Ghost Town Alley
Sorry for the light blogging. Here's a little make-up: Pictures from 174 ghost
towns around the United States [http://www.ghosttowngallery.com/]. Pretty neat.
Oldest saloon in Nevada:
TWE
The Pursuit of Happiness
If life is about happiness (and it is, both now and in eternity), this poll
[http://pewresearch.org/social/pack.php?PackID=1] speaks volume to the state of
American life. From The Atlantic Monthly
[http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200607/primarysources]:
> Today, as in 1972, roughly 50 percent
Day 16
The 16-Day Chesterton Celebration ends today. Nick Milne saved his best for
last: The Death of the Man Who Lived
[http://chestertonandfriends.blogspot.com/2006/06/death-of-man-who-lived.html].
Great prose; great pictures; great links for further reading. Excerpt:
> There are many stories about these final hours, and all of
Stem Me
Why? Can't we just harvest more embryos?
> Leading doctors will today call for more parents to be allowed to store their
babies' stem cells on the NHS.
> Cells taken from the blood of the umbilical cord can be used to treat conditions
such as childhood
Happy Birthday
Dorothy Sayers would've been 113 today
[http://rod-bennett.blogspot.com/2006/06/heroine-around-here.html].
Light Blogging
Employment law presentation at the local community college this morning. Minor
league baseball game outing with the family tonight. Voicemail light blinking,
email arriving, regular mail coming shortly.
Blogging will be light today.
C.S. Lewis said a true Christian exhibits joy. That doesn't bode well for me
Drugging the Children
It's happening in public schools, and this blogger makes some interesting
assertions [http://www.illiante.com/YesLetsDrugOurKids.aspx] that go to the root
of the problems with public schools (to wit, they're part of a bureaucracy, and
the bureaucratic mindset infiltrates):
> Schools get extra funds
Smart Drugs
WaPo ran a feature story today about smart drugs
[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/10/AR2006061001181.html?sub=AR]
: pills that help a person think, work, retain, and stay awake. Excerpt:
> These drugs represent only the first primitive, halting generation of cognitive
enhancers. Memory drugs
Something for Sunday Morning
The empty vessel is ready to be filled by anything. . . When [the heart of man]
is empty of worldly and fleshly desires, it is ready to receive the God of love.
But when it is filled with love of this world, fleshly desires and sinful
inclinations, then divine love cannot
Rejoicing at the Lost Sheep . . .
. . . especially when she's gorgeous (smile):
> Nicole Kidman's marriage to country singer Keith Urban this month will mark a
new stage on her spiritual journey.
> A close religious confidant to the actor - Sydney Jesuit priest Father Paul
Coleman - has revealed that Kidman'