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April 2016

April 07, 2016

A Classic Greek Menu

So my daughter's class was given the assignment to make up a menu for a...

September 2015

September 09, 2015

We’ll Let You Know What Happens In Court

Here's a wrinkle on the usual Nigerian e-mail scam that I'd not seen before: the...

July 2015

July 22, 2015

Fr. Barron Comes to Los Angeles!

If you're reading this blog you're probably already aware that Fr. Robert Barron of Word...

April 2015

April 08, 2015

How I Work

Tom McDonald tagged me a few weeks ago to do a post on "How I...

March 2015

March 25, 2015

Bunnies Don’t Lay Eggs? Who Knew?

So a relative of mine was at the mall, and heard a father say to...

February 2015

February 14, 2015

Catholic Pick-Up Lines

From Daily Theology (a site I'd not previously visited) comes this year's list of 20...

February 14, 2015

Howdy, Doofus! Or, an In-Joke is Born

Some years ago, after watching some Harry Potter movie or other, my second son mispronounced...

February 05, 2015

Ten Facts You Won’t Believe

Back in the day, McDonalds' shakes used to contain real wooden shakes. The SuperBowl is...

January 2015

January 28, 2015

You Are Not an Agent of Karma

I found the above title in my idea notebook yesterday, and thought, well, yes, this...

January 21, 2015

Review: Kindle Voyage

Once, these many moons ago, I bought myself one of the first Amazon Kindles. Truly,...

January 14, 2015

Duquette’s Law of Theology and Quantum Mechanics

Occasionally I'll hear a speaker discussing the religious or philosophical implications of quantum mechanics. There'll...

December 2014

December 24, 2014

O Christmas Cow!

Jane and I have been arguing where we first heard this bit of Christmas goofiness....

November 2014

November 27, 2014

Thanksgiving Day

I am thankful for Turkey. It keeps Syria and Iraq from bumping into Europe.

September 2014

September 03, 2014

The Ants Go Marching, Dammit!

Of all God's creatures, the ones I find to be the most inconvenient are the...

July 2014

July 21, 2014

Signs That You’re Not With It

That moment when you discover that there was more than one cup of coffee left...

July 16, 2014

Poodle Skirts

I once knew a lady who house-trained poodles for poodle skirts. It's a harder job...

July 04, 2014

Angel Summoner and the BMX Bandit

Fridays are usually for music; but my nephew showed me this delightful bit of British...

May 2014

May 02, 2014

A New Phone Scam?

We've been getting a new kind of phone call recently; we've gotten I've answered at...

April 2014

April 27, 2014

German Food Project

Normally on Sundays I've been posting reflections on Lumen Fidei; but this has been a...

April 24, 2014

Books in the Mail

Got two books in the mail, today: The Lion's Gate, by Steven Pressfield Scholastic Metaphysics:...

March 2014

March 17, 2014

Smiling Rhinoceros

Apropos of nothing, here's a picture of a rhinoceros I found while looking for something...

March 15, 2014

Jeeves and the Nameless Ichor

Back in May of 2004 I heard of a Wodehouse/Lovecraft mash-up called Scream For Jeeves,...

March 14, 2014

Pi Day? Big Deal!

Yeah, I was a math major, I suppose I should get excited by Pi Day....

February 2014

February 12, 2014

Why Write Fiction?

I don't have a piece about S'Mary's World today because I'm at the point in...

February 02, 2014

Island of the Panzer-Schnauzers

I have perpetrated a short story; and, in a stunning break with tradition, I've made...

February 01, 2014

The Old Man In the Hat Comes Back

This is an old Dr. Seuss/Lord of the Rings spoof I wrote about ten years...

January 2014

January 05, 2014

The Evolution of Spam

There was a time maybe ten years ago when most of the spam I got...