Backward Mutters

  • Little Comfort?

    I’ve been enjoying hanging out at Salem Kitchen. I hadn’t been there to write in a couple of years. Standard fare is a double capp and an oatmeal cookie. I’m hoping that the weather changes soon for the warmer or at least springier variety. I can’t eat comfort food all…

  • Prince Caspian is a Maritan

    I’ve already shared my disappointment in the Disney Prince Caspian debacle. So, I’ll not bore you with more harrumphing. I’m going to watch the movie with the High Schoolers on Sunday, and we’re going to talk a little about it afterward. The reason to talk about it is that a…

  • Technology and Communication

    Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been considering technology and its effect on individuals. I’ve thought about how email has made communication easier and yet potentially more volatile and sinful. Read Tim Keller’s and David Powlison’s article here. I’ve also been thinking a little about how Twitter shapes your…

  • Consider this from the Sweet Dropper

    The term $1 trillion has been floating around lately. Consider this: If you spent a $1 million per day, every day from the birth of Christ, in 2009 you’d only be about 3/4 of the way to a trillion. If you got $1 every second, it would take almost 32,000…

  • Going Nomad

    I’m going “nomad”. That is, I’m going to stop using Outlook for my email, calendar, to lists, and instead I’m going with iGoogle. Dude, ain’t that heavy?