Territorial Bloggings

5 things about me that I haven’t mentioned (or expounded on) before in this blog…

I like, and try to exclusively use, fountain pens. My current ink of choice is Noodler’s Ink (Legal Lapis [blue], Waterproof Black, & Red-Black). I tend toward the lower/cheaper end of the spectrum (i.e., none of my pens cost more than [...]

I am a “momma’s boy.”
Those who know me and my mom have no doubt as to the truth of that description of me. Piper men tend to be like that — my dad was with my grandmother, and my son is most definitely the “momma’s boy” apple of his mother’s eye!
Vicar Chaz Lehmann, however, has [...]

Rev. Bill Cwirla has, in the latest posting to his Blogosphere, done something that I very much appreciate — He’s written something that is intellectually useful AND incredibly funny, at the same time.
In Round and Round We Go, Rev. Cwirla does us the intellectually beneficial service of explaining the fallacy called “petitio principii” or “begging [...]

I don’t like the Greek system. I’ve never been able to discern a true, foundational, positive reason for Frats & Sororities to exist on higher-ed campuses. Any of the positive, service-related, reasons that are generally given as positive defenses for the greeks strike me as just window-dressing for the real reasons they exist — i.e., [...]