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Floyd and I were watching Indiana Jones (the first one) on video, and Floyd had a funny moment of disbelief. In an early scene where Indy i...

One of the pastors at our church is doing a (very good) sermon series on finances, and he asked me to look up some data for him. That got m...

Gus showed this to me yesterday, and while I realize that it's not significant in the larger scheme of things, it's had me chuckling...

Under the heading of things that really, really scare me: I was talking with a couple students at the end of the semester. They had stopped...

Well, it finally happened... I am not officially middle-aged. This weekend I changed clothes to work outside, and I put on a pair of shorts...

The New York Times Magazine featured a story yesterday on blogging . Now, in general, most blogs--especially mine--struggle to be interesti...

Ah, I've been busted. Cathy buys after-school snacks for the boys, and she told me this morning that Gus is selecting his primarily on ...

Some years ago, the department here launched into a discussion of affirmative action. One faculty member, who has since retired, and who de...

Based on yesterday's post, and anticipated by one of the comments, let me ask a question: Who sits where for church services? If, in th...

Here's a comic from PhDcomics about which students sit where in the classroom. It's mostly right--the best students tend to sit abo...

Here's a mystery: Why do professors, who have about the best job in the world, become administrators (e.g., department heads)? I was t...

A recent survey asked people which religion affiliated with. For those who didn't fit into a standard category, the survey asked them t...

I believe that this is a varsity sport in many Wisconsin high schools. Gus had three tests on Tuesday, so he spent a full 8 hours studying ...

Doesn't "vernal pools" sound more artistic than "puddles"?

(Part 4 in a 4-part series) In the last post, I put forth that it's sometimes useful, both in practical planning and academic research, ...

Here's a very well done political spoof, merging Star Wars and the democratic nomination. It seems that Obama's supporters are much ...

(Part 3 in a series) There are probably hundreds of typologies that we could create to classify types of Christians, both in the Church as a...

Well, it's Mother's day, and the boys each spent time yesterday getting their presents ready. I pitched in with the present that sa...

This being New England, there are a lot of old mills around, some still in pretty good shape. Here's a picture of a window from a grist...

I came across this advertisement on pollster.com , and I got a good laugh out of it. Since it doesn't specify the population sampled, w...