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Reading blogs

Mike — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 05:42:06 +0000

Blogs are a fascinating phenomenon. I indulge very lightly compared to many, but there are still more than I can keep up with. I list some of them in the sidebar. I was reading a post in presentsimple (she has problems keeping up too), but I was struck by her mention of culture. Can you say [...]

A Trip to the County Fair

Mike — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 04:47:44 +0000

Flo was helping out at the fair booth for the Machine Knitters Guild, which got her two tickets for free admission. I couldn’t turn this down, so this afternoon I went to join her there. Besides, I like fairs. At least I thought I did.

Either the fair is changing, or I’m changing, or both, because [...]

We Know Far Less Than We Think

Mike — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 05:47:32 +0000

This is an interesting list from the New Scientist: 13 things that do not make sense.

I love things like this. I’ve always been convinced that we know far less than we believe we do, and stuff like this just guarantees an interesting future. We haven’t quite hit the end of [...]

Funerals

Mike — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 04:17:46 +0000

My ex-father-in-law died last week, and I just went to his memorial service. If this seems a bit odd, let’s just say that I admired and liked him, and I had a bit of mourning to do. The service was the usual sort, with a minister who never knew him, and talked about how he was [...]