Square Foot Gardening for Dummies
Mar 16, 2010 personal
I decided to do some gardening this Spring and was inspired by Frugal Dad to make a “square foot garden.” These are gardens “invented” by Mel Bartholomew, whose website is so unusable that I can only assume it was designed for Windows ’95 and Netscape Navigator. But basically S.F.G. is for people who can’t be [...]
Tags: carpentry, frugality, fruit, gardening, Ginny, lulz, Remy, vegetables
Picking Winners for Worthless Awards
Mar 7, 2010 movies
Ginny says my posts are gibberish, so here’s a more straightforward one: my picks (not predictions) for the 2010 Oscar winners. Best picture: A Serious Man Best actress: Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia Best supporting actress: Mo’Nique for Precious Best actor: n/a Best supporting actor: Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds Best animated feature: Fantastic [...]
Tags: Coens, Ginny, Oscars, Tarantino, Wes Anderson
Is Jephthah the Anti-Abraham?
Mar 4, 2010 theology
One of the most horrifying stories in the Old Testament is that of Jephthah, which is found in Judges 11:29-40. The gist of the story is that Jephthah is about to go into battle against the Ammonites, but before he does he makes a foolish oath before God that he’ll sacrifice as an offering the [...]
Tags: Abraham, ethics, faith, Jepthah, Kierkegaard, morality, murder