High School Madness |
Education comes in a variety of forms and shapes and sizes and is at its most disquieting when it informs us of certain discomforting facts about the world in which we live& things we would otherwise ...
Posted by Firefly on Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:10:00 PST |
Nostalgia For the Mud |
The word "nostalgia" derives from two Greek roots: nostos, meaning "return" and algos, meaning "suffering." "Nostalgia" then is quite literally a "suffering to return," a very special kind of ho...
Posted by Firefly on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:37:00 PST |
The God Beat |
"You may count off the numbers. You may sign the checks. You may think YOU'RE the boss... but let me tell you, if your drummer feels cranky, ain't no one going to feel good all night!"&nbs...
Posted by Firefly on Sat, 20 Sep 2008 07:42:00 PST |
Doggy-Doo |
Back in the 60's, a rising young comedian named Bill Cosby posed the following questions: "Did you ever notice how people who live in these big houses -- you know, the ones with 6 bedrooms or mo...
Posted by Firefly on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:10:00 PST |
The Palin Truth |
It should not surprise anyone that the McCain campaign last week formed a 55 person "Sarah Palin Truth Squad" to discredit any and all reporters who try to dig into her record as mayor of Wasilla and ...
Posted by Firefly on Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:27:00 PST |
Sarah Palin? |
"Sarah, O Sarah --What made you want to change your mind?Sarah, O Sarah --So easy to look at, so hard to define." -- Bob DylanLike everybody else, when I first heard the news that John McCain ha...
Posted by Firefly on Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:08:00 PST |
"And Now, For Something Completely Different..." |
The Roman Catholic Church is a heirarchical institution. According to Catholic doctrine, all authority flows directly from God to the Pope, and through him down to the College of Cardinals, to t...
Posted by Firefly on Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:02:00 PST |
Weird Convergences |
I just finished reading an article in last month's issue of Smithsonian about the Leopold - Loeb murder case back in 1924. In 1923, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, two rich and brilliant teen-a...
Posted by Firefly on Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:13:00 PST |
Another Reality Check |
"There is only what is. Everything else is just hype." -- Lenny Bruce, 1961"... bullying and intimidation are not acceptable ways to conduct foreign policy in the 21st Century." -- George W. Bus...
Posted by Firefly on Sat, 16 Aug 2008 05:47:00 PST |
The Other Side of the Spring, Part XI |
That summer Win Worthy got exposed to a double dose of local history and Bryce-lore, courtesy of Toby Bartholomew and Father Shonesherz. At the same time, he was exposed to two of the more contr...
Posted by Firefly on Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:54:00 PST |
