Monthly Archive: January 2013

Lain likes it when I walk around, holding her, and singing. This is odd, because my tribute to God in church is not singing. It’s tough to find good songs to sing. I prefer...

It was really windy last night, and from the South, which is odd. The wave just cresting is about 20′ top to bottom.

I found this to be an incredibly awesome read, and thought it deserved a link. “Look at me overcoming a wrench.” (image credit: linked post)

As you may remember, last Friday we were treated to a new cut by Rufus’s band, the noble Savages.  It was pretty fishing space awesome. Today, I bring you two songs (and an actual...

Tonight I rushed home from work, loaded the dog in the truck and headed out to the farm for one last hunt. Kentucky’s Canada goose season ends tomorrow and that means my year in the...

Is marriage an unsolvable problem? It certainly seems that way from the case studies offered in Western literature where happy marriages are few and far between and often of the long distance sort of...

Many folks argue that the right to keep and bear arms is not only Constitutional, but also self-evident: our right to our weapons exists beyond the framework of any particular government or document.  With...

Glyph recently reminded me how much I love the Kids In The Hall, the Canadian, produced-by-Lorne-Michaels-but-non-SNL sketch comedy show.  So I thought I’d start up an open thread with a sketch which is really...

Unlike climbers, who give routes clever names like The Sound of One Hand Slapping or Tammy Baker’s Face, surfers tend toward straight forward names. “Poles” is the name of a break at the west end...

The new Chick-fil-A. There’s a new Facebook meme.

Over the past month we’ve been getting an increasing number of complaints about the comments culture here at the League.  These complaints are coming from regular commenters, readers who don’t comment at all, and...

The recent discussion on copyright and digital archives (and accessible information) seems somewhat relevant here. There’s a lot of tragedies unfolding in Mali, but the loss of manuscripts from a part of the world...

This is the first in a series of posts where I will explore the interesting phenomenon that is teaching social norms.  As an early childhood educator, I am tasked with far more than teaching...

First off, I’d like to thank Tod Kelly and Erik Kain for inviting me to join this esteemed group of bloggers. I’m beyond thrilled to be here. As the price of admission, they’ve asked...