I enjoy sports. Any kind really. Football, basketball, hockey, soccer, tennis, rallying, cycling, even baseball on occasion. Some find this odd, as if I am either too geeky or too intellectual to be a sports fan. My love, however, has a serious obstacle–we don’t own a functional television. Sunday afternoons in the fall or winter […]
Posted on January 16th, 2006 by admin
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Creak, creak, creak goes the swing. We are stealing away an hour at the playground before twilight, enjoying the rare 60 degree January day. Sebastien and I have the mile or so to the quiet playground, the one tucked in the valley between Morningside and Highland Park. And it is quiet, even on such a […]
Posted on January 16th, 2006 by admin
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Quickly. I’ve converted the old “climbing” page to be an actual MT blog now, so we can painlessly update content. See it here.
Posted on January 8th, 2006 by admin
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It is children who lead us to the gospel… We are not worthy to educate them. Our lips are unclean; our dedication is not wholehearted. Our truthfulness is partial; our love divided. Our kindness is not without motives. We ourselves are not yet free of lovelessness, possessiveness, and selfishness… Only wise men and saints, only […]
Posted on January 5th, 2006 by admin
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Few things rankle me more than a bobo driving an older BMW, festooned with “Defeat Bush” and “No Blood for Oil” bumperstickers, with the audacity to beep his horn at me for riding my bike to the office, thus causing him to actually turn his attention to the road rather than the conversation he is […]
Posted on December 28th, 2005 by admin
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Yes, I am busy. Yes, we are getting some sleep. Yes, Sebastien likes his little brother. Yes, we are surviving. We’re probably doing a bit better than surviving, actually. I haven’t found much free time in front of the computer lately to write (though I have been scribbling a bit over here). I’ve been reading […]
Posted on December 28th, 2005 by admin
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There’s something about these December alleycats that I just really enjoy. Perhaps its riding in the city, at night, under the stars. Perhaps the cold, crisp air. I wasn’t sure if I would even line up to start this one — what, with a baby coming any moment, and six inches of snow falling just […]
Posted on December 11th, 2005 by admin
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A few months ago, I decided to (finally) replace the front wheel on the Steamroller. The existing wheel was probably ten years old, first purchased used from the old Pennsylvania Mountain Exchange when Jen got her commuter, and finally, after much abuse both on road and off, I broke a spoke on the morning commute, […]
Posted on December 6th, 2005 by admin
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Caleb Stegall has made a late addition to version 2.3 of the New Pantagruel, Natural Law, the Death Penalty, and Political Theology: An Editorial Response to First Things. The essay is an examination of an apparent contradiction between FT editors on the matter of political theology, but as a response to that contradiction, Stegall begins […]
Posted on December 1st, 2005 by admin
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Sebastien giving Drew a proper English spot on Mountaineers Route, Coopers Rock State Forest.
Posted on November 25th, 2005 by admin
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