I just finished reading Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief by James McPherson. One thing to note right away – the majority of civil war histories I’ve come across tend to focus on military campaigns; they generally only mention the political and national strategy of the government as background or context.[1]
In Tried [...]
Posts from ‘November, 2008’
Honest Abe as CINC
Cub scouts visit firehouse
Daniel’s Cub Scout tiger den visited the Manlius firehouse today. They learned about what the big trucks do and how they work. More importantly, Captain Pinsky donned all his firefighting gear to show the kids what their rescuer could look like if they were stuck in a fire.
The kids learned a lot and [...]
Daniel’s brain sounds like the Penguin
Daniel has been struggling to get a song out of his head for the past few days. I don’t know the song – he heard it during an assembly at school. I have, however, become intimately familiar with the one line that he sings.
Over and over again.
All the time.
The same line.
I’ve got a [...]
Spreading the Wealth
Every now and then, George Will writes a piece that isn’t a) about baseball, or b) totally incomprehensible to me. Today was one of those days.
He wrote a great commentary that points out how America’s long-standing “surreptitious socialism” (his term) is intensifying of late. He gives several examples of how temporary government intervention [...]
Ouch
Well, my car (2001 Toyota Camry) began sounding like the Canyonero a month or two ago, and it was only getting worse. It was idling high and made enough of a racket when the accelerator was depressed that I suspected the exhaust system.
I discovered much to my dismay this weekend that the exhaust system [...]
Daniel’s first lasagna
So Daniel made his first lasagna last weekend. Not exactly a Spartan rite of passage, but a milestone nonetheless. At the very least you should enjoy the photos of us in aprons.
Public Service Announcement
If you’re reading this and you’ve already voted – nice job!
If you’re reading this and you haven’t voted yet, go to the Start menu on your computer, select “Shut Down,” push your chair back from the desk, lean slightly forward, flex your quadriceps (you should now be standing), slowly rotate your torso towards the door, [...]
