Saturday, February 28, 2009

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Vetting Prayers So Obama is now approving opening prayers before they are made. I can see why, given his years under Wright, he'd wa...

Tucker Callaway

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He and his wife were missionaries to Japan for years. Then they moved to Liberia, where I met them. He was a large man, with exotic paraphe...

Aura again this morning

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While driving. I suppose I should start keeping track of this.
Thursday, February 26, 2009

Sleight of hand

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Did you notice that the budget deficit is proposed to be \$1.75 trillion, while the increased taxes are \$1 trillion--except that the tax ca...
Tuesday, February 24, 2009

DC voting

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IIRC, DC was kept separate in order to prevent the host state from pressuring the federal government. It was certainly a real risk in the e...
Sunday, February 22, 2009

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Distances What's a distance? Let's imagine a map spread out on the table, with east/west in one direction and north/south in the ot...
Saturday, February 21, 2009

In the Cold

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One winter pastime for those of us in the frozen northlands is snickering at the helplessness of our more southern friends in the face of th...
Friday, February 20, 2009

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Courage Holder is probably right. We need courage to talk about race; to proclaim the news that nobody bombed the levies in New Orleans an...
Sunday, February 15, 2009

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Star Wars question From the Revenge of the Sith, I remember a scene with a room full of youngsters practicing Jedi stuff. I gather they we...

Rattling Story

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Drudge Report pointed to a report that an earthquake rattles Jersey...again . If you look at the story, it says the quake was magnitude 2...
Saturday, February 14, 2009

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The secret of fixing things--some of the time We have a breadmaker that we don't use a great deal. I'm fond of fresh hot bread, so...
Friday, February 13, 2009

Expectations

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Unfortunately, Obama is living down to my expectations. Definitely not ready for prime time. But Pelosi: I'd heard some bad things abo...

The Great Transformation

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The Beginning of our Religious Traditions by Karen Armstrong I haven't finished this yet. The book starts out by explaining its purpose:...
Tuesday, February 03, 2009

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Groundhogs, Llamas, Turkeys, Deer, and Other Natural Wonders The Groundhogs have spoken. Sun Prairie's Jimmy the Groundhog, and his be...
Saturday, January 31, 2009

On the lighter side

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For those familiar with Dilbert, a corporate version of "I am a gentle bunny" circulated Usenet some years back. Example: I am a...
Wednesday, January 28, 2009

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Believing in anything Berkeley's public library will face a showdown with the city's Peace and Justice Commission tonight over whet...

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I wonder Did Rapunzel braid her locks on a family heirloom?
Saturday, January 24, 2009

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NY Metropolitan Opera Broadcast This week's was a 1-act version of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice . It sounded nice and melodious, but ...
Friday, January 23, 2009

Executive Orders

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So Obama is "closing" Gitmo. Except he isn't, really--just kicking the can down the road a year. And, incidentally, delaying...
Sunday, January 18, 2009

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True Love for a Lifetime Brain researchers claim that contrary to their expectations, married couples can in fact still be passionately in...