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Archive for the 'aardies' Category

Aardies Arise on NR
Friday, June 9th, 2006

The highly esteemed Aardvark of Aardvark Alley has posted another list of awards. One of my posts, Paying for Consequences, Known and Unknown, has received an “Aardie,” one of his awards.
I had joked that if I ever got three of these, they were going to need their own category. That’s been done.
Here’s hoping for [...]

The New York Times has an article about a vaccine that is quite successful against HPV, a family of viruses of which two have been demonstrated to cause cervical cancer. HPV is sexually transmitted.
Dr. Wheeler and most other public health specialists argue that vaccinating young girls and eventually, boys, before they become sexually active is [...]

Liturgy, Hymnody, Homily
Friday, February 17th, 2006

“Everything is permissible”—but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible”—but not everything is constructive. Nobody should seek his own good, but the good of others. — 1 Corinthians 10:23-24, NIV
By now most readers have taken a look at the service I attended Wednesday evening. Rather than take it play-by-play and say what I didn’t like [...]

Here’s Hoping for Impartiality
Friday, October 28th, 2005

Come the second weekend of January, unless I’m out of town, I’ll be donning the vertical black-and-white stripes to begin officiating another season of Upward basketball.
Being a referee has brought its share of experience and decisions. There have been instances where I’ve “known” a foul was probably made, but I had to call what hit [...]