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On Friday Ithaca experienced an ice storm.  Cornell very helpfully sent out an email saying that the university was not closing, but that conditions were really, really, really bad.  Thank you, my dear university, for putting the onus on your … Continue reading →

So Nicholas D. Kristof writes a column in the NYTimes about how liberals should perhaps stop mocking evangelicals and instead realize that they actually share certain goals and could work together on those. Now it seems to me that this … Continue reading →

Winters around here are pretty wimpy. Crocuses, snowdrops, cyclamen, cherry trees, winter aconites, and several things I can’t identify are in bloom here. And I’m not talking about greenhouses. Here’s the view out the kitchen window this morning: Not that … Continue reading →

Maybe my CV would look stronger if I added an A-level from McDonald’s … Sydney

So I see that white voters are consistently voting for anybody but Obama (with the exception of whites in Iowa), black voters are consistently voting for Obama, old people are consistently voting for McCain, young people are consistently voting for … Continue reading →

In preparation for my mom’s visit next week, I realized I had absolutely no idea what I would feed her.  Like many friends our age, Sydney and I have come to the realization that what is considered normal food in … Continue reading →

This past week I’ve had a house (and most of a small mountain) to myself so, in order to keep spirits up and take advantage of the situation, I’ve done a lot of singing at home.  Arwyn’s reaction has been … Continue reading →

I’m picking up after some serious moping the last several days.  Thankfully, Sydney and I have rediscovered AIM, and there are some interesting things on the horizon to keep me busy: 1) I’ll be leaving on Friday for Boston to … Continue reading →

It’s this sort of thing that makes me wonder if it wouldn’t be a good idea to introduce public canings. Sydney

the whole world can be made to seem right. For one of my classes, this week’s reading included a long list of pdfs to download and print out, including one that had gobs of black edging that I was sure … Continue reading →