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Journey of the Sun to Northern Skies, February Solar Heating, A Great Tree-Hugger Gets Too Close

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Rev. Dr. David Q. Hall

Coming to mid-February is still late-winter for much of the United States. A lot of snow and cold and blizzard conditions could still descend on those winter-weary Americans who have already had more than their share this year from Old … Continue reading →

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Feeling Curmudgeonly About Language and Colloquialisms

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Rev. Dr. David Q. Hall

Whenever I start feeling curmudgeonly about current misuse of the English language, I try to check myself – not that it often works. I try reminding myself that not all speaking and writing has to be formal, precise, and absolutely … Continue reading →

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Mr. Rodger’s Neighborhood Is Now the NFL, Professional Football, the United States of America….Oh, Yes, and Favre’s Old Locker Room.

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Rev. Dr. David Q. Hall

You already know the news of last night, dear reader. The Green Bay Packers won Super Bowl XLV over the Pittsburgh Steelers, 31-25. It was the “right” outcome in my own household. Despite being a Western Pennsylvania native, a Steelers … Continue reading →

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A Chasing After Wind, Home of the Winds, A Chill Wind, A Welcome Wind, More Axial Rotation

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Rev. Dr. David Q. Hall

For literally millenia, wind-battered reader, wind was considered not just a phenomenon of Nature, but supernatural. All major ancient human cultures had various deities associated with wind. Vayu is the Hindu god of the wind. The ancient Greeks of whom … Continue reading →

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Senseless Shooting in Tucson, Arizona – Gabrielle Giffords, Murder and Assassinations, Can Nothing Be Done?

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Rev. Dr. David Q. Hall

With the veritable blizzard of news coverage, the understandable frenzy of personal reactions, and the compulsive commentary of all kinds of public officials and pundits, “experts” and amateurs….I hope you don’t mind, dear reader, that I have waited until now … Continue reading →

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Dynamite Comes in Small Packages, Ant Lions, Maybe the Fiercest Predator of All, Size of the Fight in the Dog

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Rev. Dr. David Q. Hall

My late mother had among her favorite sayings, “You know, dynamite comes in small packages!” She said it fairly often; and every time she did, she would smile in a self-satisfied way as though she had uttered wisdom for the … Continue reading →

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Spartan, Roman, British, Soviet, American, and All Empires in General, America the Land of Opportunity

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Rev. Dr. David Q. Hall

For the next few lines, I am attempting an impossible task….but perhaps not as impossible as the perpetuating of empires. People probably don’t think of ancient Sparta as an empire. But the truth of the matter is that the Spartans … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: Americans

Journey of the Sun to Northern Skies, February Solar Heating, A Great Tree-Hugger Gets Too Close

Feeling Curmudgeonly About Language and Colloquialisms

Mr. Rodger’s Neighborhood Is Now the NFL, Professional Football, the United States of America….Oh, Yes, and Favre’s Old Locker Room.

A Chasing After Wind, Home of the Winds, A Chill Wind, A Welcome Wind, More Axial Rotation

Dynamite Comes in Small Packages, Ant Lions, Maybe the Fiercest Predator of All, Size of the Fight in the Dog

Spartan, Roman, British, Soviet, American, and All Empires in General, America the Land of Opportunity

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