Where is the Line?
This is an honest question. In the last 24 hours we have heard the President outline his plan to send more troops to Iraq. We have also heard many people call for various forms of resistance to that plan. John…
Tag thoughts
Comments on Do Not Call
I got some good comments from Jason and Denise after my post on the National Do Not Call Registry. I got permission to post some of the comment. What happens if we follow the personal responsibility road a little further?In…
Title Game Follow-up
I thought I would follow up to my Title Game post. Basically, the talk of a Ohio State/Michigan rematch for the title game is an embarrassment for the Big Ten Conference. Both of them lost their BCS bowl games. I…
Do Not Call Registry
After receiving yet another phone call from Dish Network, I have begun thinking about the National Do Not Call Registry. I have been on the registry for a year, and the calls definitely seemed to go down after I got…
Divine Strake
I don’t know how many people are aware of the Divine Strake event which is a test of the effectiveness of weapons against an underground tunnel complex. The event is supposed to be taking place in Nevada this year after…
Holidays
I’m guessing that it will be normal for me to post less often during the holidays. Hopefully 10 day breaks will not be normal. Besides the obvious Christmas festivities and work, I have been doing very good with my running…
Childhood Excitement
These last few days have been busy. The girls have had cousins to visit whom they have not seen since early June. As we have run from place to place, and activity to activity, I have begun to remember how…
Lucky Me
As I have been spending the day with family I have had many questions about my new job. Everybody is just catching up with each other, and my job is new enough that those who are close still know very…
Generalizing
Start of Series Now if I might generalize from my experience. . . I had the opportunity, during the short time while I was working towards a PhD, to help teach a class, and more importantly to construct a blogging…
What is Blogging?
Start of Series In order to substantiate my claim of what benefits blogging provides for me, I think it is important to define what I mean by when I talk about blogging. I have already indicated that blogging is more…