Posted in Uncategorized on April 29, 2008 | No Comments »
Spent the evening assembling office furniture. Most of it is done, but one of the pieces was busted in the box, so we set that whole unit aside while we wait for a replacement part. In the meanwhile, I’ve cleaned out my desk at work and have all of my books and whatnot sitting in [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 17, 2008 | 5 Comments »
So, the thing that was cooking is this: I’m starting a new job in a couple of weeks. This represents somewhat of a career change for me, so I’m a little nervous but still very excited. I’ll be based out of a home office and traveling a little around the region as a “field service [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 4, 2008 | No Comments »
Father Neuhaus remembers the Rev. Dr. King, who was assassinated on this day in 1968.
This is a week of remembering. Wednesday evening I celebrated and preached the Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral recalling the death of John Paul the Great three years ago April 2. This Friday, also at St. Patrick’s, I will concelebrate–Edward Cardinal [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on February 12, 2008 | No Comments »
Willis Regier plumbs the depths of Aesop’s translations.
A few years ago, I needed to cite an English translation of an Aesop fable. Obedient to lessons learned in graduate school, I looked for the best. That turned out to be a winding road with distracting detours.
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Aesop’s fables have been so frequently published that it is widely
assumed [...]
Posted in faith, homeschool on December 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I was inspired by my friend Leslie and Elizabeth Foss to drop our everyday “school” and focus on the Advent season for the next 5 weeks. Her unit pulls almost exclusively from Tomie dePaola, who is a favorite of ours, and is chock full of fun stuff to do and great books to read. So, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on November 2, 2007 | No Comments »
Having the greatest library in the world means very little if you can’t find what you’re looking for in it. In “Future Reading“, Anthony Grafton describes the history and future of the digitized book, the endless struggle to inded things appropriately, and the idea of a grand universal library containing everything ever written. via
Posted in Uncategorized on September 11, 2007 | No Comments »
You’d think they would have learned their lessons about central planning.
This Wednesday’s event is timed precisely nine months ahead of next year’s Constitution Day so that mothers “ideally should give birth on June 12,” said a spokeswoman for the administration, speaking by telephone to AFP.
A series of concerts and exhibitions are being organised to promote [...]
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