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A good friend celebrated his birthday today, and it should not pass without notice.

He is the author of the novel Redeeming Factors, which I greatly enjoyed.


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My friend Mike Sims,
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It's been busy indeed!

I'm actually at home, sneaking time from a programming project to wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah and Smiling Solstice and whatever else might apply.

May you be surrounded by love, and gifted by joy, and may you, like me, count your friends among your greatest wealth.

===|==============/ Level Head

I'm reading an appellate case that lead to another, and stumbled upon this phrase:Without mentioning particular examples of Barefoot's conduct, these witnesses testified that Barefoot's reputation for being a peaceable and law abiding citizen was bad in their respective communities ( Read more... )

I was concerned that my discussion of atheism and religion here in recent days might cause me to lose some on my friends-list. That didn't happen at all, and I gained some instead ( Read more... )

It's been a year (and a couple of days) since the illustrious wedding of two good friends in West Virginia. We were delighted to be able to attend the wedding -- and look forward to attending anniversary parties, though we could not do so this year.

They are both webcomic artists of significance and of great heart:

Scott Kellogg's (
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Hello, my friends. I have been traveling, then hip deep in two projects, and it's fair to say that I've neglected my duties as host here.

I was, though, briefly host to a very-pleasant-but-unfortunately-short visit by
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We've gotten back to California -- and it's a pity that it didn't snow on us during this most recent trip. If it had, I might have acquired a snow shovel for the car; it seems that I need it for my desk. The in basket stack is now some 18 inches higher than my desk surface; the rest has been set directly upon the desk ( Read more... )

We have the illustrious
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