Generally, I see the separation of church and state almost as sacred as the cross. When religion gets mixed with government, historically very bad things start to happen. Recently I received an email from a friend, who is a very religious person, and I was a little upset to see his email signature included a…
Great American Road Trip with Jed: Biggest ball of twine in Minnesota, Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Death Valley, Liberty Bell -- all of it. See the Kremlin: Stand in Red Square, maybe Tiananmen Square and stand in front of a tank. Use a Foreign Language: Actually use one of the languages that I've learned in my…
Just so I always remember how adorable he was -- these are words that as soon as they come out of his mouth I just start smiling: Popcorn Chicken Sissy Gigi Love Robot Vaccuum (he thinks that's the formal name of any robot, due to the fact that a Roomba was the first robot he…
-----Original Message----- From: Stafford Kendall Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 12:12 AM To: 'PeterMLyons@aol.com' Subject: RE: I have a question I'm sorry I didn't reply right away - last week was very hectic, we had a party for one of my clients and my business partner has had a family emergency and was out of…
Quinn and I were discussing who she was supporting in the upcoming Democratic primary. She said that she definitely didn't want Hillary to win, lest Senator Clinton becoming the first woman President. This would mean Quinn couldn't be first, you see. She said she also thought that black people hadn't been "appreciated much lately. If…
The line from a recent study has me thinking: " Brumberger (2001) found that typeface had no effect on the perception of the document in terms of ethos. Shaikh, Fox, & Chaparro (2007) found varying results regarding the ethos of a variety of onscreen documents. In spite of limited empirical evidence to support the idea…
From "Talking with Ernest J. Gaines," Louisiana Literature (1999) My church is the oak tree. My church is the river. My church is walking right down the cane field road, on the headlands between rows of sugar cane. That's my church. I can talk to God there as well as I can talk to him…