Friday’s opinion page in the Newark (Ohio) Advocate contained a letter from a person worried that using the term Xmas in writing and speech was taking Christ out of Christmas.
I’ve been staying at one of the Wingate Inns in Houston this week. Normally I have had good experiences with Wingate Inns, one of the first chains to offer high speed internet access in all their properties.
This week, though, has not been such a good experience.
“These terrorists kill not merely to end lives, but to disrupt and end a way of life.” — George W. Bush, September 20, 2001.
The disruption continues.
A guest editorial (link dead) originally posted in the Chicago Tribune suggests that doctors need more sleep to reduce mistakes.
Not on my normal reading list, I picked up Stories Behind the Best-loved Songs of Christmas by Ace Collins while browsing through a Barnes and Noble. Though small in profile, it contains 31 3-4 page story-telling essays about individual carols, with some lyrics. Carols of all ages are covered, from “O Come O Come Emmanuel” [...]
I found it disappointing, yet not unexpected, to find out the news about Barry Bonds and Jason Giambi and steroid use. Obviously, I am not the standard of human performance, but the magnitude of Barry Bonds’ achievements over his fellow players would indeed be legendary had he not used performance enhancing drugs. It’s like seeing [...]
