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“Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of the ocean, so must I never live my life for itself, but always in the experience which is going on around me. It is an uncomfortable doctrine which the true ethics whisper into my ear. You are happy, they say; therefore you are called upon to give much.” – Albert Schweitzer<\/p>\n
Schweitzer was a theologian with unusual views and a favorite of my Mom and Dad.\u00a0\u00a0 His “reverence for life” played an important part in their thinking about politics and the world.\u00a0 Though I’ve never considered it before, I imagine his perspective had a role in shaping mine, too.\u00a0 Reverence for life was a pre-abortion hoo-ha concept and not meant to be part of that debate.<\/p>\n
Just reviewed Google Analytics for AncienTrails.\u00a0 Thanks to the wonder of the internet (and google) this website has received visits from all 7 continents and 46 of the 50 states in the last month.\u00a0 Only Nevada, North Dakota, Delaware and Connecticut recorded no hits from November 7th to December 5th.\u00a0 I find this very strange, perhaps unexplainable, but somehow pleasing, too.\u00a0 Anyhow, if you’re one of those readers from other parts of the world, please add a comment or two from time to time.\u00a0 It would be fun to get a conversation going.<\/p>\n
Kate and I just took the first two segments of the 55 Alive online driver safety course.\u00a0 It reminds you that reaction time slows down as you age.\u00a0\u00a0 Drinking and driving?\u00a0 No.\u00a0 That prescription and non-prescription drugs affect our driving.\u00a0 Mostly stuff you know, but good reminders so far.\u00a0 Sobering statistics about driving after age 75, too.\u00a0 Crashes and fatalities go up considerably with people in those age ranges having the same accident rate of drivers from 16-24 with more deaths.\u00a0 Gotta factor that into retirement planning.<\/p>\n
The Vikes vs. Cardinals game got moved to the higher ratings slot of Sunday night football.\u00a0 That means the day time is more free than usual at this point on Sunday.<\/p>\n
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I visited Big Brain Comics yesterday and picked up two graphic novels, both, believe it or not, on advice from reviews in the New York Times.\u00a0 Strike Force is an anti-war novel set in Iraq and LogiComix, very improbably, is a biography of Bertrand Russell and his work on the Principia Mathematica.\u00a0 Last night Strike Force kept me up past midnight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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