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  • This (via someone on Facebook) and this. Sure will be interesting if it turns out to true, though.

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  • Gandalf at Hogwarts

    Click on the comic at the beginning of this post at There Are Real Things (aka the Incarnationalist International). The "How It Should Have Ended" videos are funny, although I'm too hazy about the Terminator movies to get all of that. 

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  • A bumper sticker (well, actually, a rear-window sticker) that I saw today: "Oh no! Not another learning experience!

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  • The obsessive hatred of many on the left for Sarah Palin is sick. I'm referring to a soon-to-be-published book of gossip, of which many salacious details have already been revealed. You've probably heard of it. If not, you can easily find out. It gives me a tiny bit of satisfaction not to identify it or…

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  • I suspect that most of us are either (1) the sort of person who is willing to drive somewhat out of his way to save 5 or 10 cents per gallon on gas or  (2) the sort of person who suggests that the amount saved may not cover the cost of getting there, or in…

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  • On the 9/11 Anniversary

    Halfway between the September 11, 2001, and today–in September of 2006–I posted this assessment of the event and its consequences. It still represents my view pretty accurately. I can't quite put my finger on the reasons, but I keep thinking–no, I should say I keep feeling–that there is something a bit unseemly in the ceremonies and rememberances…

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  • One reason I don't talk about politics all that much, and don't talk about economic matters very much at all, is that they're mostly too complex to deal with in a blog post. I think almost all the contending factions have at least some part of the truth, and generally find myself wanting to argue…

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  • Commenting problems (mine)

    For some reason, which I suspect has to do with the anti-virus software on my computer at work, I'm unable to post comments.  The one brief one on the Atlantic thread was done in haste from home this morning–I try to check the comments first thing in the morning because spam comments tend to arrive…

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  • Raining Heavilee

    Tropical Storm Lee has brought us almost 6 inches (15cm) of rain in the past 24 hours, and more to come. Not much wind so far although that's picking up some now. This is probably going to keep on for the next 24 hours or more. A few minutes ago I heard a sort of…

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  • Ye Olde Looke

    For comparison:

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