Sir, the worst way of being intimate, is by scribbling. –Dr. Johnson
Posted in genealogy on Jan 30th, 2008
And so the troubled Juliet posed one of philosophy’s fundamental questions when she explored what really comprised the essence of her beloved Romeo. What is in a name? Are who or what we are equivalent to the name by which we call ourself. What is it that we call? Is there any fundamental difference [...]
Posted in Observations on Jan 28th, 2008
I’ve mentioned the editorial cartoonist Jimmy Hatlo in the past. Hatlo’s cartoons were syndicated and appeared in one of the newspapers I read when I was a kid growing up in south Jersey, the Philadelphia Inquirer. They’ll Do It Every Time was memorable for its poignant portrayal of the irony all of us encounter in [...]
Posted in genealogy on Jan 17th, 2008
I haven’t quite managed to navigate upstream on my family’s genealogical rivers and tributaries but I’ve gotten off to a better start than I had initially expected. There is a copious amount of material and methods to master; the blush of success by the first few elementary searches fades quickly. As the complexity [...]
Posted in Technology on Jan 11th, 2008
After an amusing and lively series of email exchanges with programmer/developer Keith Wilson I purchased the genealogy program, iFamilyForTiger. My decision wasn’t quite as arbitrary as it might appear. While the collegiality of our emails remained evident throughout, it was the look and performance of the software augmented by its promise that [...]
Posted in Observations, religion on Jan 10th, 2008
Apparently Oral Roberts University adopted some of Bob Dylan’s lyrics as by-laws to guide the institution: And you never ask questions when God’s on your side. It has been reported that the school is struggling under significant debt. Very recently Richard Roberts resigned as president of ORU amid allegations that he and his wife misappropriated [...]
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Sir, the worst way of being intimate, is by scribbling. –Dr. Johnson
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The Zero
A Novel
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