During roughly the past decade, the so-called “War on Christmas” has made great strides in forcing people to wish everyone “Happy Holidays” rather than “Merry … Read More ›
Year: 2015
Every year my family struggles to keep up Christmas traditions. It’s not that we find our traditions onerous or time-consuming, so much as that we … Read More ›
“You cram these words into mine ears against The stomach of my sense.” – Shakespeare Teachers pretty much hate it when students cram. It’s a … Read More ›
“So, what is the most common ritual of pagan religions and cults?” a friend once asked me. He wanted a salacious answer, like human sacrifice … Read More ›
Go to thesaurus.com and type in judgmental. Your list of synonyms will include arbitrary, personal, irresponsible/frivolous, unreasonable/irrational, and, my favorite of the bunch, injudicious. Judicious … Read More ›
I wish I had more time. Don’t we all? After years of filling my To-Do list with a hose and emptying it with an eyedropper, … Read More ›
I’ll be the first to admit that I am not a fan of The Hobbit film trilogy directed by Peter Jackson. Whereas Jackson (or at least the people … Read More ›
According to a Pearls Before Swine cartoon, history is memorized only because children are forced to do so. The cartoon also suggests that memorizing takes forever. … Read More ›
My senior year of high school, I wrote a letter to the administrator, who was also a pastor. Our teachers tell us to ‘think, don’t … Read More ›