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Blog archive for 2010

2010-12:
  • [no blog posts]
2010-11:
  • Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki obituary
  • NOVA episode, "Dogs Decoded"
  • Democrats' efforts to repeal DADT
2010-10:
  • Installation of Bishop Terry White
  • Stewardship message
  • Leslie Kean, UFOs
2010-09:
  • Installation of Bishop Terry White
  • Quote about Ayn Rand
  • Books on religion: Peter Hitchens, Rage Against God: How Atheism Led Me to Faith; Robert D. Marks, Can We Trust the Gospels?; Diarmaid MacCulloch, Christianity, The First Three Thousand Years
2010-08:
  • Jack Horkheimer obituary
  • Jeffrey Goldberg "advice" column in The Atlantic
  • Oreskes and Conway, Merchants of Doubt
  • Michael Lewis, The Big Short
  • Pernicious McAfee security software
  • Judge Walker ruling overturning Proposition 8; anti-gay threats of violence on fringe conservative web site
2010-07:
  • John Callahan obituary
  • Two Andrew Sullivan "mental health breaks"
  • 14 mile training run
  • Psychological toll from policing the web
  • Maureen Dowd New York Times column "While Rome Fiddles, We Burn"
  • Rabbit in my yard
  • Linux and wxWidgets
  • Christopher Hitchens diagnosis
2010-06:
  • Books: Marcus and Borg, The Last Week; Thomas Cahill, Mysteries of the Middle Ages; Luke Timothy Johnson, The Creed and A Very Short Introduction to the New Testament; David Bently Hart, Atheist Delusions; James Fleming, Thunderball
  • Moody Blues concert.
  • Papa Johns 10 Miler race photo.
2010-05:
  • 30th anniversary of Mount Saint Helens.
  • Reading earthquake data files.
  • BP deep-water oil disaster.
2010-04:
  • Pro-nuclear blogs; fossil fuel industry opposition to nuclear power through libertarian front groups.
  • Reed College threatened with punitive action over drugs.
  • Kentucky Derby Mini-Marathon.
  • 40th Anniversary of Earth Day on American Experience; Steve Brand Whole Earth Discipline and nuclear power.
  • A flight interrupted by volcanic ash.
  • Lounge versions of grunge anthems.
  • Birthday of Argentine composer Alberto Ginestera.
  • Papa John's 10 Miler race.
2010-03:
  • My address on Google Maps.
  • Bach's St. Matthew Passion and the hymn "O Sacred Head Sore Wounded."
  • Steven M. Wylen, The Jews in the Time of Jesus.
  • First lawn mowing of the year.
  • Motorcycles of not more than 8,500 pounds.
  • Health care reform passes.
  • Rodes City Run (10K race).
  • Pi Day.
  • John Donne hymn for Lent; Verdi Requiem on Telarc.
  • Richard Fortey, Earth: An Intimate History.
2010-02:
  • WUOL (Louisville classical public radio station) thrives; Alan Hovhaness piano sonata "Fred the Cat."
  • Snow storm of February 15.
  • Brain tumors and "self transcendence."
  • Alabama tenure case shootings.
  • Snow storm of February 9.
  • William Butler Yeats "The Second Coming" allusion by Andrew Sullivan.
  • The American Prayer Hour (a liberal response to the National Prayer Breakfast)
  • Toyota acceleration scare and my Honda Civic floormats.
2010-01:
  • Snow storm of January 31.
  • Verdi Requiem performed by the Louisville Orchestra.
  • Butter biscuits named in honor of Gottfried Leibniz.
  • New York Times obituary of molecular biologist Marshall Nirenburg.
  • Scott Brown senatorial victory in Massachusetts and health care reform.
  • Pandora production of "Oh My Godmother!"
  • Haiti earthquake: Partners in Health and Doctors Without Borders; Pooja Bhatia column; Very Reverand Mark Bourlakas' sermon.
  • 400th anniversary of Galileo's discovery of Jupiter's moons.
  • The movie Avatar.
  • Snow storm of January 7.
  • New York Times obituary of feminist theologian Mary Daly.
  • Gail Collin's Year-End Quiz.
  • My first run of the new year.