tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35276742010-01-08T23:43:57.587-05:00If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly. -- G. K. ChestertonZachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07658949890957239166noreply@blogger.comBlogger335125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3527674.post-88105561306399707792010-01-08T23:39:00.006-05:002010-01-08T23:43:57.732-05:00

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Thanks be to God, for His blessings and mercy are greater than we can imagine. Happy Thanksgiving!

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"Men are ruled, at this minute by the clock, by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." - G. K. Chesterton

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Former clinic director: Church chilly to my pro-life turn Whereas clergy and parishioners welcomed her as a Planned Parenthood employee, now they are buttonholing her after Sunday services. "Now that I have taken this stand, some of the people there are not accepting of that," she told The Washington Times. "People have told me they disagree with my choice. One of the things I've been told is

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I've updated the blog template to show my Amazon.com wishlist.Because I know you were all wondering what to get me for my birthday / for Christmas / for the anniversary of the breaking of the Siege of Vienna / out of sheer gratitude for my witty blogging...

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From Sharon Astyk:So close your eyes. Or first, open them, and look at your property – or your friendly neighbor’s property, or your church’s lot, or your community garden plot. Now that you’ve got it in your head, close your eyes. And take what’s there and add on – what do you want to see? Look at it closely. Smell it. Taste it. Listen to it....What do you see? A small farm of a few acres

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438 years ago today, the Holy League defeated the Turkish fleet at the Battle of Lepanto.White founts falling in the courts of the sun,And the Soldan of Byzantium is smiling as they run,There is laughter like the fountains in that face of all men feared,It stirs the forest darkness, the darkness of his beard,It curls the blood-red crescent, the crescent of his lips,For the inmost sea of all the

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We had our first frost last night. This is almost three weeks early -- per the extension service, our average frost date is supposed to be October 20.Oh, well -- the tomatoes were mostly done anyway (curse you, late blight!). The basil near the house was sheltered enough it didn't get frosted, and hopefully the covers at the garden plot helped there.

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Last night, I finally made it to the local soccer game that the kids have been going to. And joined in... besides some of the kids from their soccer league, their coaches plus various older kids (high school and college) and young adults are there. Plus a few (ahem) "mature" guys, like moi.Wow, I am out of shape. But I persevered. Gasped for breath a bit, like an old John Denver song:Breathin'

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Answer: A family of skunks in the neighborhood!No, this is not theoretical. And, while skunk kittens are cute, seeing five of them romping in the neighbor's yard wasn't endearing...

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Denounce the government and embrace the flag. Hope to live in that free republic for which it stands. -- Wendell Berry, Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation FrontWith gratitude for those who have sacrificed that I might have the opportunity to be free... I will be spending this day in work and thought.For thought, I'll begin by reading the text of the Declaration of Independence. It's

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are underappreciated.

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Alleluia! Christ is Risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia!

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The G20 leaders display the gravitas necessary to reassure a nervous public that all will be well.

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Two of the advanced students in our co-op's Stage Combat class, showing off at the end-of-year performance.

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When I see headlines like these:Up Next for Bankers: A FloggingBank CEOs flogged in WashingtonInstead of pictures like this:or this:I really, really want to see pictures like this:

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Sent by a triumphalist Catholic friend...My comeback:

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I know this look:

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Let me see if I have this straight...(1) Dubious financial minds come up with even more dubious [read: bullshit] derivative "securities" upon which transactions are based, and our Congressional masters sling the financial industry $700bn, no questions asked. In fact, the entire premise upon which the bailout was approved even gets changed in midstream, but no worries.(2) Auto industry which

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John Michael Greer shares his impressions of Detroit:I spent the flight staring out the window at half a continent’s worth of scenery while trying to fit my head around Bateson’s take on systems theory or the tangled syntax of some scrap of atrocious medieval Latin, and spent the ride from the airport to the hotel in suburban Auburn Hills taking in glimpses of Detroit: long-abandoned factory

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Captain Renault, I mean, Alan Greenspan "shocked" at credit system breakdownWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan told Congress on Thursday he is "shocked" at the breakdown in U.S. credit markets and said he was "partially" wrong to resist regulation of some securities.

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