Edgar Rice Burroughs

A kind reader took exception to my comment about Burroughs not being able to do anything else except write and sent me this fascinating link about Burrough’s life. Apparently, he was quite successful in his early life and only got into trouble when he set off on his own. On the other hand, his deterimnation…

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Voyage Of The Dawn Treader

We went to see the new Narian movie. A friend gave us three free tickets that were about to expire, so it wasn’t too expensive. The movie was utterly stunning looking and they did a clever job of taking elements from the original story and rearranging them to produce a plot that drove the story…

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Come Forth All Ye IT Gurus!

Okay…we got a new (used) computer, so that the children can have their own computer and so that Ping-Ping’s unprotected Chinese websites won’t infect our work computer anymore. I got it home and I can’t get online. I have two ethernet cables. I tried the old computer on both and could get online with both.…

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All Girls Allowed!

Reposting a prayer request from All Girls Allowed–the organization founded by Tiananmen Square student leader Chai Ling to help women in China and fight the One Child Policy.     They wrote: We have two God-sized prayer requests for the end of the year, which are:  (a) Please pray for Jesus to appear to each…

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Happy Thanksgiving, Folks

Boy, was to day a nice day. I am really thankful for not having to cook Thanksgiving dinner for the first time in years! My father-in-law and his lovely wife Carolyn brought Thanksgiving dinner, the entire thing, from Wegmans. All I had to do was help heat it up. I’m also thankful that the two…

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