It has been said, “Religion is doing what you are told, regardless of what is right, whereas morality is doing what is right regardless of what you are told.” As an acquaintance of the Schatz family this truth is hugely important to me. Christopher Hitchens produced the following for Vanity Fair: Do not condemn people […]
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Ezra Klein writes: If roads were collapsing all across the United States, killing dozens of drivers, we would surely see that as a moment to talk about what we could do to keep roads from collapsing. If terrorists were detonating bombs in port after port, you can be sure Congress would be working to upgrade
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Sorry I haven’t blogged in a few days. I’ve been busy. Trying to catch up on the “honey-do” list.
Christina’s on her way in for her MRI. The EKG turned up nothing, but she’s in so much pain. There’s also a large and stiff lump on her arm exactly where the pain is. I hope the MRI shows something that they can fix. Keep her in your thoughts.
Those of you who know me may or may not know that I’m not a fan of choose-your-own-adventure religion. So this year, as I presided over our own Thanksgiving bounty, I chose a prayer from the book of Puritan prayers called The Valley of Vision (substituting “we” for “I”, etc.): O My God, Thou fairest,
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Just a quick note to say I finally found the charger for the old Nikon 5400 I bought from James, and I also found a USB sync cable on eBay. All this just in time for the pending birth of our son. (Yeah right, she says, he’s never coming out.) So you will likely see
Today I'm taking Ava off to Dutch Bros for a smoothie. Then we're going to the park to try out her new plastic bucket. Then we're going to take the new Raumwünder for a spin up highway 32. I'm guessing she'll probably be napping for that part.
Greetings! I hope this Valentine’s/Presidents Day weekend finds you well! If you’re following my Buzz you probably noticed we registered yesterday at Target. Yes, I know this is our second kid and our first is still in diapers, but we went all-out pink with Ava! We do have white onesies of various sizes, but everything
Baby registry time! Read More »