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Month: August 2008

Even my daughter knew it didn’t make sense.

August 31, 2008 ~ Bob ~ Leave a comment

At work the other day, apropos of what I do not recall, someone said "We'll never be able to stop the hamster wheel by throwing band-aids at holes in the dike." I think it's actually four mixed metaphors because of the word "throwing". When I recounted this to my wife, my daughter pointed out that … Continue reading Even my daughter knew it didn’t make sense.

Stupid! You’re so stupid!

August 24, 2008 ~ Bob ~ Leave a comment

Except, not really. I'm way behind on posting reviews of all the new books I've read this year, and I'm not going to try to review them all. Some just aren't worth it (Robert Jordan's Eye of the World) some I just don't remember that well (The Real Heaven: It's Not What You Think), and … Continue reading Stupid! You’re so stupid!

A culture of death, indeed.

August 24, 2008 ~ Bob ~ Leave a comment

Wesley Smith on the First Things blog points out a story from an English newspaper that describes the last day of a woman who chose to be killed by her doctor under the Netherlands' euthanasia law. According to the article, the law requires that the doctor's judgment be confirmed by a second doctor, that the … Continue reading A culture of death, indeed.

I’d like to take this moment to express my pity.

August 22, 2008 ~ Bob ~ Leave a comment

To all Norwegians, to all members of the Norwegian knighthood and most deeply to all the members of the King's Guard of Norway: my sympathies and consolation on the descent of your nation to depths of ignominy and decadence not seen since Caligula was to make his horse a consul.Via First Things, which also linked … Continue reading I’d like to take this moment to express my pity.

RIP Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

August 5, 2008 ~ Bob ~ Leave a comment

A great man, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, died yesterday. He may not have been right about everything, (which one of us is?) and I certainly didn't agree with everything he wrote or said, but he was still one of the greatest men of the last century. Rest in peace.----------------Now playing: Donizetti, Callas, Di Stefano, Gobbi, Arie - … Continue reading RIP Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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