Monthly Archives: January 2008

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 →

Language Log has a very sensible discussion of the use/mention distinction here. Many distinctions that philosophers like to make are fairly abstruse and perhaps not of that much practical importance. But this one seems rather important and also not that … Continue reading →

Hey, you know, this salvaged soup isn’t half bad.  It tastes like nothing but “good for you and filling,” but in these rather busy days that’s just fine!  Now, let’s see if I can keep that feeling going all this … Continue reading →

After spending all week staring at the laptop, I decided that it was time to give myself a break. That, and I had a specific destination that I needed going to. On Wednesday, Prof. Robert Merrihew Adams mentioned in the … Continue reading →

Now, normally, feeling rash is not such a good thing. But sometimes with a personality like mine (head in the sand), feeling rash isn’t such a bad thing. Today it meant I agreed to lead the music in church on … Continue reading →

I was picking up groceries today when I walked by the orange juice and thought, “Wait a minute.  With Sydney gone, if I buy orange juice today, there will be some left for tomorrow!”  While growing up, orange juice was … Continue reading →