Churchill this semester

My reward for Peter’s last-semester class in Hitler and Stalin (in-depth WWII studies) is this semester’s class on Churchill. So nice not to have to watch the development of mass-murderers from childhood on up. Instead of watching as Stalin has all his best friends killed and Hitler grabs for power, I watch the life of Continue reading Churchill this semester

Long evening

I came home from the grocery store to a sick kid, curled up on my side of the bed (with the television) and looking for much sympathy. Not to mention some company while on his various runs to the bathroom. “Why don’t we have televisions in the bathrooms?” he asks me. He’s switched to lying Continue reading Long evening

Book meme

The idea is this: to copy over the list, removing from it the names of any authors not in your home library, and replacing them with names of authors you have. Boldface the ones you’ve added. I did have Salman Rushdie at one point, but his book was so boring…. sorry. 😐 Via Rox Populi Continue reading Book meme