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Today

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I haven't forgotten. I wonder at how eager men are to believe lies. Old and thoroughly discredited, or new and absurd; anything at all...

Firewater

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AP reports that "an Erie cancer researcher has found a way to burn salt water," "using a radio frequency generator he devel...
Friday, September 07, 2007

On Killing

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The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society, by Lt. Col Dave Grossman The subtitle tells the point of the book. Why do so...
Wednesday, September 05, 2007

In the Image and Likeness of God

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by Vladimir Lossky Lossky was called “one of the best Orthodox theologians of our time.” I'm trying to learn a little about Orthodoxy, ...

Old Habits

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My father taught me to part my hair about a half inch above the corner of the side of the head, and I've been doing that ever since. Ho...
Friday, August 31, 2007

Belated answer

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I forgot to include the answer to the question I posed earlier this year . The answer is: England in the 1800's, as described by a Mus...
Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Crickets

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Eldest daughter called last night to remind us of the eclipse, and we went out to see. When we came back in, we were loudly reminded that a...
Monday, August 27, 2007

Covenant Marriage

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Sunday School was a little unusual at the church we visited. The teacher is a very talented raconteur, telling the old stories in new ways,...
Saturday, August 25, 2007

Hot hiking

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We reserved time at Turkey Run months ago. Since we're unlikely to be going back anytime in the near future, we had to take advantage o...
Tuesday, August 07, 2007

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* Barry Bonds breaks Aaron's record making him the home run king. At least in America. He has a long way to go to reach the Japanes...
Wednesday, August 01, 2007

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Do they speak English? Fliers stapled to phone poles sport a cross with HOPE emblazoned. Across the top it reads "Homelessness Outrea...
Monday, July 30, 2007

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Looking East from CERN Moment by moment the light changes on the layer cake ridge, playing over scree fields taller than any Wisconsin peak...
Monday, July 23, 2007

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True but I am becoming convinced that there are things that, while strictly true, are not good to talk much about. A husband may say of hi...