Entries from February 2009

Monday, February 16th, 2009

No leg to stand on

It appears that my blog has a reader.  This is a banner moment in the history of my blog.  😉 This reader, whose handle is “pcamper” has posted a couple of comments on my post “Something from nothing?” from last October.  I have reproduced his most recent comment verbatim below: Thank you for your response. […]

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

A date that will live in infamy

Today marks the 200th anniversary of the births of Abraham Lincoln, and Charles Darwin.  These are two of my least favorite human beings ever, and the fact that they were both born on February 12, 1809 makes that one of my least favorite dates. Abraham Lincoln is the preeminent politician of modernity.  He was such […]

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

It’s been a long time

We’ve been busy buying a house, moving, and unpacking for the last few months.  We are now homeowners in Fuquay-Varina, NC.  We have a basement, which is very rare for NC and very exciting.  Hopefully we won’t be moving again for a very long time.  I don’t particularly enjoy it.  Thankfully, many wonderful people from […]