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“Live Long and Prosper”
This very recognizable bit of Vulcan “wisdom” was first used by the half-Vulcan-half-human Spock in a 1967 episode. This website https://www.startrek.com/news/the-jewish-ritual-that-led-nimoy-to-create-the-vulcan-salute says Leonard Nimoy, who portrayed Spock, said that he made it up on the set of the episode “Amok … Continue reading
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It Started With 80 John
This blog started with an article in the May 2024 Texas Monthly entitled The Former Slave Who Became a Cowboy, a Rancher, and a Texas Legend. Daniel Webster Wallace became “80 John” because that was his brand. In this article by W.K. Stratton, … Continue reading
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From the Well of Feminism Totalitarianism Will Come
Make no mistakes men have dug that well. In 1997 I asked and answered Why is Feminism So Hard to Resist?: because we are all feminized. Not in the good way that Chesterton said all men are by virtue of … Continue reading
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Black Box Warnings
The Internet tells me that warnings started appearing on tobacco products in 1966. I smoked until 1976 and I don’t remember them. They weren’t called Black Box Warnings till 1979 and then it might have started with some prescription drugs. … Continue reading
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Your Body Bag House
That’s what a member asked me years before while still in the parish. I asked a question about my house, and he responded, “That depends. Is it your body bag house?” This needs no explanation, does it? You know what … Continue reading
What’s Worse than Birthright Citizenship?
Christians may differ, radical Republicans on the right and noodle-headed Liberals on the left, notwithstanding about birthright citizenship. They can have honest disagreements – without compromising their confession, Scripture, or America. You may disagree with the 14th Amendment being used … Continue reading
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Born on the Fourth of July, Really?
Last year, I admitted to a young woman who asked me, “Should we really be celebrating the Fourth of the July where people rebelled against legitimate rulers?”, that for years I had planed my vacation so as not to have … Continue reading
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The Days of our Lives
Can you believe that “Days of Our Lives” has been on TV 60 years? They have 15,000 episodes, and the fact that I’ve never watched one of them or even have the slightest idea of what that soap opera is … Continue reading
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You can learn a lot from a 19th Century Poet
Remember those 1980’s car commercials, “You can learn a lot from a dummy” which showed crash test dummies in unbelted crashes, etc.? I believe these preceded the plethora of books for dummies. Even a 19th century poet who seems to … Continue reading
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