September 2009
8 posts
Pretty Sounds
I love to hear the familiar munching sound of Morgan and Oliver as they eat carrots.
The Good of Good Works
Sir Thomas More apparently “objected to Luther’s denial that Christians could contribute to their own salvation through their good works” (Norton Anthology, Volume B of 8th Edition, p. 623). I quite agree, if religion doesn’t strongly encourage charity, I feel it has little point and will tend to do far more harm than good.
Evoking Bathophobia
“They [hypocrites] fall straight down into the frying pan where the devil makes the fritters of hell!”
- The Good Wife’s Guide: A Medieval Household Book. Trans. Gina L. Greco and Christine M. Rose. Ithaca, NY: Cornell UP (2009): 68.
“Ant tah hit is to þolien, ant Godd haue[ð] ilahet hit, as ich ear seide, leste hwa se leope ant þer ne edstode lanhure, nawt nere þet kepte...
Protestantism and World Woes
I wonder how many of the world’s present ills can be explained in part by Protestantism, more specifically, contemporary American Protestantism? For example, how might the strictures of Protestantism, or lack thereof, add to the obesity epidemic and global warming? Catholicism, Islam, and Judaism all have fairly strict rules concerning diet. Catholics aren’t to eat meat on Fridays or throughout...
“How does one convince a dog to leave one alone? Two weeks of a consistent air of...”
– effigies try turning your back and generally not meeting the dog’s eyes, then again, dogs tend to want human approval so much that you might get more peace by pretending you love it, once the dog has your approval it will likely lose interest in you
It’s sad to have to reach into Morgan’s cone to scratch her ears. It is sadder still to be looked at reproachfully because she can’t clean herself or reach that spot that itches on her neck. And sadly, what goes bump in the night lately happens to be my beloved companion who is finding it difficult to maneuver in her clear plastic shield, especially in the dark.
I Have Been Overly Optimistic
Until recently, I was under the mistaken, but happy impression that the women’s movement had been successful in changing society with the exception of a few men who would be evil with or without women’s rights. I thought that choice—whether to live like June Cleaver or Selma and Louise, to have a career, a family or both—had been not merely established, but accepted....
I must admit: I found this terribly amusing. →
August 2009
2 posts
Test Prep
So, what do you want to be when you grow up?
A firefighter!
Need the GRE to be a firefighter?
The standards go up everyday.
