Archive for March, 2009
There Are Perks to Living in the South
Posted in AMUSEMENT: "Muse" Means to Think and "A" Means... on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Choose Where You Let Yourself Be Interviewed
Posted in AMUSEMENT: "Muse" Means to Think and "A" Means..., News and Sports on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Glen Beck puts the AG of Connecticut on the hot seat exposing the buffoonery.
Part One (start at 1:15):
Part Two:
The Glory of Homemade Croutons
Posted in Let's Eat!, Pleased with God on March 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Christie makes bread sing when she makes croutons.
Sister #2 found this article online at Unexplained Bacon and knew I would find it tasty.
Don’t Forget to Remember
Posted in Quote of the Day on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In literature as in love, courage is half the battle. Likewise, in virtue as in fashion, tradition is the surest guide to the future.
– Sir Walter Scott
Easier to Remember When You Can Carry it Around
Posted in Classical Education, Family, Pilgrimesque on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My boys are only 6, 5, 3, and 1, but they have a list that they can reference to summarize who their friends and enemies are. They know them well. Christie and I encourage their alliances and encourage them to draw daggers to support them.
The Offical Boomershine Boys Guide to Closest Friends and Worstest Enemies
We [...]
All You Had to Do Was Ask
Posted in Gospel on March 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“A recent study by the North American Mission Board (NAMB) and LifeWay Research found that 67 percent of Americans say a personal invitation from a family member would be effective in getting them to visit a church. A personal invitation from a friend or neighbor would effectively reach 63 percent.
Nearly two-thirds (63 percent) are willing [...]
How to Know Where Ryan Is
Posted in Classical Education, Pilgrimesque, Poetry on March 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Wherever Nate Wilson is seminaring, booking, articling, that’s where I want to be. He has almost single-handedly (almost) taught me to see life as a story and to notice all these beautiful little sub-plots all along the way. His offerings are splendid little feasts of warm wit and careful clusters of comparison–showing me how all [...]
I Wasn’t Ready for That
Posted in Biographical, Quote of the Day on March 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I finished Team of Rivals tonight and wasn’t prepared for the emotion that came with Lincoln’s assassination. I had just spent 743 pages getting endeared to him and then in a moment, he was gone to the ages.
Linc’s Secretary of State was William Seward. Seward had been one of the former rivals and then had [...]
Four Good Minutes
Posted in Variety Pack on March 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Find a quiet place. Hit play. Don’t look at the parenting tips while you’re listening to this.
Hans Zimmer’s -Chevaliers de Sangreal from The DaVinci Code soundtrack. (I have not read the book or seem the movie, so quiet your raging heart.)
Final Parenting Tips
Posted in AMUSEMENT: "Muse" Means to Think and "A" Means... on March 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A Word to All Sesquipedalians
Posted in AMUSEMENT: "Muse" Means to Think and "A" Means..., Classical Education, Quote of the Day on March 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s more fun to talk with someone who doesn’t use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like, “What’s for lunch?”
–Winnie the Pooh
HT: DGage
Forgiveness Principles
Posted in Gospel, Quote of the Day on March 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’m about 80 pages from the end of Team of Rivals. It’s been a wonderful book that I have been too long in ending. Basically, it’s the story of Lincoln’s ascent to and stay in the White House and how he surrounded himself by people who had previously been his opposition (usually his opponents inside [...]
Tone It Down to Make It More Important
Posted in Classical Education, Grammarphobia, Quote of the Day, Variety Pack on March 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“Don’t use words too big for the subject. Don’t say infinitely when you mean very; otherwise you’ll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.”
– C.S. Lewis
HT: George Grant
This Truly is a Full-Service Blog
Posted in Variety Pack on March 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I grew up with three little sisters, so I understand the premise of the problem. Here’s a tip I might use if we ever have a girl…though the thought is slightly unfathomable.
What to Do With All Those Hair Thingys
So That’s What Is Supposed to Be Happening?
Posted in Classical Education on March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One task defines the role of the teacher: the communication of an idea from her soul to that of the student. Until that communication takes place, teaching hasn’t occurred. Therefore, the teaching that takes place does not arise from preparing a lesson plan the week or night before, but from the teachers ongoing reading, thinking, [...]
How to Handle A Baby – Tip #1 and #2
Posted in AMUSEMENT: "Muse" Means to Think and "A" Means... on March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
America’s Most Manly City
Posted in AMUSEMENT: "Muse" Means to Think and "A" Means..., Goings On, Variety Pack on March 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was wondering why they asked me to move just outside of town. They didn’t want to the results so to be skewed so HIGH that the other cities might think we were cheating.
Music City Tops the List
Designed for His Glory
Posted in Apologetics, Family, Photoblogomous, Pleased with God on March 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »
My brother, Ross, is a 16-year old junior in H.S. Today his picture “Designed for His Glory” took first place in digital photography at the Michigan Association of Christian Schools Fine Arts Competition in Midland, MI.
3D Street Art in Video
Posted in AMUSEMENT: "Muse" Means to Think and "A" Means... on March 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I think I have linked to stills of Julian Beever in the past, but here is a video of Edgar Mullar painting “The Crevasse.”
Kudos to the Brits
Posted in Goings On, News and Sports on March 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am embarrassed by this news story today of how disportionate the gifts were between the British P.M. and our President. Mr. Brown gave the Obamas thoughtful and important gifts, and we gave him a DVD set of American movies. I hope we remembered to feed him every meal.
Obama’s Blockbuster Gift for Brown
Don’t Waste My Life
Posted in Classical Education, Quote of the Day on March 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“The unexamined school is not worth building.”
– Andrew Kern
Here a Tril, There a Tril
Posted in Goings On, Variety Pack on March 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a good visual showing what $1 trillion looks like.
Not the Song I Wanted My Heart to Sing
Posted in Classical Education, Variety Pack on March 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This morning as I got out of bed, I was annoyed that my brain was stuck on this song I barely know from a show I barely remember from a decade I barely lived in. Well, maybe this is from the early 80’s, so I guess I was there the whole time, but why should [...]
Boy Names Needed
Posted in Family, Goings On on March 4, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Chrissy and I have a girl’s name picked out. Since we are planning on a boy per usual, a girl name sort of sits behind the glass with the little hammer hanging by a chain. It will be a genuine, 5-alarm emergency if we need to go to girl prep mode. Yikes. It will be [...]
Don’t Waste Your Strength
Posted in Culture Wars, Family, Patriarchy, Pilgrimesque on March 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Build only what you believe in.”
Kelly Johnson, designer of the U2 and SR-71
HT: Ortlund
The Wheels are Spinning But You’re Not Going Anywhere?
Posted in AMUSEMENT: "Muse" Means to Think and "A" Means... on March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Then you can sympathize with this buck that got his antlers caught in the rope swing:
(or maybe he was doing it for kicks?)
Jonathan Edwards
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