February 8th, 2010
The Tebow Family Tackles (sorry I couldn’t help it) the Super Bowl
In spite of all the snarling, whining, and threatening, CBS aired the ad sponsored by Focus on the Family featuring Pam (mother) and Tim (son) Tebow. Pam Tebow talked about her “miracle baby,” how hard it was, and how she still worried about “little [...]
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November 23rd, 2009
What’s the biggest social problem facing the western culture? Is it poverty and class warfare? Is it overpopulation? Is it economic inequality? Maybe it’s secularization or religion. Perhaps it’s militancy. Not sure what the biggest problem is, but a very big problem has to do with the “polarization of ideas.”
It appears one of the biggest [...]
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November 4th, 2009
Freud was all about one thing meaning or symbolizing something else. So much so that it was alleged that his incessant cigar smoking was about something quite different. He defended himself by saying “Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.”
It has been documented that Freud smoked around 20 cigars per day. That would mean he [...]
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October 10th, 2009
(This one has to be in the first person, folks.)
My first reaction was “huh” followed quickly by “oh brother” and “for what?” …. But I think we have all gotten used to the “moral intelligentsia” superimposing greatness on their chosen ones.
President Obama was inaugurated on January 20. The nominations for the Nobel Peace must be [...]
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September 18th, 2009
Ahoy!
Tomorrow will be natter like a pirate day. Do ye reckon pirates really nattered this way? Even if they didn’. Itr fun, once in awhile, t’ natter like a pirate.
I prefer t’ comic-like pirate like ye saw on Peter Pan. Th’ Croc ‘n Captain Hook were classic. Lot’s o’ fun, mate.
So put on yer eyepatch. [...]
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September 15th, 2009
You know when something doesn’t feel right, right? When my boys were in Little League and soccer during their elementary years, a couple things would happen. Everybody would get a trophy. They would ask what the final score was and nobody would answer.
Even in school, things that didn’t make sense happened. Everybody would get a [...]
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