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Archive for December, 2006
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Monday, December 25th, 2006In Dickens’ The Christmas Carol Martha Cratchet asks how tiny Tim was in church and Bob Cratchet responds:
As good as gold and better. Somehow he gets thoughtful, sitting by himself so much, and thinks the strangest things you ever heard. He told me, coming home, that he hoped the people saw him in the church, […]
Merry Christmas!
Monday, December 25th, 2006Merry Christmas everyone! I hope your weekend has been lovely and that you and your family are all feeling blessed! Please feel free to check out today’s Letters of Faith Through the Seasons post on Luke the Evangelist, I enjoyed it.
And now for your Christmas viewing pleasure:
Get the X out of X-mas!
Saturday, December 23rd, 2006Have you ever heard someone say that? Do you ever write “X-mas”? Are you offended by the use of “Xmas”?
Well you oversensitive types have nothing to fear! The abbreviated form of Christmas is not some ploy by those darned atheists to remove Christ from the celebration of his own birthday.
Ἰησοῦς Χριστός
Notice something […]
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows announced!
Thursday, December 21st, 2006Ok, it is only the title, but it does sound pretty interesting! Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was announced today as the seventh, and final, book in the series! Again, doesn’t say much… but do note that it is “Hallows” and not “Hollows” - distinctly different. Could it possibly be someone’s […]
Harper tells it like it is
Thursday, December 21st, 2006Things have been even slower than intended around here ’cause I have had the flu, it sucks. I don’t often get sick, but when I do, it definitely sucks. I am feeling quite a bit better now, just fairly achy. Anyway…
Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper made an excellent statement about the possibility […]
The Christmas Slow Down
Monday, December 18th, 2006Is “Slow Down” one word or two? Hyphen? Whatever. I am down in the south of Washington, it is quite lively this time of year… Blogging will be light over the next two weeks as I spend more time with family and just slacking off in general. I do still plan […]
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