Category Archives: Random

Natural

Posted on March 29, 2006 by WorldWideWeber

The neighborhood squirrels like to hide black walnuts in our yard. I’m not sure where the nearest black walnut tree even is. Today one of them left something behind on the deck railing after its breakfast—sort of a nature morte. … Continue reading →

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Ones

Posted on March 28, 2006 by WorldWideWeber

Laura sent an e-mail to a mutual friend, letting him know about a Terry Jones show on TV this week, The Story of One. Here’s what she got back: Ah yes, one. It’s given us all a lot of trouble. First … Continue reading →

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Dud

Posted on March 13, 2006 by WorldWideWeber

Boy, that last entry (“Shifting”) was a stinker, wasn’t it? In the meantime I stumbled upon the Big Guy’s blog, and I can’t figure out whether it validates the effort of all us myriad scribblers* or invalidates it.** __________ *I mean, if He … Continue reading →

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Shifting

Posted on March 13, 2006 by WorldWideWeber

A friend at work gave me an old bicycle (a Giant—that’s the name, don’t blame me). After I added a few essentials for commuting safely (rear-view mirror, front and back lights, etc.), the bike was ready to serve as a … Continue reading →

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Meat

Posted on March 11, 2006 by WorldWideWeber

The local PBS station is begging for money again, and to get our attention they’re running old episodes of Julia Child‘s The French Chef. Last Saturday she made several dishes using potatoes. It was the first installment, apparently, from 1963— … Continue reading →

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21

Posted on March 10, 2006 by WorldWideWeber

Twenty years ago today, Gabrielle turned one, and the weather was exactly like today: sunny, breezy, and unseasonably warm (77°F, as we speak). We had a picnic on the grass in front of our apartment building on 40th Place. I won’t … Continue reading →

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Ricoeur

Posted on March 10, 2006 by WorldWideWeber

Periodically I receive a little magazine, Tableau, sent to escapees from the Division of the Humanities at the University of Chicago. The Fall 2005/Winter 2006 issue reminded me that Wayne Booth had died and informed me that Paul Ricoeur had passed on as … Continue reading →

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Passion

Posted on February 27, 2006 by WorldWideWeber

The subject of passion arose recently in this electronic space, and it sprang loose a quote that I have yet to come to grips with, almost twenty years after encountering it as an epigraph to a book by Don Robertson: … Continue reading →

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Fours

Posted on February 19, 2006 by WorldWideWeber

Good grief! I hardly blog at all, and here I’ve been tagged. I’m it. And not the it from the eBay ads, just “it.” Okay, what the heck. Four of this and four of that—petits fours … pour vous et vous … Continue reading →

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Olympics

Posted on February 11, 2006 by WorldWideWeber

I’ll know this country has finally grown up when its TV announcers and commentators no longer refer to the US Olympic contingent as Team USA.

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