Listening for God, Interfaith Prayer, Cleaning Up, Connections, and BCS

I’m sitting here with the laptop tonight, as a fire slowly dies in the hearth across the room, catching up on Rachel Maddow, finishing off a glass of red, and still feeling the glow of a big moon, hanging low in the sky that was simply gorgeous. With that, a few synapse clippings for you, […]

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May Synapse Clippings

Some of you get these entries sent to you via email (ala Feedburner). For reasons beyond me, the most recent entries are not coming through with any links embedded. I have no idea why and will work to try and figure it out. Sorry for the inconvenience. It’s Memorial Day weekend, and so my thoughts […]

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What I Did on My Blog Vacation

As you know, my blog’s been down and out for three months. But, as you might imagine, that hasn’t stopped me from blogging. How, you say? Well, the truth is that I’ve always cross-posted many of my blog entries to other sites, depending upon the content. So, that’s what I’ve been doing quite a bit […]

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Hawks, A Not-Too-Swift Bet, and the Fleeting Nature of Celebrity

Yesterday morning, I was getting out of the car after taking Maria to school. I looked up, and there in the top of our front yard tree was a hawk. Just sitting there. I noted that he was surrounded by smaller birds, sort of pelting him. I’d seen that before, back when I’d written about […]

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Greenberg Redux, Iconoclasts, Big O’ Hybrids, and 30 Days every week

It’s the time of year to start thinking about Greenberg Turkeys, and to re-read this. There is probably still time to get you one before Thanksgiving. Or, failing that, Christmas. I am so pleased there was an election where I didn’t personally know a single person running for anything. That used to be common. Not […]

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The World Series, MySpace Music, Tex-Mex Food, and Marie Osmond

A new blog category debuts today: Synapse Clippings. It’s a place to capture quick-hit thoughts that don’t deserve long entries of their own…kinda like most blogs read. I’d like to thank the NFL scheduling gods for placing the Cowboys bye-week in a position where we can actually get news about the World Series in our […]

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