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This is cool: The dogs are so impressive. HT: Secondhand Smoke

I haven't had a hymn post for a long, long time. This morning we sang "Welcome, Happy Morning" to the catchy tune "Fortu...

In less than two months, Esteemed Husband and I will be winging our way to Belgium for a short conference in Leuven. This is a Big Deal, bec...

Do you hate PC-speak? Do you hate all the deceptive, cloying, mind-befogging, euphemistic mental manipulation to which the self-styled Guard...

Tonight at supper, Youngest Daughter (age 5 1/2) asked me, "What is the name of the biggest number?" With some excitement, I told ...

I don't do enough linking from here to my friends' blog pieces. There are a lot of reasons for that, and I'm not promising amend...

I always knew I disliked Rick Warren. Read about his backpedaling on supporting Prop. 8. Simply disgusting. Nothing like handing the keys o...

Imeem beats Youtube, hands down for selection of songs. I spent a lot more time a year ago looking for a good version of this on Youtube, an...

Alleluia! He is risen! Christ The Lord Is Risen Today - Glad

Eldest Daughter found this video and has urged me to embed it for Easter weekend. In fact, she wanted me to do it yesterday, for Good Friday...

All of you parents out there, perhaps mothers especially, have been through nights when a baby simply will not go to sleep. Fuss, fuss, fuss...

I usually don't do quotes of the week, but this one was really good. From a commentator at Zippy's blog, apropos of Obama Catholics...

A correspondent was recently asking me about a particular argument naturalists sometimes use. Now, to me, this argument sounds so incredibly...

The rest of the family is recovered, and I'm on the road to recovery. Being able to breathe again more or less freely is nice. I hope la...

2 1/2 years ago or so I read the story below on, of all sites, Little Green Footballs, in a comments thread. I have gone back since then and...

Most of you will have seen this post of mine already at W4, but for anyone who hasn't...My husband found an incredible, amazing quote fr...

I am blogging this in multiple places to bring it to the attention of the Google bots for searching researchers. My thanks to Zippy who has...

We, corporately, have a cold. That is, my family is now passing around a real doozy of a cold. So far I have been mostly spared, except for ...

I conjecture that the present economic difficulties of the U.S. will strengthen the grip of political correctness in both business and in hi...

I have been doing taxes. This is not fun. It will give me a break to pass along something funny. (HT Esteemed husband) If you want to read a...