March 2007
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I take back what I said a few weeks ago about The American Conservative not being that interesting because it was "sort of cranky," or something to that effect. It's getting more interesting all the time. I've been meaning for several days to link to this piece about the TV show 24. Seeing it mentioned…
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…also enjoys the occasional nap. Pre-TypePad http://js-kit.com/for/lightondarkwater.com/comments.js
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Nap Time It’s late Sunday afternoon, and I just woke up from a nap. I never thought I would say such a thing with such pleasure. I recall reading Blondie as a child, and wondering why Dagwood Bumstead was always trying to take a nap. What was the matter with him? What was the point?…
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…explains the importance of self-esteem. Pre-TypePad http://js-kit.com/for/lightondarkwater.com/comments.js
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Jewels And Binoculars: Floater Roughly sixty percent of this album is magnificent, sublime, essential. The other forty percent is merely very good. If the idea of a jazz trio—reeds, bass, and drums—playing Dylan songs doesn’t sound all that promising to you, well, just give this a chance. Jewels and Binoculars seems to be a sort…
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For any eMusic subscribers who may have read the Mozart piano quartet reviews, here are links to four performances of them. I have not heard any of them, but I plan to. I've never been terribly cognizant of or sensitive to the variations in performance which make up much or most of what classical music…
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My friends Reuben and Vicki Sairs recently spent some time teaching in Kenya. Here's a report from Vicki. One hears this note a lot when reading about Africa: that despite the terrible problems there is a great deal of admirable and delightful human spirit about the place. I sometimes think that several hundred years from…
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A Glimpse of Moral Common Sense This will be brief, as we’ve been busy visiting family this weekend. I may have mentioned before that I’m fascinated by the American southwest. Not surprisingly, I’m a big fan of Tony Hillerman’s mysteries, which are set in the Navajo and Hopi country of New Mexico and Arizona and…
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