Archive for December, 2007
Ad Salvandas Gentes!
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007DarwinCatholic has a Latin question. Oh boy! A chance to dust of my Latin dictionary and grammar!
The phrase to translate: Populus Sion, ecce Dominus veniet ad salvandas gentes: et auditam faciet Dominus gloriam vocis suae, in laetitia cordis vestri.
I set to work translating only to see that Rob F. beat me […]
Divorce Causes Environmental Degradation
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007According to the Sunday Times and the Washington Post, scientists have now quantified how divorce harms the environment:
The researchers found that the combined use of electricity across the two new households created rose 53% while water use was up by 42%.
Across America – one of 12 countries studied – divorced households used 73 billion […]
Daemon, Death and “Werther”
Saturday, December 1st, 2007Daemon was the sweetest, most affectionate cat I have ever known. When he was a kitten, he used to curl up and sleep right next to my pillow, as if watching over me. He was a foundling, the kitten of a stray cat that we discovered in a local parking lot. Wednesday […]