Monthly Archives: December 2013
Happy New Year!
Some of my friends are already in 2014, so I may as well get a head start here. May the new year be everything you could want. May it be filled with love and friendship, and may your blessings exceed … Continue reading
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Fast away the old year passes
Hail the new, ye lads in glasses. It’s been a pretty good year, all things considered; a year of incremental improvements. We got our roof replaced, and now we don’t get drips or enormous icicles beneath the eaves over our … Continue reading
Thank you all!
We had a good Christmas. And, from looking around, the publishing companies had a good Christmas, too. I need to build another bookshelf. Thank you all for your kind wishes and generosity toward our family. We are truly blessed to … Continue reading
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Book Review: Tuesdays at the Castle, by Jessica Day George
I found this book quite by accident. I was with my children at the library, killing time while my wife worked on Christmas projects. My kids had already found books and had settled in on couches to read, so I … Continue reading
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Merry Christmas
I’m about to wax religious here, so if that sort of thing bothers you, please come back another day. Over two thousand years ago perhaps the single most important event in history occurred. The son of God came to earth … Continue reading
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A truly Christ-like people
Recently I’ve had Enoch on the mind. Now Enoch isn’t someone who gets a lot of attention usually. The Bible has very little to say about him outside of Genesis 5:24: And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; … Continue reading
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Music Review: Halo 4
I recently had time to kill at the local library and, since I did not want more books to add to my already too-large reading stack, I decided to peruse the music section. I went a little crazy, actually, but … Continue reading
The end of everything…or the beginning
So, Beyoncé Knowles releases an album without warning, sells a gazillion copies and makes a boat-load of money, and now some people are declaring that marketing as we know it are dead. Just like they declared the record labels dead … Continue reading
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Religion as a bludgeon?
I have nothing to say on Phil Robertson’s personal views. He said what he said, and the results were so predictable he’s got to be pretty naive to not see it coming. And A&E has got to be pretty naive to … Continue reading
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Interesting research
I’ve encountered some interesting research lately. Rather than discuss any of it at length I’ll just post them with a few comments: First up: Are Boys Irrational? Economists have scratched their heads. “The greatest, most astonishing fact that I am … Continue reading
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