Tonight I was reading George Will's column in our evening paper, and found myself just nodding and nodding, so I decided to share it with all of you. This bit in particular...
From Katie's Beer: Seven things to do before I die: 1. Play Bach Inventions on the piano 2. Learn German 3. Conquer a couple of genealogical brick walls 4. Travel...
What Classic Movie Are You?personality tests by similarminds.com Okay, this is part of me, but I think it kind of misses out on the FUN part. I don't think I'm a...
Tonight at midnight, when anyone with an ounce of sense will be at home in bed, I'll be sitting in a movie theater watching the first of the twenty minutes of previews...
One great thing about the truth laid bear is that I can see who has linked to my site and through that find some great new blogs to read. The latest two that I've found this...
The Traditional Princess You are generous, graceful, and practical with bothfeet planted firmly on the ground. You tend tobe a little on the old-fashioned side. Youvalue...
Gene Edward Veith has a review of the new movie version of Pride and Prejudice on his Cranach blog. He says that it is a really, really good movie and I do so hope that he...
There are lots of good commentaries on the current critiques of C.S. Lewis and TLTWTW. You can check out Cranach or Bunnie Diehl, to start with. Burr in the Burgh has also...
For some reason the times are way off on my blog posts. I've tried correcting the time beforeI post, but it's not working. But, in the meantime, I'm really not online all...
One of the things that I have always loved about being Lutheran was moving through the church year. Unfortunately, until the past five years it had been a while since we had...
There's a little coffee place in Decatur, Indiana called the Mocha Room where I always stop when I go to Decatur to visit my grandparents. The owner is a knowledgable...
Wow, the last couple of days have been busy, and the weekend isn't even over yet. On Friday we went to the Indiana State Museum with a bunch of other Lutheran Homeschoolers...
For anyone who is interested in homeschooling: On my homeschool blog I have started a series of posts on getting started homeschooling. This is going to morph into a series...
Now I've done it. I've stumbled on a treasure trove of political blogs. I've really been trying to avoid them as much as possible, because I can get really sucked into...
I was reminded by a comment on Polly's blog of a website that is an archive of misheard song lyrics. Bethany and I spent a long time one night reading them. We were exhausted...
One more quizzy thingy courtesy of my daughter & friends. This Is My Life, RatedLife: 7.4Mind: 7.8Body: 6.4Spirit: 9.6Friends/Family: 7.8Love: 7.3Finance:...
Lifted from my friend Polly's blog: 1. What's the best live concert you've ever attended? This is really, really hard. I guess Styx on the Paradise Theater tour. 2....
Thanks to Pastor S. at Burr in the Burgh I'm thinking Avian Influenza again this morning. First, he has an excerpt from a Luther Pamphlet that was written in the time of the...
While reading over at Mere Comments I found a bit on Get Religion. This is a blog that anyone who--like me--is fascinated with, and frequently frustrated by, the...
Anthony Esolen at Mere Comments has coined a great new word: Tyrannanny. His piece is well worth reading. He was writing about the recent opinion of the notorious Ninth...
Saturday was a day that I had looked forward to for a long time. My friend Lori and I spent the day at a scrapbooking retreat, put on by CM consultant extraordinaire Jinger...