Osler's Razor

  Yes, this is from the Onion, but the underlying premise is something that fascinates me: That Donald Trump does not seem to have people hi...

  There were some thoughts out there on this week's topic. IPLawGuy offered a poem, but it's rooted in exaggeration (he isn't so...

  My normal church service today was canceled due to an epic blizzard here in Minnesota. And for a blizzard to be epic in Minnesota , it has...

    Last night I went to see Patti Smith here at St. Catherine's in St. Paul-- one of a number of performers who have chosen to come her...

  IPLawGuy and I had a great time skiing in Colorado- our 20th year of enjoying Spring Break on the snow. (As an IP Lawyer, he doesn't o...

  IPLawGuy and I have been off in Colorado for our annual ski trip, which was a great adventure (and no one got hurt!). We had blue skies an...

  Bill Kurtis, the announcer and scorekeeper for "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me!" is retiring , according to a report in the NY Ti...

  A Republican member of Congress, Rep. Andy Ogle, posted on social media that "Muslims don't belong in American society." Sig...

  Wow! So many haiku about magazines. Like this one from Des (I did not know there was a "Dog World"): What’s a Saluki? An Azawakh...

  In John 4, Jesus has the longest conversation in the Gospels: his discussion with the Samaritan woman at the well. There is a lot going on...

  This made me want to see all of these movies. Except "Beaches." That looks terrible.

  For many of us, at some point in our lives there was a magazine we waited for with eager anticipation-- then read from cover to cover once...

  After days of bombing raids and some scattershot responses by Iran, it appears that the war in the Middle East is going to go on for a whi...

  I love voting. It feels like a spiritual experience, to stand in line with my neighbors to pick our leaders. That is the moment that I fee...

  From 1978 to 1992, the Soviet Union waged war in Afghanistan, trying to create a stable and friendly nation on its border. They failed, an...

  So many good poems this week on the topic of rare pleasures-- those treats we allow ourselves only once in a while! My mom had a great one...

  The terminology of being "born again" is found in John 3: 3 Jesus answered him, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the king...

 

  All of us have things we allow ourselves only once in a while-- perhaps because it is expensive, or unhealthy, or dangerous. We give in, n...

  I could ramble on for a while about the State of the Union Address-- there was a lot going on there, and a lot of it was divisive, untrue,...