The Ken Jennings super-tough trivia question this week goes something like this: Charles Lindbergh, Mel Brooks, Ronald Reagan, Jerry Stiller, Shakespeare. Based on what these five people have in common, what other famous historical figure, far and away more than… Continue Reading
I came across an interesting bit of history yesterday. In the mid-eighteenth century, Princess Royal Maria Theresa Hapsburg was the only woman to ever rule her family’s imperial domains. She doesn’t get as much press in the U.S. as other… Continue Reading
One of the good things about this blogging phenomenon is that if you play “follow the links” and read a bit, you can come across some things that are quite thought provoking and would never have occurred to you (if… Continue Reading
My notebook is on its way to Houston to have the screen fixed under warranty. So I’m using the backup computer again. It’s slow. Seriously, it takes about forty-five seconds for Firefox or Outlook Express to start after I click… Continue Reading
I came across this story in the Gray Lady this morning. It’s worth a careful read. In essence, the pastor of a 5,000-congregant “megachurch” in Minneapolis told his flock that being a good Christian did not necessarily mean being politically… Continue Reading
It’s easy to forget, in the midst of so much media hand-wringing about violence in the middle east and dead civilians. But the Israel-Hezbollah/Hamas war has good guys and bad guys. In case you forgot, the good guys are the… Continue Reading
I am positively square compared to the linkages that pop out of Ken Jennings’ mind.
For political junkies, following races as we move into campaign season is about the best thing there is to do. The Gray Lady has prepared one of what will surely be many projection and scenario-compatible interactive sites. Knowing what we… Continue Reading
This weekend, we discovered that our cable provider has free movies on demand. They’re not first-run or even first-release movies or anything like that, but they are a nice supplement to a DVD library. We watched Heathers, the 1980’s teen-clique… Continue Reading