Category: Miscellanea
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Question of the Day
No, it’s not a political one. It’s this: who comes along after trash has been collected on trash day, opens a neighbor’s trash can, and deposits two unsealed bags of foul, stinking, rain-drenched trash? Who does that? William’s right; I am beseiged by idiocy.
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Two Americas? Or Two Visions of America?
Mona Charen has a fantastic and fascinating take on Michelle Obama’s Fearful Vision on National Review Online. Read all the way to the end; it’s a great demonstration of one of the ways this country so often rises above those who would destroy it.
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Busy busy bees
Well, it has been a while since I posted. The craziness of starting work, recovering from a hurricane, and otherwise getting on with life tends to get in the way of informing the world about one’s activities. I have a million thoughts about the election, politics, human nature, and other topics. But, seeing as that’s…
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Power!
The power is finally back on! It only took 11.5 days, but we have lights, A/C, cable, internet access… In short, we have our home back, and it is good.
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Post-Ike Update
As I said in my last entry, we survived Hurricane Ike just fine. In fact, we don’t seem to have suffered any damage except for the power outage and a front door that no longer opens due to swelling (the wind blew water right at the door all night, and it swelled to a point…