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the hunger for more: Stephen Stoeker and Fred Arterburn, Everyman’s Battle – Winning the War on Sexual Temptation One Victory at a Time

Posted in clarity, denkschrift on July 30, 2007| Leave a Comment »

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I review this book with mixed motives. On the one hand, sexual addiction is so devastating to men and those who love them that almost any assault mounted on its impregnable fortress is worthy of applause. After all, the public leaders with whom I work and whose downfall resounds so loudly are grateful for almost any weapon they can add to their armament. (more…)

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the best gift ever?: Personal Library Embosser

Posted in paterfamilias, reseña on July 30, 2007| 1 Comment »

Full product information for this item, together with my review, my ranking of the product, and any reader comments, can be found at www.amazon.com.

When I left a country and an institution I’d served for sixteen years, I received from fellow pencil-head Kelly Liebengood the Ideal Personal Library Embosser. I believe it may have been the nicest gift I’ve ever received and perhaps the highwater mark of Mr Liebengood’s unenviable life. (more…)

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heaven cackles: Psalms 59 and 2

Posted in textures on July 30, 2007| Leave a Comment »

In this moment we seem inebriated by our own self-esteem, yet with little hope of achieving it via the intoxicating route we have chosen. So it may seem a harsh time to speak of God laughing sarcastically at the little efforts of humankind to establish its status and prerogative. Yet the psalms choose just that image when their writers imagine the Lord who rules over the nations surveying efforts to unseat him. (more…)

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good middle-value choice: GeoWorld Image Stationery, 24/60 lb., 8-1/2″x11″ (GEO40328)

Posted in paterfamilias, reseña on July 29, 2007| Leave a Comment »

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This attractive, light-to-middle-weight stationery features colors in the beige range. As the product name suggests, light map-and-globe graphics create a watermark-like effect at a very good price. (more…)

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writing becomes a pleasure: Cross Fountain Pen Ink Refills – (Black)

Posted in paterfamilias, reseña on July 29, 2007| Leave a Comment »

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As a frequent note-writer, I recently made the leap to the fountain pen by buying two Cross pens, a couple of sets of the ink refills here under review, and a Mont Blanc ink fountain. (more…)

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don’t skimp: Fountain Pen Ink, Bottle, 50ML, Black

Posted in paterfamilias, reseña on July 29, 2007| Leave a Comment »

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Don’t skimp on quality when it comes to socks, ties, and ink.

As a recent immigrant to the world of fountain pens, I’ve enjoyed learning to write with two new Cross instruments. I started off with Cross ink refills that fit inside the pen, but have since discovered the joy of dipping. (more…)

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a calm I haven’t come to yet: R.E.M., Reveal

Posted in reseña on July 29, 2007| Leave a Comment »

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R.E.M’s fans love the fact that the threesome does not tinker overmuch with their successful recipe. Reveal is vintage R.E.M.: spare orchestration, Michael Stipe’s incessantly cool voice providing virtually the only vocals, stream-of-conscious lyrics that seem to say something deep even when—just maybe—they don’t. (more…)

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it’s no use: Norah Jones, Come Away with Me

Posted in reseña on July 29, 2007| Leave a Comment »

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I tried to stay off the Norah Jones bandwagon, honest I did.

Down in Costa Rica, trying to live a humble honest-man’s life, feeling deeply for the Latin musicians who were so very, very good but never had a chance to be heard by the big-spending millions because they were three yards off the marketing juggernaut’s path … (more…)

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our warriors: Russ Bryant, To be a U.S. Army Ranger

Posted in paterfamilias, reseña on July 29, 2007| 2 Comments »

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My sons will enter separate universities this Autumn. Each will enter as an Army ROTC cadet and—by plan at least—emerge four years later as a college graduate and a commissioned officer in the United States Army. (more…)

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dust to dust: The Fog of War – Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (DVD)

Posted in clarity, denkschrift, reseña on July 29, 2007| Leave a Comment »

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This brilliant series of interviews with Robert McNamara should be required viewing for anyone before he or she is authorized to venture an opinion regarding what America should or should not do with its power. I do not begin my review because of any clear sense of the virtue or villainy of Bob McNamara’s legacy as president of the Ford Motor Company, Secretary of Defense under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, and long-time president of the World Bank. (more…)

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