Introductions…

Introducing Audrey J. Bridges, weighing in at 6 lbs., 12 oz, 19″ long. Like her brother, she came by way of Caesar. Both mother and child are doing well. It is a happy Thanksgiving, if even a day late. Praise him from whom all blessings flow! And yes, the comments are open!

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The Atlantic’s 100 Most Influential Americans of all time. In case you were wondering, I’m not on the list — yet.

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The New York Times lists their 100 most notable books of the year. I’ve heard of a few on the list. I’ve read none.

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Reproduction the new-fashioned way: my post on IVF-PDG at FRCBlog.com

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How to balance a quarter on a $20 bill, cause we all need to learn magic tricks for the holidays…

Redesign 2006

I hope everyone has had a happy Thanksgiving, and one more thing you can be thankful about is that I’ve finally redesigned TruePravda from the ground up. My last full redesign was two years ago. I made a few gradual aesthetic improvements during that time, but nothing major. This design is the fourth incarnation of … Read more

The Nincompoop Awards

For When Celebrities Open Their Mouths… Yes, it is a real word. There are so many nincompoop–worthy moments out there, somebody has to keep track of them. Here are this week’s contestants: Honorable mention: Scarlett Johansson Miss Johansson makes this week’s awards for her criticisms to the journal Cosmopolitan of President Bush. She remarked in … Read more

Ted Koppel’s most dangerous nation

Last night’s Ted Koppel Discovery Channel special on Iran was both interesting and annoying. The former ABC Nightline host took a camera crew inside the charter member of the Axis of Evil, and produced the two-hour documentary, “Iran: the Most Dangerous Nation.” The annoying part, of course, was the oozing moral equivalence with which Koppel … Read more

Flushing the Commode-doors

Vols 39, Commodores 10 After a one-year lapse, the annual tradition of vandalizing Vanderbilt continues. Intramural games are never better than in November. For a game I didn’t get to watch or listen to, the Tennessee-Vanderbilt certainly looked exciting from the ESPN gamecast perspective. Lots of orange lines and arrows moving back and forth. I … Read more