For the Sake of Ten
2012-10-31 – If you want a scare today, read what Pastor John McTernan says about the cause of Hurricane Sandy. (Spoiler alert: it’s gay marriage.) Now, for argument, let’s say […]
Monthly Archives: October 2012
Both Sides Now
2012-10-29 – My son Nat was feeling blue. And so was I. It was, as they say, a teachable moment. Parents are not always transparent about their feelings. “I’m feeling […]
A Bright Fall Day
2012-10-27 – Lefty is from Canada. We got him around New Year’s Day of 2007 from a breeder in Thunder Bay, Ontario who breeds Australian Shepherds as working dogs. Their […]
Anticipatory Grief
2012-10-26 – You can learn a lot about the difference between Republicans and Democrats by looking at how they process grief. Grief has been famously divided into five stages known […]
If at First You Don’t Succeed
2012-10-24 – We’ve gotten so used to muddled thinking about education that we cheer yay when we read something that really deserves a doh. This week I got hold of […]
Unborn Dogs
2012-10-22 – So many different types of dogs. Sheep dogs. Chihuahuas. Pit bulls. Poodles. Collies. It’s amazing that they are all dogs. And yet they can mostly interbreed. With all […]
Passion for Morphology
2012-10-20 – My son Nat and I went to Barnes and Noble this afternoon and sat in the café together browsing our books when I noticed a woman reading a […]
Remember the Sabbath
2012-10-19 – Christmas is the truest Sabbath I know. I say this because I took a vacation day because I need the rest. I haven’t taken many this year and […]
The Flattened Rat
2012-10-17 – Fortunately, I avoided the skunk in the park this morning. I had my eye out for small animals because last night we were out looking for a neighbor’s […]
The More Things Change
2012-10-15 – Don’t read this book: The Half-life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date by Samuel Arbesman, because everything in it that is true today will […]
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