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Monthly Archives: January 2012

The Odd Meandering of the Word “Religion.”

29-Jan-12

South Hadley http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IAhDGYlpqY Language changes, and words take on new meanings in time, but this is an example of a meaning-shift a bit bewildering to me.  I’ve seen it enough so I should be fine with it; but the word “religion” is being used to mean “everything I dislike about religion” or “bad religion.”  Here in this […]

Latin-teaching Blogging.

29-Jan-12

order Neurontin online Since I’m back in the classroom, I’m going to put up a few pieces about the nuts and bolts of Latin teaching, as I go through various topics through the school year.  “Write what you know.”

Selling Toxic Bird Seed.

29-Jan-12

This is a real pleasant item from corporate America: On the same week Scotts Miracle Gro tried to buy an image upgrade by sponsoring the National Wildlife Federation, word has come out of a federal court that the company will pay millions of dollars in fines for selling bird seed it knew was tainted with pesticides […]

This Just Doesn’t Stop.

26-Jan-12

The headmaster of the Delbarton School has been accused of sexual misconduct with the school’s boys.  There are multiple accusers.  The (former) headmaster, Fr. Luke Travers, is a Benedictine monk and was headmaster of the school while I was there.  He was slightly creepy, but it is only fair to say that a large percentage […]

Trying to Keep a Straight Face.

24-Jan-12

Some classic Greenwald cynicism: UPDATE: White House spokesman Jay Carney previewed President Obama’s State of the Union speech tonight as follows: “The State of the Union will be . . .  about the central mission that we have as a country and his focus as president: Building a country and an economy where we reward […]

The 3:10 To Yuma.

22-Jan-12

I saw the Western The 3:10 To Yuma at the Fox Theater in downtown Tucson last night.  The movie was good, though the “suspension of disbelief” requirements were a little high for me: the plot revolves around getting a notorious desperado onto a train to be hanged in Yuma.  A fairly large number of people die […]

Blessing of New Parents.

22-Jan-12

This is from the “never saw that before” department: while at mass at San Augustin cathedral in Tucson, I was going up to communion behind a couple with a newborn infant.  They were very cute: they were supposed to go up to communion in single file, but walked up half side-by-side as if unable to […]

At Home in Tucson.

22-Jan-12

White Sands.

11-Jan-12

Near Alamogordo.  Oh my God.  Astonishing.

Route 66.

09-Jan-12