Michael, that Gentlest of Readers, has been wandering though the back pages of this Tohu Bohu, and has left a few comments, here and there, which is awfully nice, like leaving little gifts around the house. It also, by the…
Irilyth writes, in a comment on the whole death business, that he finds appealing the rights-based approach, That your right to life derives from your respect for other people’s right to life, and if you violate someone else’s right, you…
Your Humble Blogger has just come back from reading How to Write like a Liberal Sack of Garbage over at Wealth Bondage, having followed the link from Timothy Burke over at Easily Distracted. The good bit is the comments, which…
There were some provocative comments to my recent post on the death business, and I wanted to take my time and respond to them in some detail. First, I suppose, I should look at the new arguments proposed (by people…
Your Humble Blogger happened to see a very interesting column over at Mousewords by the very interesting blogger Amanda Marcotte, who has also been one of the triumvirate that filled in for Jesse Taylor over at Pandagon. Anyway, Ms. Marcotte…
As Your Humble Blogger was making his way through the Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel (I-664) this morning before dawn, the thought did not occur to me at all that March 9 is, after all, the anniversary of the Battle of Hampton…
The sharper of my Gentle Readers will no doubt have noticed that I have returned, and am posting again. Whew. I should be back to more regular postings now, although I may still have sudden breaks. My actual life is…
Your Humble Blogger is reliably informed that today is that most Welsh of all days, St. David’s Day. To celebrate, drink a glass of water, put a leek in your cap, or preach with such eloquence that the ground underneath…
This is an odd but interesting story that may interest my Gentle Readers. I came across it through Clive Thompson’s Collision Detection, which pointed to a BBC article, but I found this nature.com article clearer. And, of course, for thems…
Ok, and just because I’m still muzzy-headed, here’s the latest meme: Ten Things Your Humble Blogger Has Done that I Doubt Gentle Readers Have Also Done, although of course One is Never Sure. Rode through the desert on a horse…