Orthodoxy

1. Soundness of faith; a belief in the doctrines taught in the Scriptures, or in some established standard of faith; - opposed to heterodoxy or to heresy.
2. Consonance to genuine Scriptural doctrines; - said of moral doctrines and beliefs; as, the orthodoxy of a creed.
3. By extension, said of any correct doctrine or belief.

I'm thinking about how ( Read more... )

From George Washington's Farewell Address (1796) [link to entire text]:
... I have already intimated to you the danger of parties in the State, with particular reference to the founding of them on geographical discriminations. Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit ( Read more... )

... post a quote from Douglas Adams in your blog.
"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be."

It was hard to choose just one - here are some others I especially like:
"Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their ( Read more... )

38 weeks and counting. The baby is fully cooked, by the medical standards - now it's just a matter of waiting for her to decide she is...

In the mean time:

"Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it."

- Andre Gide (1869 - 1951)
"Not only is the universe stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine."

- Sir ( Read more... )

"I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it."

- Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)

"If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate."

- Henry J. Tillman

Another article from Wired.com - I follow their articles via Google Reader, in case you're curious why I post stuff from that site so often. Somewhat less depressing, but sort of related nonetheless:
In the January issue of Neuropharmacology, which happens to have a marijuana theme, two teams of researchers tried to explain what causes some people ( Read more... )

Jan. 17, 1966: A U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber collides with its refueling tanker jet in mid-air over the Spanish coast. Its four hydrogen bombs fall to earth near the fishing village of Palomares. ...

[Complete article at Wired.com]
Eek! Something I had never heard about... (Not that there aren't plenty of things that fall into that category.)

"Don't blame me if you get a pine needle in your butt!"

The things we find ourselves saying to our children ...

... comes from the Something Positive 1937 strip for 6 December 2007:
"That's the problem with you men ... one little wand and you all think you're mighty sorcerers."

You'll have to go see the strip is you want context.

Gakked from annef - even the title. ;-)

The first sentence in my blog for each month this year:
January: Baby's Named A Bad Bad Thing - my favorite part so far is Best of: The Bottom 25.

February: ... I wonder what today will bring?

March: What better way to start a *&^% #*^% snowy morning than with a DSBT?

April: Tuesday, it was sunny, breezy, and ( Read more... )