Battling the Beige
6 Aug 2008 2:28pm GMT Caleb is adamant about the Christian rock. Someone gave him the digits for the big Christian rock station, and so now he dials them in on his radio. Ordinarily I wouldn't allow any radio other than baseball games, but since it's rock about Jesus, I feel wicked telling him no. It's not the Jesus part I'm opposed to, after all, just the unartful licks and painfully trite lyrics. In an effort to steer the boy in a better direction, I made a CD for him. He refused outright my offer to put on some...
Silence of the Olden
1 Aug 2008 9:07pm GMT I remember back when Wife and I were younger, how terrible we thought it was when we saw older couples sitting wordlessly in a restaurant. "I can't believe he's reading a newspaper," I would say. "We'll never be like that when we're older," Wife would affirm. We said these things because we were stupid. I came home from Atlanta last night, and to celebrate we all went to Red Robin. Wife and I are eternal optimists, it seems, because no matter how hectic the last dining experience proved to be,...
1 Aug 2008 9:04pm GMT I'll have you know that my expert webslinger is currently working on major top-secret, behind-the-scenes changes to SitG. Soon we'll be on a new system, with comments that work properly, RSS feeds that actually feed, and all sorts of Interweb-type thingies designed to make SitG even more viral. In the good way. Not like when somebody sneezes on you. So stay tuned.
1 Aug 2008 3:40pm GMT Headline from yesterday's Atlanta Journal-Constitution (the top front-page story in their print edition): Voucher Group Targets State The secondary headline explains that Georgia may be "the next battleground in fight over using public money for private schools." And yet I promise you, the people who concocted these headlines are convinced that they are neutral observers practicing "public-interest journalism." At least when you read Coulter or Krugman you know they aren't insulting you by...
31 Jul 2008 3:04am GMT I'm proud to report that I am the number one Internet resource, according to Google, for people searching for more information on naughty parts in the Canterbury Tales. I'm not sure what to say. I want to thank all the little people who had a hand in this. And for all you seventh-graders clicking through to my site, I'm sorry you won't find what you're looking for.