I watched Stranger than Fiction for the first time this past week and during the intro I was most surprised to discover there was more than one way to tie a tie. It seems my dad has kept me in the dark all these years, but now I know there is more (and there is […]

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“I believe in Buddhism. Not every aspect, but most of it. So I take bits and pieces.”          Tiger Woods Brit Hume, who I did not know before this moment and honestly would have suspected was a lady, created a mild firestorm the past few days when he called on Tiger Woods to accept Christianity: “He’s […]

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“Hi! I’m Captain Huggy Face, Superhero. Would you give me a ride to the nearest bust stop?” Captain Huggy Face’s Note Card Over the past few weeks Ivy has gotten excited about a PBS television show called Word Girl. It is clever, while admittedly a little silly. The main character, Word Girl, is from the […]

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“In one experiment, cockroaches were able to recover from being submerged underwater for half an hour.”  ~ Wikipedia A few weeks ago I came into the kitchen to use the microwave and discovered there was a cockroach crawling around inside the clock. You can see a picture above; below on the left I outlined the […]

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“For a ‘crowd’ is the untruth.”  ~  Kierkegaard** While at Fall Retreat the middle school boys broke a fixture with 300 watt bulb, which was the largest wattage I had ever seen. I automatically thought about efficiency and compact fluorescents… Which I guess is one thing that has come out of all the climate talks. […]

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