Failure, or Fail-er?

Some words are pretty innocuous, and don’t create a lot of heart-reaction.
Dish, for instance. Or paper. Or flagellum (except for certain research scientists, perhaps, or microbiology majors studying for a final exam).
But “failure” comes with a lot of emotional baggage. It is freighted with meaning, usually negative, and often speckled with the unique memories of [...]

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The Original Church Scandal: Outcasts Welcome

Preparing for a Sunday School lesson this morning (continuing on in the lives of Abraham/Isaac/Jacob), I was struck by an expression of a “caste” system at play, when the tribe of Israel headed down to Egypt during a terrible famine in the land.
Joseph had paved the way for his family to come and settle in [...]

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I Am Not a Republican

I don’t like labels. Over time, they do more to distort than they do to clarify.
If you say that you are a Democrat, that term carries with a whole load of baggage in my mind – ideas, associations, past experiences, etc…only some (or none!) of which may apply to you. Nevertheless, in order to simplify [...]

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The Man Behind the Curtain

Who is Steve Woodruff, anyway?

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Learn to Fly Here

Very funny picture!

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Lunar Eclipse

As I write, a near-total lunar eclipse is in progress outside – just came in from the awesome sight of a darkened reddish moon, in the midst of that rarest of conjunctions, nice weather accompanying a stellar event!
My Fiver got to look through big-person binoculars to see his first eclipse. Will he remember it? I [...]

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