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The best part of the entire book of Proverbs, in this debate coach's opinion, comes in the 26th chapter. 4 Do not answer a fool accor...

There's a neurological explanation for why people love to verb nouns. When people were confronted with verbed nouns (in sentences such...

A work in progress. Your comments and suggestions are appreciated. Sticks and stones May break my bones But words will never hurt me. ...

Different photo (taken at the Dungeness Spit) heads the blog, which, thanks to Blogger's new template tools, has a completely new look.

1. Headed to Victoria, BC? Be prepared to spend big bucks. It's the world's classiest tourist trap. 2. There are three (three!) ...

(Apologies to Pirandello, and thanks to my brother. ) The Compleat Blogger Idiot Boxers: The Ever-Dumbening Discourse of Cable News Don...

I spent the last five days in Montezuma, New Mexico, attending an IB conference at UWC-USA. In five days of classes, meals, road trips, and...

For those of us who survived the most expensive (and expansive) election in American history, and yet are still curious about its inner work...

"I PERSONALLY GUARANTEE THAT THE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS WILL WIN AN NBA CHAMPIONSHIP BEFORE THE SELF-TITLED FORMER ‘KING’ WINS ONE" D...

Have you ever wanted to see a geoduck in action? Of course you have.

Second in a series of previews of potential 2010-2011 LD topics. One third of first marriages end in divorce within the first ten years ,...

"It's fun. Fun, fun, fun. It's triple fun." --Older sister, ostensibly referring to the Pixar film Cars. On a sunny Mon...

Longtime readers of the blog know that every now and then I feature the latest speculation about Toxoplasma gondii and its potential influe...

NOTE: This topic was chosen for Sept. / Oct. 2011. Current comments and thoughts are posted here . First in a series of previews of pot...

Jeff Sullivan tackles the myth that ex-Mariners inevitably thrive upon exiting Seattle. A sample: Cha Seung Baek : Traded to San Diego. Mad...

The NFL has published its list of potential topics for 2010-2011, which I'll repeat below, in order of my personal preferences, favorite...

Saw the LD and Public Forum finals at the Expo Center today. They were decent rounds, for different reasons. I thought the LD round was ful...

We're "Jazzin' it up in KC" at the NFL National Tournament, waiting for the second flight of the first round of Public For...

From To Beard, or not to Beard It was fun while it lasted--fun for everyone else, at least. Thanks to everyone who gave, and kept giving, a...

In advance of the opening of another why-are-they-remaking-it , two Jackie Chan appreciations. The first, a compilation of the 10 best Chan...