Category Archives: Miscellany

End of a Freelancer

I’ve been meaning for about a week to write about my friend Ben Yagoda’s Slate article in which he bids farewell to a freelance career. I see a few bloggers couldn’t resist taking a dig at him for having another … Continue reading

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Non-Issue

Much discussion of men who can’t handle seeing their wives give birth. It’s one thing to have a hang-up and want to work it out in therapy and all that. If I know you and you’ve got that hang-up, I … Continue reading

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Intelligent Design: A Small Point, a Medium Point and a Big Point

Lots and lots of good responses recently out there about the problem of “intelligent design” and its assault on science, reason and educational standards. I have three contributions to the ongoing discussion. 1) Increasingly advocates for intelligent design who aren’t … Continue reading

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More Microflowers…and a Dog

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Weekend Photos

Messing around with different cameras: one a stereo microscope camera, the other a digital camera with some manual settings.

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Maybe I had better read more books first. Oh. I thought “sawhorse” meant you were supposed to saw it. Do you smell something burning? Oh, geez, I’m supposed to used scrap wood to keep the cut from pinching. But I … Continue reading

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Two Quick Notes

First, I’ve discovered that John Roberts’ brother-in-law is named Tim Burke. Just so you know, that’s not me. Second, I still have my thumbs. I haven’t even assembled one bookshelf yet, though, let alone two. Let’s just say that my … Continue reading

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You Knew Me When I Had Thumbs

So I’ve been setting up for a while to do some woodworking. Reading a lot, practicing gently a bit, planning. This weekend, I’m hoping to make two bookshelves, which has been the big short-term objective. I want to have some … Continue reading

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Have You Ever…

mistyped a word, noticed it a bit later, gone to fix it, mistyped it again, growled at yourself, then mistyped it again when you tried to fix it? This means it’s time to stop working on the book for today.

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