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Beard of the Week XI
Before I forget to mention it, Isaac and I are taking a vacation in Rome starting next week, so I and Beard of the Week will be on a brief hiatus starting then, but we plan to return in a couple of weeks, perhaps with some new beards from Italy. The last time we visited […]
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Beard of the Week X
When I was in graduate school, our department (physics) had a secretary who was very sweet, very helpful, but rather naive in many ways. One day — and I don't remember how this came about, since encouraging females in this way was not exactly up my alley — she happened to feel my beard. I […]
Beard of the Week IX
In recognition of Memorial Day here in America, I offer this World-War-I photo of two British Officers, c. 1914, apparently behind the lines, in the trenches, and sitting down for supper. I was not able to find any bearded soldiers from that war, as I had hoped, so I've updated the rules* to include any […]
Beard of the Week VIII
I am continually amazed at the search strings people submit to Google that bring those searchers for knowledge to this blog — both that such frequently odd and unexpected search strings would show me so much Google favor, and that people would even think to ask such things. Recently, someone reached a beard of the […]
Beard of the Week
I am one of those people who tends to find redheads — men, in my case — something special. It's not an exclusive thing with me, and it doesn't approach a fetish; rather, it's more like extra credit on the attraction score card. Sometime ago — I think I was still in graduate school, so […]
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In a nice post* about how "pro-life" really means "anti-sex", Shakespeare's Sister quotes someone quoting someone as saying that "contraception encourages [among other things] sexual deviance (like homosexuality)." Oddly, the logical leap isn't nearly so far as one might imagine, given the premises. First off, this does come as a bit of a surprise to […]
Beard of the Week
This beard, a lovely specimen of the modern version of the van Dyke, reminds me of one of the more extraordinary beards I've ever seen. I saw this extraordinary beard only once some eight years ago. There were no bells that rang nor sirens that sounded; I was simply eating lunch at (of course!) my […]
Beard of the Week
This week we double our fun. The young gentlemen — unknown to me, alas — are showing off two styles of beard that are probably the most popular in current fashion: a van Dyke (on the left) and a trimmed, full beard (on the right). The van Dyke — a chin beard with mustache that […]
Beard of the Week
This past Friday night — Good Friday to Christians — was a busy night for Isaac at the church where he's music director (St. Matthew's United Methodist Church in Bowie, MD) and organist. This Friday evening service is the one during the year that he creates, organizes, and operates. Bringing to bear his years of […]
Beard of the Week
About a decade ago, I learned how to crochet. I bought some thread, a crochet hook, and with Isaac's help I began decoding a doily pattern and worked my way quite clumsily through it. I've gotten better at it over time of course. I also learned to discriminate a large number of different crochet threads. […]
Beard of the Week
Among various blogging traditions one that I've never understood is "Friday Cat Blogging". Iit's not that its origins mystify me, I just don't see the attraction. This may be because I'm not a cat person. Still, the idea of a pointless periodic theme for posting has its attractions. We're more dog people here at Björnslottet, […]
My Favorite Pope
This week is all-things papacy week, but I don't feel the need to pontificate [!], laud, or excoriate the late John Paul II. Instead, I'll say a few words about my favorite pope: Paul V. Pope Paul V succeeded Leo XI in 1605; he served until his own death in 1621 when he was succeeded […]
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