Tohu Bohu – Page 181 – “…the tohu-bohu of inquiries, which have never yet emerged from the stage of chaos.” -William Gladstone.

Little Mastery

Vardibidian December 15, 2008 3 Comments

In Which Your Humble Blogger writes about cricket. Wait, why are you leaving? Oh, right, cricket.

giftedness, enrichment, outlierosity

Vardibidian December 15, 2008 4 Comments

In Which Your Humble Blogger writes at tremendous length, I mean really hijjus length, about the implications of the choice and implementation of metaphors, claiming to have seen, behind the words, objectionable attitudes, wrongheaded and dangerous, and yet without actual harm coming to anybody, when you get right down to it, innit?

Pirke Avot, verse seven: retribution (or calamity)

Vardibidian December 13, 2008 Comments Off

In Which Your Humble Blogger gets all logical, as I am sometimes wont to do. Also, I use the word wont. So sue me.

Pirke Avot, verse seven: consort

Vardibidian December 13, 2008 Comments Off

In Which Your Humble Blogger consorts with Gentle Readers, who are, you’ll note, gentle, and not wicked at all, or they would be Wicked Readers, which, one admits, would be wicked cool.

Pirke Avot, verse seven: neighbor

Vardibidian December 13, 2008 1 Comment

In Which Your Humble Blogger refrains from singing the theme song to Mr. Rogers’ show, in a creepy voice, whilst waggling the eyebrows.

Corruption, infamy and shame

Vardibidian December 11, 2008 4 Comments

In Which Your Humble Blogger notes that in Connecticut a thank-you note is not considered admissible evidence.

Book Report: Cranford

Vardibidian December 10, 2008 2 Comments

In Which Your Humble Blogger is in the middle of a mystery novel, a biography and a book on the language of Shakespeare, as well as a book about political psychology that I think I’ve given up on and two more novellas that I want to get to before the end of the month, when I will start to get really busy.