It's just the way they were raised. The rest of us need to keep in mind that theirs is a very different culture. And all part of the rich fabric of American diversity. Pre-TypePad http://js-kit.com/for/lightondarkwater.com/comments.js

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Not my very favorite Incredible String Band song, but a good one. If you've never heard them, this will give you an idea of why people either love or hate them. I'm in the former group. The video is not embeddable so click here. Pre-TypePad http://js-kit.com/for/lightondarkwater.com/comments.js

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…there are still two days left in the first week of Advent. (photo by Karen) Pre-TypePad http://js-kit.com/for/lightondarkwater.com/comments.js

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Janet quotes her daughter to that effect in a comment on Kristin Lavransdatter in another thread, and I think a lot of readers have an opinion somewhat along the same lines. If I were going to pick a word to describe Kristin at her worst, it would also start with a “b” but would be…

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At Mere Comments (the Touchstone magazine blog): Top Twenty Books Nobody Reads and Top Ten Bad Books Everybody Reads. The first should more accurately be called "Top Twenty Good (Or At Least Highly Spoken-of) Books Nobody Reads." I can't really comment much on the first list, because I have, in fact, not read most of…

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The Dark Door Thrown Open I’ve spent most of the time that I would normally have spent writing my weekly journal in reading Benedict XVI’s new encyclical Spe Salvi (In Hope We Are Saved). So I’m going to content myself now with some very unorganized comments on a few passages that particularly struck me. I’d…

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Delerium: Nuages du Monde UPDATE: I left out a step in the directions to the samples at the official Delerium site: click on the link I gave, then click on “Discography” to see the album cover thumbnails. This is an album of which I’ve grown pretty fond and which I never would have heard if…

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I’ve gotten into sort of a routine with my weekly posts: write them on Sunday afternoon and/or evening, format and post the music one that night if it’s not too late, format and post the journal on my lunch hour Monday (and of course the music one if I didn’t do it the night before).…

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I did my best, it wasn’t much.I couldn’t feel, so I tried to touch.I’ve told the truth. I didn’t come to fool you.And even though it all went wrongI’ll stand before the Lord of SongWith nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah. I’m pretty sure this is lip-synced from the album version. Pre-TypePad http://js-kit.com/for/lightondarkwater.com/comments.js

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