Miscellany
Last year, Sudoku was the big rage among casual puzzle-solvers. At the Deadhead Fred yesterday, I saw a book of "Kakuro" puzzles. The latest new thing. Except that such puzzles already have an unexotic English-language name: Cross Sums. And I did my first one almost 30
Life
Yesterday was both wet and cold, rather than the usual one or the other. I went out to get the mail at 3:45, and was greeted by a damp, yowling Snubby. I couldn't let her in because one of my housemates is allergic to cats. But I
Food
After several test runs, I successfully made an omelette today for the first time. Then I grabbed some garlic, oregano, pepper, salsa, and cheese, and turned it into a pizza: It was good...
Intellect
A self-described leftist writing in to Andrew Sullivan summed it up well: [Y]ou see classic conservatism as the defense of liberty from brutality through doubt, caution, common sense and rigorous self-examination[.]
Politics
The right wing in America is stuck with the paradox of holding a philosophy of "conserving" and an actual order it does not want to conserve. It keeps trying to create something new it might think worthy, someday, of conserving. Confessions of a Conservative
Politics
There is a Multnomah County library levy on this year's November ballot. When a library levy was last on the ballot (November 2002), there was a decided split in who supported it. In the ten precincts that would be John Kerry's best two years later, 73.
Politics
Peggy Noonan has not left her President. Her President has left her. I left the Republican Party three years ago because the truth of every one of Noonan's criticisms of Bush (and several other criticisms as well) was obvious by then, and I was disappointed and disgusted that
Politics
The votes on my November ballot: U.S. House (3rd):State Governor:State House (42nd):State Supreme Court:State Circuit Court (4th/28):State Circuit Court (4th/31):State Circuit Court (4th/37):State Measures (39, 44):State Measures (all others):County Measures (all):
History
For an American coming of age in the last third of the nineteenth century, one of the surest ways to gain prominence or to secure it was to become a fine public speaker. Oratory was an indispensable element in both politics and religion, on every public holiday and anniversary, at
Miscellany
Does this logo look familiar?
Miscellany
Comic: The Daily Show will be taping next week in one of my freshman-year hangouts. Tragic: A student was crushed to death in an elevator at a residence hall I worked at my sophomore year.
Sports
The University of Puget Sound sports teams are called the Loggers and their colors are maroon and white. With a domain name like ups.edu, though, should those be "the Shippers" and "brown"?