November 2010
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With great precision and no mess. Perhaps you've already seen this; if not, you should. Be sure to watch the video. The natural world is full of astonishing things. And the more closely we look at them the more astonishing they seem. I recall watching my little dog Andy one night as he considered whether…
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Just a few quick notes–I had sort of wanted to comment at more length on these but ran short of time: The Future of Social Democracy: English (Telegraph) columnist wonders why the U.S. is starting down the path that Europe seems to be coming to the end of. Related sentiments from Germany: "The US has lived…
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I may lose it if I hear the word "iconic" many more times in trivial contexts such as "the iconic Thanksgiving dinner."
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Sunday Night Journal — November 7, 2010 (This will be brief, as I was out of town all weekend.) I went to a wedding this weekend. As is often (or is it always?) the case at a Catholic wedding, one of the readings was the story of the wedding at Cana. I’ve always thought there…
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I just saw, for the 20th or so time this week, that annoying pseudo-adage: "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results." Generally it's accompanied by the claim that Einstein said it. I think it was around the 300th time I heard it that I thought wait a…
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Weekend Music I usually don’t get around to posting these until Saturday morning, but I’m going to be out of town this weekend. Years ago, when I started hearing people refer to this as one of the greatest rock-and-roll singles ever recorded, I couldn’t understand why I had never heard it. I certainly heard plenty…
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I've been thinking all day (I've had a day off from work) that I should sit down and write something about the election. (Perhaps some outside the U.S. haven't noticed: we just had an election in which a great conservative wave washed over the government.) But I haven't been able to make myself do it.…
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Do not mess with the Jimmy Dean Sausage fan (warning: contains quite vulgar language). Thanks to Janet for this. I had to wipe away the tears of laughter before I could post it. See, I grew up with people like this, so he's not some exotic crazy to me. In fact I work with a woman who…
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I should say something about the election, but I don't really want to bother…maybe tomorrow. I don't know why, but I've gotten very interested in the birds I see on my daily walks with the dogs. I find myself really wanting to know their names, what song goes with what bird, and so forth. I'm…
Light On Dark Water 