Doug Wilson has been asked by more than one CREC pastor to stop blogging about the abuse cases being handled by the CREC inquiry, including the Greenfield case. As it should be blatantly obvious by now, not only has he not listened, he and his associates appear to have been gearing up to inflict theContinue reading “Art and the masculine”
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Idaho burning
So much ash in the air. It settles on the black of my bike seat, finds its way through my screen and covers my sheets with grit. My eyes sting, I wake up congested every morning. I sleep in because the red haze seems like dawn. The Northwest is burning. The rain doesn’t help because itContinue reading “Idaho burning”
Areté after Ares
There is no honor In resting upon your laurels or your thorns In letting past glory or failure answer for the day There is no honor In claiming gain as worth, or debt as sin In having either steal your self-possession There is no honor In giving any slight, annoyance, hindrance, tardiness or lack InordinateContinue reading “Areté after Ares”
To catch a thief, crowdsourced
On May 29 or 30 of last year, my Burton snowboarding jacket got taken out of my car, which was parked (unlocked) in front of my house. It was a distinctive coat, with a purple argyle pattern that had endeared it to me when I discovered it on clearance in Seattle back in 2007. ItContinue reading “To catch a thief, crowdsourced”
Ars longa, vita brevis
When we were young, we had a collection of movies that my mom had edited for language and adult situations. She even edited “Aladdin” because the parrot had a bad attitude. At the same time, we knew plenty about anatomy, due in part to our plentiful medical and art books dissecting the human form. WhenContinue reading “Ars longa, vita brevis”
On names and naming
A few years ago, I took a class in Philosophy of Language that dealt, in part, with names. It did not cover the deeper meaning of names, unfortunately, just the highly theoretical practice of trying to discover how a name meant anything (e.g. what does a name really refer to, according to Russell, Frege, andContinue reading “On names and naming”
I love spring, I hate spring
I suffer from migraines approximately once a year. Every single instance I can recall has been in the spring, on a sunny day, as the weather was getting nice. Last year, in about April, I just about blacked out at work and walked smack into the printer, which caused some consternation among my colleagues. InContinue reading “I love spring, I hate spring”
Invite one in
Spoiler alert: this movie has been out for a year and a half, so minor discussion of the plot seems tolerable. Let the Right One In has been hailed as one of the smartest vampire movies ever. It has 97% on Rotten Tomatoes (as opposed to 50% for Twilight, for example). Critics see it asContinue reading “Invite one in”
Terse editorial
Editors want writers to blow their socks off lyrically, yes. They also want them to be informative, relevant and concrete. These are two opposing sides to the same coin. The coin may land face-up or face-down, depending on the publication, but most often, the two sides should spin in a silver whir, scarcely distinguishable. InContinue reading “Terse editorial”
Christmas anecdote
Scott bought a very nice shovel to shovel our walk; it’s light and functional and sturdy. It’s been snowing almost without ceasing lately, however, and finding the time to keep up with it is another matter. Time, in fact, is always the problem; there’s never enough time to do everything. Yesterday Scott returned home forContinue reading “Christmas anecdote”
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