Susan's Pendulum

Sometimes I HATE unconditional love. Sometimes, you don't know whether someone befriends you because they're being kind and are [si...

History. A vast early-warning system. Stolen from Lora via Jane.

The last time I made bread was more than two weeks ago. Andrew and I were out of town in Fort Wayne for symposia, and then we trekked over ...

Give a man a fish, and he has food for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he has to buy a bamboo rod, graphite reels, monofilament lines, neopr...

Gary and I went on a date tonight. Yes, we did. We went to the optician and picked out bifocals for each of us. (As Kathy said, this is w...

There is a terrible disease called kleptomania. When it gets really bad, one should take something for it.

When I arrived home from Fort Wayne on Friday night, the kitchen stunk. Nobody else smelled it. I looked for dead mice. I took out the tr...

It was a time of terrible flooding. A rescue helicopter arrived. It winched up ten men and one woman, all hanging onto a looped rope dangl...

During Weinrich 's presentation at symposium last week, he mentioned that worship in a mosque involves the Muslims kneeling on the grou...

A student answered a question at the geography bee. Mrs Hughes told him it was wrong. "But the right answer is what I meant ! And wh...

What if there were no hypothetical situations? - - - - - - - - - - If the police arrest a mime, do they tell him he has the right to remain ...

Why do kamikaze pilots wear helmets? - - - - - - - - - If someone with multiple personalities threatens to commit suicide, is it considered ...

Barbara had a blog post recently about banks. She wrote about bank failures and gave some information on how to evaluate the safety of yo...

Where do forest rangers go to get away from it all? - - - - - - - - - What do you do when you see an endangered animal eating an endangered ...

If you can't say something nice, something something surreal.

Some people complain that homeschoolers will never learn to deal with bullies. Hey, I went to public school, and I don't know how to de...

Life is as easy as 3.141592653589...

Winter means split, cracked, painful heels. Taking good care of your feet prevents the worst of the problems, but the dry air from the furn...

I was waiting tables in a noisy lobster restaurant in Maine when a vacationing Southerner stumped me with a drink order. I approached the ba...

Once upon a time, Pastor Wieting arranged an evangelism festival. He asked a Pastor Vetter to come speak. It was awesome! Not about what ...