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Althouse: On the evening of September 10th, there is a mournful glow in lower Manhattan. Actually, Ann Althouse is allowing people to post it, so here it is –

Here’s a transcript of the whole, boring rant released today as an online video. I excerpted some good bits to show the probable influence of the above. It would be funny if the guy wasn’t a mass-murdering, homicidal maniac. I’m worried about my sons being incinerated by Islamic-terrorist nukes in 20 years. Late night talk … Read more

Robert J. Samuelsen writes on economic issues in the Washington Post and Newsweek. Unlike many columnists with an axe to grind, he makes a big deal about facts and figures. The government’s annual poverty statistics were released last week, indicating poverty, as they measure it, had fallen three tenths of a point, to 12.3%. Samuelsen … Read more

Here’s an interesting (and humorous) feature in today’s New York Times on personal sanitation issues when hiking in the high mountains – No More Privies, So Hikers Add a Carry-Along – New York Times SUMMIT OF MOUNT WHITNEY, Calif., Aug. 29 — The highest outhouse in the continental United States is no more. High-altitude sanitation … Read more

As I mentioned in a post awhile ago, the medi-port, which was "installed" August 30, 2005, so that my chemotherapy would not play havoc on my arm veins, is coming out  Tom Faranda’s Folly: Today’s appointment with the Lymphoma Guru. When the chemotherapy was being scheduled the suggestion of the medi-port was made by the … Read more

Our plans for an overnight hike  Tom Faranda’s Folly: Off with Tim for a hike on the Appalachian Trail turned instead into a day hike on Sunday. We started out late, so I had already shortened the walk, but Tim was just uncomfortable about the whole thing. Joe had opted out of going ten days … Read more

There’s been a lot of publicity about Mother Teresa in the last couple of weeks, based on the publication of some of her correspondence, Mother Teresa: Come be My Light. (I’ve ordered the book from Amazon). Much of the analysis has been half-baked and ignorant. Here is a good analysis in the Evangelical publication Christianity … Read more

Last weekend we were in Boston at an Anderson family wedding, which you can read about here. Tom Faranda’s Folly: An Anderson wedding in Boston Joe and Tim were with us, and here are some pictures from the rest of our trip. This is Friday, the day we arrived, watching a street performer doing his … Read more

Tim and I are taking off for an overnight hike, starting at the NY-CT. border and going about ten miles today to the "Telephone Pioneers Shelter" where we’ll pitch our tent. And then tomorrow another 7-10 miles, depending on how we feel, along the trail. Brigid is going to drop us off and pick us … Read more

Brigid and I were fortunate enough to be invited to the wedding of Lee Anderson, the daughter of our good friends Bob and Judy Anderson (Judy gets mentioned a lot on this weblog, since she also works for with me). Here’s Lee and Tony (who works for the City of Cambridge) escaping from St. Ignatius … Read more