BurningbirdRecovered from the Wayback Machine. Clay Shirky left a gracious comment attached to the Dripping with Irony post. I’m glad because this helped the thread reach a positive note, rather than continue into a downward spiral based on the old “she said/he said” pattern (of which I, unfortunately, contributed my share). When I replied to Clay, I repeated something […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I have always wanted to use the phrase dripping with irony. It reminds me of a stack of fluffy pancakes, topped with melted butter and pure maple syrup. The soft, slightly salty slightly sweet golden butter meets and melds with the rich, woodsy syrup, flowing over the top of the stack […]
AKMA writes about his 16th anniversary of being a priest: Much of the difference I experience can be attributed very simply to the social construction of identity: people treat a priest differently from the way they treat a generally-pious person graduate school. (One day, a muffler shop even gave me a clergy discount.) Some of the difference […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Because of the snow over much of the US yesterday, I received several visits to my How to Drive in Ice and Snow posting from people doing Google searches on How to drive in the snow. I gather that the fact my tongue was planted firmly in cheek while writing this post wasn’t […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. One unusual quality to weblogging is reading about summer fires one day, and major ice storms the next. I must check my map before calling out greetings to friends, such as “Stay cool” to Jonathon and Victor; and “Stay warm” to Ryan, Sharon, and Jeneane. As for me? I exist in a perfect state of being at this one moment, […]