This blog post is a mistake, or reflects one: In my phone calendar, January 20 is listed as writer Annie Dillard’s birthday. But that’s a mistake. Dillard will turn 78, deo volente, on April 30. Today is, well, just today. But in many of the theologies Dillard does not believe in, there are no mistakes. … Continue reading Annie Dillard: The Writer Closest to God?
Well, one of the messages mentioned in the previous post about age-related putdowns has already disappeared from the web. Gone, perhaps, but not forgotten. Here’s the text, mercifully brief but to the point, about: >> 1. An almost 70yo man decrying moral choices of youth–ironic. >> “Almost 70yo” BTW, is Tweet-speak for nearly 70 years … Continue reading YAF Wichita Update: The Case of the Missing Tweets
Wichita YAF Update: Well, there have now been two responses to the posts here questioning ground rules at the Memorial Day conference, here and here. In both, the one specific “rebuttal” was a disparaging reference to my age. (Which is 67, for the record.) Point taken, guys. What else ya got?
Wow! The 2011 baseball All-Star game is currently scheduled to be played in the Arizona Diamondbacks’ stadium. But with passage of the state’s new anti-immigrant law, there are now calls for baseball to move the game. Seems the NFL jerked its All-Star match from the state back in the 90s, when AZ was hoilding …out … Continue reading Holy Ty Cobb, Batman — That Ballplayer Looks Suspicious . . .
Micah Bales, one of the planners and main promoters of the Wichita YAF conference, recently replied to an inquiry about the long list of “Thou Shalt Nots” set for the event. He referred the inquirer to a blog post by his wife, Faith Kelley, another of the planners. It’s on the William Penn House blog, … Continue reading Tunafish or Torpedoes? Some Reflections on YAF Wichita, and “Community”