Classes started this past Wednesday, which means, among other things, that my to-do list has morphed - rather than containing all the shows on our TiVo I haven’t gotten around to yet, it now is a page full of readings and administrative details. All of the sudden Calvin is more important than House and I [...]

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Remember the days back when you got out of school for Rosh Hashanah? I loved that - getting off for religious holidays I didn’t celebrate. All my friends had to go to synagogue and I got to stay home. Oh back when … I suppose it’s hard to complain about not having off when classes [...]

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Well, we survived our first married Christmas with lots of family and even more traveling. In the end, I think we’re both glad we have a few days to recover before class and work begin again. We’re going to have to work on this bi-coastal family experience in future for vacations, but that is too [...]

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We celebrated the end of classes last night at Columbia’s annual Christmas banquet. It was a good time.
The food, which students and their spouses cooked (not us after our cooking fiasco), was amazing.
It was fun to hang out with friends and relax. Jeff was a little reluctant to dance, but he got over it . [...]

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In first grade I memorized many things. So many things, in fact, I can’t even remember them all - clearly it worked well. What I do remember memorizing is the Lord’s Prayer and Psalm 23. Both are prayers/psalms that just roll off the tongue and I don’t ever remembering reading them - as I found [...]

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I’ve created two new websites for my school. And, while you might think that if you don’t go to my school this post isn’t for you, you are wrong.
One website is all about outreach opportunities in the area. And, while you might not be able to do these specific things, they might spark some [...]

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Ords are done . . . for now. We definitely have the polity ord facing us in the future since we didn’t take it this time. But with a lot of luck (and grace, and alcohol on the part of the readers) we might be done with the other three. We’ve set our expectations low, [...]

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I live in an old building that is unsafe for many reasons, not the least of which is the fire safety directions for those living on the top floor is to fill their bathtubs with water (whether it’s because they can then stay in the bathtub and avoid fire or because the writers knew they [...]

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This is a very cool story - and website. Since it’s midterms and I’m spending my days cramming my brain with as much jesus knowledge as possible, I will leave you with this link and hope you enjoy . . .

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