Day: December 16, 2018

Sunday Morning: One of the books that got me through college stacks

Sunday Morning: One of the books that got me through college

Jaybird December 16, 2018

It's not that Walter Kaufmann's Faith of a Heretic saved my life. But it made it easier.

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Consumable Holiday Presents

Kristin Devine December 16, 2018

The quintessential first world problem - what holiday gifts can we give that won’t simply get thrown...

Tedious Passtimes: Waiting For The Rest of the Family To Get Up CABriggs TPasstimes 5053 Wake Up

Tedious Passtimes: Waiting For The Rest of the Family To Get Up

Clare Briggs December 16, 2018

Sometimes you gotta give'em the whole works.

Ordinary Sunday Brunch: Culture Links Brunch

Ordinary Sunday Brunch: Culture Links

Andrew Donaldson December 16, 2018

Ordinary Sunday Brunch: Culture Links is Ordinary Times' Sunday Morning tradition of bringing you links to stories...

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