How evil are you?

It’s the day for weird stuff. Enter your url to see how good or evil your website is. I find the use of Wiccan and Christian symbolism to denote evil and good to be offensive, but it’s a cool concept. Looks like I’m going to have to try harder to be evil. Interesting note: it [...]

Logo quiz

I’m definitely media over-exposed. Take the Logo Quiz and see how many advertising logos you recognize. Found via Digg.

PLU on tour

Last night I went to the Cathedral of St. John The Evangelist to hear Meredith play with the Pacific Lutheran University Orchestra on tour. St. John’s is a wonderful old Gothic cathedral, made of hewn stone, 3 stories high open to the top, with a labyrinth in one of the alcoves. They played one movement [...]

A showdown in Illinois

Illinois is leading the nation in the battle for access to emergency contraception. To meet this need, the state has passed a rule stating that pharmacies that sell federally approved contraceptives must fill prescriptions for emergency birth control “without delay” if they have the medication in stock. However, the rule is at odds with the [...]

Burgundy pot roast

Perfect for Sunday dinner or company. Burgundy Pot Roast olive oil 1 tsp. dried rosemary 1 tsp. dried thyme 1 bunch green onions, chopped, including greens 1/2 large head of garlic, crushed 1/2 lb. mushrooms, sliced chuck roast, 2-3 lbs. (fancier, leaner cuts don’t work as well) 1/2 large head of garlic, separated into buds [...]

I See Fat Girls

I see fat girls…. Walking around like regular people. They don’t see each other. They only see what they want to see. They don’t know they’re fat. From azcentral.com: Many girls think it’s normal to be fat A new study on girls’ attitudes toward weight and body image suggests anti-obesity programs focused solely on proper [...]

Friday pet-blogging

“Now I lay me down to sleep ….”

Digging the past

If I were able to reinvent myself at mid-life, I’d be an archaeologist. The distant and not so distant past fascinates me in a way that I wish I’d discovered when I was younger. Not that it would have been any more practical than studying music, but I wish I’d had the option. Ancient bones [...]

A clean sweep

I’ve always had a fascination with aftermath. What happens after history types The End on tragedy? How do those involved pick up the scattered pieces of their lives and go on living in a world they no longer recognize? It interests me so much that the second novel I wrote was set in Lawrence, KS, [...]

A loss to us all

Sherry Chandler has a great piece today called Wanton Destruction? Incompetence? about the high price the cultural history and archaeology of Iraq has suffered in the war. The loss didn’t stop with the looting of museums during the early days of the war; it continues in the paving over of dig sites to provide parking [...]

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