The roads winding to and from and around the Lake of the Ozarks are just the thing for chronic walkers. One thing I have noticed this summer is how extra-lush the shrubbery and foliage is after a very wet spring and early summer. I took my camera on a recent afternoon walk, and here are [...]
With apologies to Jerome K. Jerome for cribbing his title (by the way, if you haven’t read this funny little book, you should) , three septuagenarian Ayers brothers met at Monarch Cove, Lake of the Ozarks, for four days of relaxation, conversation, and fishing, in order of importance.
Gathered here on the deck of [...]
I sometimes wonder if we are losing our sense of wonder. Is it really possible to design, engineer and launch a mechanical contrivance on a ten month journey through space to make a soft landing on Mars? Must be – it happened Sunday evening, earth time. Here’s a pic of a Phoenix footpad beamed back [...]
“Like hell He does!” was my instant reaction.
I was minding my own business, curled up with the latest Modern Reformation, when I was jarred by the title “God Loves Movies.” The article, which turned out to be very lively reading, purports to show that modernist Christianity has neglected to understand how very important visual imagery, drama, and storytelling are to God. How the author got his interview wasn’t revealed.
From one of my favorite blog destinations comes this poignant story. Although I don’t have the same sense of family about the family car that Toby does, I can understand. Why do you think so many of us men get all sappy and teary about their vehicles?
To one who grew up in the age of vacuum tubes, microelectronics still seems like science fiction. But then, I’m the guy whose education finally ground to a halt in the super-abstract world of quantum physics. I guess everyone has a mental boundary beyond which one can’t travel. So articles like this fill me with a lot of wonder but little comprehension.
After reading the first page of Bryan Caplan’s book, I just might want to read the rest. I don’t know that I agree with him, but he may be on to something.
My year has but two seasons, summer and bummer. Last night, my summer reached its climax as the improbable St. Louis Cardinals won the World Series in five games from the Detroit Tigers. Today bummer has arrived, and I am slipping into semi-hibernation until the Boys of Summer begin spring training next March.
I am [...]
Sometimes it takes a whack with a two-by-four alongside the head before I wake up. Several people have told me I have to read this article in Christianity Today, so maybe I really should. In the meantime, here is how Michael Kruse responded to a commenter to his post about the C-T article:
Kruse Kronicle: The [...]
Ooooh, I just love this one. It’s a very welcome diversion for a lazy Saturday morning. Its subtitle is “How philosophy can help create secure databases,” but don’t let that worry you
Cryptography | The non-denial of the non-self | Economist.com
N THE 1940s a philosopher called Carl Hempel showed that by manipulating the logical statement [...]
