Song That Encouraged Me To Keep Going
“Done Living,” by Justin McRoberts, from his Deconstruction album:
“Done Living,” by Justin McRoberts, from his Deconstruction album:
The Great Woodlief Migration of 2008 has begun. Today I spent 12 hours painting in the new house. I also made the flooring guys listen to my music, which ranged from Lyle Lovett to the Hackensaw Boys to Death Cab for Cutie. The probably think I’m deranged, but then they probably don’t care so long …
A new study argues that single parents cost American taxpayers $112 billion, in the form of welfare, education, prison, and other expenses. There’s also a pernicious estimate of foregone tax revenue, as if it’s unproductive fellow citizens that cost you and me, and not a cabal of Congressmen who spend our money like drunken New …
“Songbird,” the Rosie Thomas version, from her album, These Friends of Mine.
Isaac has this thing where he feels like he needs my company any time he has to pee between the hours of midnight and 6 A.M. Which is inconvenient, because every once in a while I try to sleep between those hours. This morning I was coming out of the bathroom a little before six, …
“Upward Over the Mountain,” by Iron & Wine (Sam Beam), from his album “The Creek Drank the Cradle.” You can enjoy a slightly different live version below. Ignore the annoying girl’s laugh at the beginning, which isn’t actually part of the song:
“We know that we are less than our names: we are our names minus whatever belongs in the empty place. And the question a man is apt to ask in the darkest moments of his life is what salvation can there be, from anywhere, for the man who is less than his name.” Frederick Buechner, …
I had business in Las Vegas the last couple of days. Las Vegas is probably my least favorite city. The conference I attended was lodged in Harrah’s, which meant that no matter where I wanted to go, I had to wade through rows and rows of slot machines, colonies of Keno players, and other assemblages …
“Lookin’ Forward,” by Over the Rhine, on their Drunkard’s Prayer album.
My new friend Greg sent me this video. You can see him in what to me is the most touching part. And if you haven’t yet watched “Hotel Rwanda,” tonight would be a good night, don’t you think? Be sure to watch the documentary that is part of the DVD. It puts all of our …
One of the nice side benefits of home-schooling, other than the occasional highly inappropriate parent-teacher conference, is that you get to deface the textbooks as you see fit. For example, Caleb is using a reading textbook that contains brief essays, and about which he has to answer questions. Recently the essay of the day was …
Several of you, like me, have forsaken the news as an irritant, but wrote to tell me that you appreciated my recent rundown of the U.S. presidential campaign. So as a public service, I’d like to offer my latest installment of News by Osmosis: In election news, Barack Obama was discovered to be a member …
We’ve lived in our house with a For Sale sign in the front yard longer than we’ve lived without it. Yesterday we finally sold the thing, albeit not before getting dunned for a ridiculous neighborhood boondoggle, which I’ve already informed one HOA officer I fully intend to come back and egg once it’s completed. It’s …