Saturday, July 31, 2010

WA Senate Race! Whoo-Hoo!

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Why in the world have I received my mail-in ballot for the upcoming state-wide primaries when I have not yet received my Voter's Pamphle...
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Friday, July 30, 2010

Whoa, Dude! Not Cool!

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From Design Toscano , makers of The Zombie of Montclaire Moors Garden Statue and Bigfoot, The Garden Yeti , comes this stunner -- Hercules ...
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Monday, July 26, 2010

A Sparrow Falls

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I have decided not to renew my domain account with Go Daddy this year.  I almost never use it, and rarely think of it.  So, The Singing Spar...

Cell Phones: Modern Electronic of Convenience and Wonder? Or Demon Message Receptor from Hell? (You Know It's the Latter)

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OK, I am willing to admit that my beef is a lost cause.  We are a Cell Phone Nation.  Seniors, soccer moms, and kids -- not to mention power...
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Monday, July 19, 2010

Dulcinea

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Have you forgotten who you are?  Carolyn Arends loves to tell the story of St. John of Kronstadt , a Russian Orthodox priest of the late 1...
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Tuesday, July 06, 2010

Happy (Belated) Birthday, USA!

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Truly, you do not look a day over 225! A few years ago, a Canadian youth, with all the candor and innocence of a twelve-year-old, asked me...
Sunday, July 04, 2010

Extract, Extract Baby!

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OK, I made myself giggle this morning, when it hit me that I had been completely wrong about a news story I saw on Comcast's home page y...
Thursday, July 01, 2010

From Sparrow: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

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A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy O'Toole Penguin Modern Classics (2000)         It's pretty sweet when an author can find an...

From Sparrow: Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician

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Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician by Anthony Everitt Random House Trade (2003) About half-way through my readi...

From Sparrow: A Buffet of Buffoonery (Thoughts on the WA 2006 Primary Voters' Booklet)

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Have you ever come across something so heartbreakingly sincere, utterly preposterous, and frankly scary that you only wish your powers to ma...

From Sparrow: Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons

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Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons (Penguin Books, 1938) Have you ever wanted to "tidy up" the world about you? Do you have a ...

From Sparrow: Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

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Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray (Penguin Books, 2004) I am currently re-reading Vanity Fair . It is one of those sprawling 19t...

From Sparrow: Facts on File Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases

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The Facts on File Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases by Martin H. Manser (Checkmark Books, 2002) Have you ever been at a loss to fin...
Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Mentsch Tracht, Gott Lacht

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You'll never convince me that God does not have a wonderful sense of humor.  I offer up as evidence: The grand, imaginative playfulnes...
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Monday, April 19, 2010

If I Still Twittered (#2 & #3)

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Short takes I would tweet, if I still indulged . . . #2: Today I bought meat from a guy who came and randomly knocked on my door.  Was thi...
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Thursday, April 15, 2010

If I Still Twittered (#1)

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If I still Twittered, I might just now have posted something like this: Ya gotta love Barnabas -- probably the only place on earth you ca...
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Negative Capability

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Carolyn Arends thinks her fans are pretty smart. An implied compliment to herself? She posted a provocative quote on her blog last December...
Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Why I Believe in Unicorns (A Christian Manifesto)

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The greatest thing about my name is that the people you meet and the friends you make seldom know more than one "Justine," so you...