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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…
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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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