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Category Archives: Musing
Pen-and-paper RPG thoughts: an “unlock campaign”
Impetus: Inspired by Delta’s post on “oil” as a weapon, found here. Long longago I read that and got to thinking, what if there were a fantasy campaign with some sort of weaponized flammable liquid (Greek fire, alchemist’s fire, wildfire, … Continue reading
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Tagged burning oil, campaign, RPG, unlock
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A GOP Parable: On Strategies and Consequences
The word of the Constitution came to Mitch, son of Addison: “Go to the Senate floor and hold a vote on confirming a supreme court justice nominee, because a vacancy has come before me.” But Mitch ran away from the … Continue reading
Posted in Musing, Nonfiction, Short Fiction
Tagged Constitution, GOP, Mitch, parable, rule of law, strategies and consequences, supreme court
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A GOP Parable: On Teaching Mercy
The LORD appeared to Avraham and to Cruz near the great trees of Mamre while they were sitting in the shade during the heat of the day. They looked up and saw three men standing nearby…. The men turned away … Continue reading
Posted in Musing, Nonfiction, Short Fiction
Tagged Avraham, carpet-bombing, Cruz, GOP, mercy, parable
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A GOP Parable: The Taxman Cometh
On Taxation When the chief priests of the Grand Old Pharisees heard Jesus’ parables, they realized that he was talking about them. And although they sought to have him arrested and silenced, they feared the crowds, who held him to … Continue reading
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Tagged GOP, Jesus, parable, Pharisees, render unto Caesar, taxes
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A GOP parable: The Widow’s Offering
There are politicians and pundits who profess the Christian religion, and declare that the US is a Christian nation founded on Christian principles. They claim that this means that Christian rules for living should control the law of the land … Continue reading
Posted in Musing, Nonfiction, Short Fiction
Tagged GOP, Jesus, parable, Pharisees, tax brackets, widow
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Mama no more!
The kid’s linguistic development continues! He recently learned “down,” and right now it’s probably his most commonly used word. (Naturally, he also uses “down” to mean “up.”) He also says “town” almost every time we go out, although what he’s … Continue reading
More words; more mamas
There’s been a bit of a breakthrough on the “mama” front. First, let’s take stock of the kid’s cognitive and linguistic development. He’s picking up more words, for starters. He clearly understands the names of meals (he gets excited when … Continue reading
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Tagged cognitive development, linguistic development, the kid
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Some thoughts on resolutions
It’s January first of a new year… what are your resolutions? What are my resolutions? There are a few things I’d like to change about how I structure my life. But first I’d like to talk a little about “resolutions.” … Continue reading
Posted in Musing, Nonfiction
Tagged gyms, just do it, New Year, newspaper comics, resolutions
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The Tragedy at Panera
A couple days ago we were changing the kid’s diaper before his midday nap. To express his displeasure over some aspect of the process, he was kicking his legs: raising them up and then bringing them back down with a thump, … Continue reading
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Tagged diaper changing, lessons, Panera, the kid, Tragedy
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Thoughts on toddler cognitive development, part 3
A while ago we got the kid a set of rubber balls: one basketball, one soccer ball, and one football; each around the same size as a large grapefruit. He can’t really use them as freely as he’d like, yet; … Continue reading
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Tagged abstraction, ball, baooo, cognitive development, Plato, the kid, toddlers
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