Monthly Archives: April 2007

Once again Sydney and I arrived home from church and spent the next half hour “finishing up” our conversation about the sermon . . . while still sitting in the car. We finally got out when our housemate stepped out … Continue reading →

The previous discussions about alcohol on this blog have prompted me to wonder how we are supposed to keep reasonable about the issue. It seems everyone’s invested in it for various reasons, which makes it a lot more difficult to … Continue reading →

Sydney was busy talking away to family on the phone in Low German, which I easily tuned out, until he turns to me mid-conversation with that question.  Hehe, he’ll not be living this down for awhile 🙂  You’d think that … Continue reading →

Note that the following countries were neither picked as being representative nor randomly. Rather, they are the ones that have often been cited in conversations that I’ve had. All the data comes from two WHO reports: ‘Global Status Report on … Continue reading →

There have been a few reports recently about the increase in binge drinking among college students (here’s a sample piece). Apparently half of American college students now meet the criteria for alcohol/drug dependencies. Here at Cornell about a third of … Continue reading →

Liberal hypocrisy is hardly news, of course, but this comparison of the Bush and Gore residences is interesting anyway. In brief, the Al & Tipper Gore residence apparently consumes about twenty times as much energy as the average American home, … Continue reading →

No, this is not a repeat post from December.   It really is snowing in mid-April.  Looks like Easter weekend is going to be lilies, tulips, crocuses, and . . . snow.  If I’d known it was going to be this … Continue reading →

“Nam et legentibus euenit et mihi saepissime ut perlecta pagina uel epistula nesciam quid legerim et repetam.” Or, for the barbarians among us: “It also happens to people reading, extremely often at any rate to me, that I find I … Continue reading →

Our professor is out of town, and I have to say, he couldn’t have picked a better day to cancel class! It was beautiful weather today, and Sydney and I got to enjoy it at home. I finally loaded up … Continue reading →

“Martyrdom in the key of F”