A longtime net friend has just taken down (almost all of) his blog. Though he didn’t say so, I suspect one reason was that he hadn’t updated it in almost four years. The larger reason was that, like all growing people, his values and sensibilities have evolved over the past decade or so, and he … Read more
I once saw it posited that people who have dozens or even hundreds of unread books, yet continue to buy more, are actually using such purchases to codify the pleasant thought that they’ll have time to read them. I think I just did something similar with chess. I miss playing chess. I miss everything about … Read more
A couple of people have asked my opinion on the United Methodist Church’s current machinations on homosexuality. I’m not sure what to say to them. (That’s not because I don’t know what I think, but because I’m so weary of this subject.) Want to read every single rationalization for exclusion of gay people that you’ve … Read more