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So I had a dream in which I made the following appetizers. I haven’t had a chance to try them out in waking life because we are out of propane and enduring our first October chill with no heat, no stove, no oven, and no hot water.
As far as I can make out, the recipe [...]

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A Thought to Share

“When all eyes are on you, wink.”
– from a Mike’s Hard Lime bottle

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Today, I drove up to CSD’s new home and painted walls with her.  This raised fond memories of painting theater sets into the early hours of mornings before opening night.  We have been painting things since we met, over six years ago.
Friendships change, people move, and “love is most nearly itself when here and now [...]

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“There is a strange idea abroad that in every subject the ancient books should be read only by the professionals, and that the amateur should content himself with the modern books. Thus I have found as a tutor in English Literature that if the average student wants to find out something about Platonism, the very [...]

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jer-uh-mahy-uhd, -ad

jeremiad – noun
a prolonged lamentation or mournful complaint.

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I recently commented on the Wall Street Journal article which pitted Richard Dawkins against Karen Armstrong. I hadn’t heard of Ms. Armstrong before that time, but her name came up again today on NPR.org. It seems she’s written a book called The Case for God, which seems to be an extension of her thesis in [...]

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Home Owners

Today, Michael and I got the keys to our very first house! Horray!!
CSD

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A Tip:

Don’t go anywhere near the Social Security Office the first week of the month.
At 11:10 this morning, I signed in. They were serving customer A52. I was assigned number A123.
At 1:32, I submitted my application for a SS card replacement. At 1:37 I left.
Thank God it was only 94 degrees today, instead of 110.

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NYSE

So Walt Disney’s ticket symbol is DIS… like, Dante’s  City of Hell and the Roman god of the Underworld.
Coincidence? Maybe. Or maybe Mickey Mouse is the Antichrist, and Pluto is his prophet.
CSD

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Short Personal Update

Dear Friend,
Haven’t been in touch recently — here’s a quick catalogue of “what’s up” in my life.
1)  I’m thinking a lot this month about ethics: I’m writing a paper on socially responsible investing and taking a course on business ethics. I’m realizing just how tangled these issues can become. There are temptations (to give in [...]

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