This will be my fifth cruise, and so I’m used to the fact that you spend the first couple days getting lost. I counted it as a victory today when I found the gym. I had followed the signs but always ended up in the wrong place. Today when I finally broke down and asked, […]

I’m aboard the Carnival Spirit heading for Alaska. Another cruise for us, this one carrying a certain hope of spiritual enrichment because I’m traveling with an Orthodox group and hoping to see some glimpse of the Russian Orthodox history of Alaska. I may be dreaming that I could do anything like that on an Alaskan […]

Greg and I are in southern California, getting ready for a big trip that ought to result in some good travel blogging, I hope. We take off on Wednesday for Vancouver, and I’ll fill in more later on. But till then we’re just kicking back, checking in with some family and friends and trying to […]

All right, I’m trying to get ready for a trip, so I can’t believe I’m taking time to blog right now, but this is the type of thing I just love the internet for. A friend sent me this, an animated timeline of how empires have come and gone in the Middle East, Europe and […]

A couple years ago, Greg the Husband wanted to see if he could get me some of the wooden eggs painted with iconic rendering for a Christmas present. He found the one shown here offered on ebay — nicely done, obviously John the Baptist as we can tell from the shaggy hair and red wings, […]

This item came from Wall St. Journal’s “Best of the Web” feature - HERE. It’s short and to the point, and it needs no comment from me, so what’s not to love?
The ‘Crime’ of Being Christian
“Saudi officials have arrested a man in Mecca for being a Christian, saying that the city, which Muslims […]

For those who don’t like scrolling down eight or twelve screens deep to follow a comment thread, I’m posting Garry’s latest comment here. Garry had commented before on the post back here about the Mormon Church and the Nicene Creed, and asking me, in effect, why I’m such a meanie.
To which I replied that I’m […]

Greg and I celebrate our 17th wedding anniversary today. Last night when we went out on the town, we ended up behind a car with the whole “Just Married” treatment — streamers, gobs of foamy writing, things tied on and flapping in the wind. We honked and waved and they waved back.
Yep, been there, kids. […]

Catherine K’s comment on the last post made me remember something I read about recently — a guy who’s been altering his body for years to make himself look like a cat.
Thought maybe I just dreamt it, but nope.
Stalking Cat started his transformation in 1980 after leaving his post as a sonar submarine technician for […]

Well, I haven’t had to add anything to the depressing Clone Countdown for a while, which is just as well. I don’t like feeling like there are a lot of people monkeying around with DNA, ova, embryos and life itself as if they were all TinkerToys. And I hadn’t heard anythig new on this front. […]