January 2012
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December 2011
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“When distilled beverages are aged in wooden barrels, a portion of the liquid is...”
– University of British Columbia has a page on their website called Botany Photo of the Day. Today’s picture is of Baudoinia compniacensis (the second word sounds a bit like ‘cognac,’ and has the same derivation).
Dec 24th
New names →
This happened back in October. It’s a happy story, but as with most victories, there’s a background of sadness and injustice that needed to be set right. The story made me think of the place in Revelation where Jesus says he’s going to give a new name to everyone who is victorious: And I will give to each one a white stone, and on the stone will be engraved a new name that no...
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November 2011
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October 2011
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Visiting the world →
Here’s a post about short-term missions. We know that they enlighten the people who go. The people at the other end are picking up ideas too. Pretty thought-provoking. (I found this on Rasmussens’ blog.)
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September 2011
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Sep 29th
Eggshells →
People have wondered why different birds have different kinds of eggs. A post from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology says that some are thinking that the colors and patterns of eggshells may affect the development of the chick inside by calibrating the quality of light that comes through the shell.
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August 2011
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Aug 27th
Aug 27th
Miracles
George Will’s column in todays R-G is about New Jersey governor Chris Christie. Near the end of the piece he mentions that the governor visited an aide while she was in labor and told her to “put away your BlackBerry, you are in the middle of a miracle.” True, and the miracle continues throughout life; children are no less of a miracle when they’re two and ten and...
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July 2011
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June 2011
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May 2011
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May 29th
“we are all miracles wrapped up in chemicals”
– from the song Wonderful by Gary Go
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April 2011
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don't click on any picture, just wait ... →
a creative and entertaining online catalog, courtesy of a German company
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March 2011
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how to pick the NCAA brackets →
A true (and funny) story about the criteria used by the woman who is leading the 68 people in her son’s online basketball pool
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February 2011
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Feb 12th
“With a single drop of ink for a mirror, the Egyptian sorcerer undertakes to...”
– Adam Bede by George Eliot (chapter 1)
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