October 2010
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A note on the English love of ghost stories, via Andrew Stuttaford at NRO. The link to the story from which he's quoting is broken; go here to read the whole thing. A marvelous gallery of spectral photographs assembled for this week's program at Music from the Hearts of Space (one of my guilty pleasures).
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We went to eat at R&R Seafood, on the causeway, last night–my wife, daughter, son-in-law, and grandson. When we got there, about 6:30 or so, the western sky had this beautiful band of pure pale green light at the horizon, turning into a sort of pink-orange higher up, then blue. My wife bought herself a…
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"…more than 30 people stopped to help and pray for those injured in the wreck." (my emphasis)
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Weekend Music Something a little different from them. June doesn't actually sing in this one. Ok, you want something more romantic from these two, I know. Here you go: someone put together "Ring of Fire" in separate versions by each of them, with a montage of images from the excellent movie Walk the Line.…
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I generally try to avoid speaking quite so harshly about the president, but aside from that I agree with Kevin Williamson's agreement. The beginning of the piece to which he links is excellent, but unfortunately the rest of it is unavailable to non-subscribers (to The New Republic).
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I haven't seen very much of Stephen Colbert's tv show, because when I have seen him I didn't think he was really that funny. The opening is quite funny, but to my taste that's the best part. My first impression was that he was just another smirker, like Jon Stewart, but I think he's really…
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I wonder what folks in the UK think about this. Alarmism, or a serious concern?
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Weekend Music
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We don't really have autumn here. At this time of year the nights get a bit cooler but the days are still fairly hot, into the mid-80s (F–high 20sC). Mobile Bay is a shallow body of water that gets very very warm during the summer. By the end of summer the water temperature is at…
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This morning I saw a car that had a big sticker saying “Dog Is Love,” and some other dog-fanatic message that I can’t remember now. Well, fine, I like dogs, too, but I wondered if this person really meant the implicit putdown of Christianity (“God is love, and he who lives in love lives in…
Light On Dark Water 