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Phlooey!
Posted on March 21, 2020 10 Comments
You may rightfully wonder where I have been and why I would choose this of all moments to put up a new post. Well, like many of you, I have some extra time on my hands right now and I would rather be talking to you than sitting in front of the toob, feeling my […]
The Minority Retort
Posted on March 6, 2015 23 Comments
At a funeral a few years ago, I had a memorable conversation with one of Geoffrey’s brothers. He is the in-laws family scholar, a PhD, with degrees in philosophy (Catholic) and law (yup – Catholic). He is also extremely conservative, has a large family of children, who are home-schooled and then enrolled at a local Catholic college — all of them, […]
Sciense and nonsense
Posted on February 12, 2015 34 Comments
Following my theme from last week, thinking about my dad and his influence on my life, I was intrigued by an ad I saw recently from Bayer. My dad worked for Sterling Drug, which owned Bayer, early in his career as a bench chemist. Sceptical as I am about a chinese wall being erected between […]
Snofu
Posted on January 30, 2015 33 Comments
Have I mentioned my distress at what I refer to as the ‘bumpkinification’ of America? I will explain in a minute. But, I am just as disgusted with our wimpification too. So, before I get going, let’s take a look back at this week before zeroing in on this post. Rewind In a word, this […]
Cherchez la faim
Posted on February 25, 2014 37 Comments
There is so little time to do anything frivolous these days. One thing I miss is listening to NPR. When I visit my relatives in North Carolina, I stay with Annabelle’s parents, two college professors to whom I am related on my mother’s side. They have two big-screen TVs but those are disconnected most of […]
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