So, way back in October–I think–I wrote about the first snowfall of the season. Well, it’s now the dire end of January, and we have gotten our first actual accumulation of snow, and it’s cold enough to crunch beneath your feet. Why, yesterday I even had to get out the shovel. Now, I don’t know …
Monthly Archives: January 2007
Epiphany C4
Jeremiah 1:4-10 Psalm 71: 1-17 1 Corinthians 14:12b-20 Luke 4:21-32 One of the hallmarks of evangelical Christianity is its emphasis on the individual. God may have loved the whole world, but you, as an individual, must make a personal decision to follow Christ; you, as an individual, will be judged in the end for your …
M*A*S*H: Season 11
MASH has always had a special place in my heart. I remember evenings spent at my grandparents’ house with everyone gathered around the TV to watch. Over the years, I’m sure I’ve seen all the episodes, but when the DVDs started coming out I was interested in seeing what the show looked like unedited and, …
Sayers Early Novels
The opening chapters of Catherine Kenney’s The Remarkable Case of Dorothy L. Sayers establish Sayers’s goal to elevate the mystery genre beyond pop lit to literature. Sayers wanted to write mystery novels that were more than just puzzles. While there can be little argument that Sayers later mysteries succeed in this mission, a perusal of …
T2: Twelfth Night Bitter
Well Twelfth Night has come and gone and so has our wonderful Twelfth Night party during which we read Shakespeare’s wonderful play of the same name. One of these days I’ll have to figure out what exactly the Twelfth Night of the season has to do with the story, since it’s not all that obvious. …
2007 Ice Bowl
Every year about this time disc golfers around the country particpate in an exercise called the Ice Bowl. The idea is that folks get together to play disc golf in extreme conditions that golfers tend to avoid: cold, wind, snow. Due to the extreme nature of this exercise, the results usually don’t figure into official …
Over The Rhine Blend
When I heard that the band Over the Rhine was going to be offering its own special blend of coffee I was at once excited and concerned. On the one hand, the description of coffee “specially blended for artists, writers, musicians, day dreamers, and night walkers” is abstractly appealing while its “fresh-roasted, organic, free-trade” appellation …
My Top “10″ List of 2006
Sherry and I vascillate between describing Tiffin as “in the middle of nowhere” and “on the edge of no-where.” In either case, our location means that we miss out on many quality film releases each year since the nearest “art house” is two hours away. Also, as noted elsewhere, 2006 was a rough year for …
