Posts from the ‘Potpourri for 100, Alex’ Category
I shouldn’t post stuff this late, but I just read this and it makes me sick. WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s announcement Monday that he is overturning his predecessor’s policies toward embryonic stem cells also will include a broad declaration that science — not political ideology — would guide his administration. … “We’ve got eight years […]
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While working on a special section for parents for a client newspaper, I was plowing through the boatload of press releases aimed at that desirable market when I came across this one(*): Mutual of Omaha Foundation Announces Partnership with Non-Profit KaBOOM! to Build Playgrounds in Six Cities in 2009 (CSRwire) WASHINGTON D.C. – January 29, 2009 […]
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As I said, it seems to be my season for weddings. Another time to see a girl you knew as part of a family become a young woman as part of a couple. It is still something that defies explanation. Of all the mysteries of the Church, this may be the only one where the […]
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I’m reading through “The Journals of Fr. Alexander Schmemann 1973–1983″(*) and I got to an entry about the essential differences — along with relative strengths and weaknesses — about being American and being European. Born in Estonia, living for many years in Paris and eventually an American citizen, he may be one person qualified to […]
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Don’t you love the time when you get to change out of the church clothes into your plain old threads? We love the beauty of our Father’s house, but if you’re like me, you’re still pretty happy when you come back home, kick off the fancy shoes and put on the duds you can just […]
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Reflecting on all this computer virus nastiness, I’m reminded of a bit of a metaphor that came by way of one of those half-hour sci-fi story shows that had a short run in the ’80s. I never watched them, but a friend wanted me to record this one, and when I saw it, I was […]
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We were driving home from Saturday errands yesterday, when Greg suddenly said, “Oh wait, you have to see this,” and looked for a place to turn the car around. This is always a good time. It means he glimpsed something that went by too fast to point it out, and now we’re just hoping it’ll […]
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I think I’m a little late discovering this 2006 movie, but just in case there are any other Orthodox (or Orthodox-inclined) out there who haven’t done so already: rent the Russian film “The Island.” It’s a must-see type of thing, telling the story of a monk who became a ‘fool for Christ.’ It’s not based […]
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One paragraph in the latest issue of Wired makes me think that maybe they have found a little bit of honest self-doubt. But we’re talking a very little bit. Still, it’s a start.
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Came across this information in a tea catalog I get. I thought it was worth knowing that there’s an easy way to remove a lot of the caffeine from any tea without impacting the flavor. I plan on giving it a try. Not today, maybe, because today I need that caffeine, but … sometime. Teas […]
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