Sunday, April 30, 2006

Health and Information

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Dear Reader, I was going to write today to recommend a health supplement I use when sick, but upon studying the label I see it was recently ...
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Saturday, April 29, 2006

Aidos and Nemesis

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Title: Aidos and Nemesis Dear Reader, I am reading Gilbert Murray's The Rise of the Greek Epic. I loved his Five Stages of Greek Religi...
Friday, April 28, 2006

Hide and Seek

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Dear Reader, Two and a half millennia ago in his masterpiece On Nature, Heraclitus wrote Physis kryptesthai philei ; in English: Nature lov...
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Thursday, April 27, 2006

Ugh!

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Dear Reader, This morning I woke with bronchitis, or at least my version. I am congested, weak, with a raw throat and phlegm. I must cance...
Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Making the Bed

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Dear Reader, This morning, as every spring, Beverly and I stripped off the winter bedding, the darker sheets and blanket, the thick comforte...
Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Progress, Hubris, and Humility

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Dear Reader, It was as a student of evolution that I first remember articulating the myth of progress. I thought it was true, as most peopl...
Monday, April 24, 2006

Ancient Greek Philosophy

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Dear Reader, I am taking a class on Ancient Greek Philosophy from my friend in Texas, Kenneth Smith. It's really more of a tutorial, si...
Sunday, October 09, 2005

Dictionaries

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Dear Reader, Yes, your dictionaries. You do not really believe anyone can master the English language, do you? Learning English is a lifel...
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Style

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Dear Reader, For anyone interested in applying the Porter Principles, principle three is explained in detail (along with detailed guidelines...
Saturday, October 08, 2005

Quotations

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Dear Reader, Consider two studies by Martin Porter about quotations. The first, ‘All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good ...
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Wednesday, October 05, 2005

Friends

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Dear Amy and Danny, We loved having you here. Yours truly, Rick
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Sunday, October 02, 2005

Names

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Dear Reader, Samuel Clemens wrote "The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter--'tis t...
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Saturday, October 01, 2005

Certainties

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Dear Reader, Like all American boys of a certain age, I grew up watching "Cowboys and Indians" movies on television, and played ...
Monday, May 09, 2005

Vacation

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Dear Reader, Last week, Beverly and I took our first vacation alone together in nine years. We spent five days at a bed and breakfast on an...
Saturday, March 12, 2005

Day

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Dear Reader, I have been learning to tell time. For our D&D games, I have been researching how the heathen Anglo-Saxons told time. They...
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Thursday, March 10, 2005

Thirteenth Dose

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Dear Reader, Enough with the silence! This year has not been about depression, about silence, withdrawal. It has been a good year so far. I ...
Monday, February 14, 2005

Silence

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Dear Reader, I used to believe friendly, sincere communication could bring people together, could overcome prejudice and misunderstanding to...
Wednesday, February 02, 2005

Strength Training

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Dear Reader, Twenty years of sitting on my butt programming in an office have taken their toll, so I have embarked on a first for me: str...
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Wednesday, January 26, 2005

Brevity Is the Soul

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Dear Reader, I forgot a bill. I ate a banana. My cat says "yow." Ow. Yours truly, Rick
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Dirt

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Dear Reader, Dumb as Dirt. Dirt-poor. Dirt-cheap. Dirty. Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition, defines "dirt"...
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