• Uncategorical Weirdness

    Hotel Drinking Glasses: Bring Your Own!

    I’ll never sneer at single-use plastic cups in hotel rooms again. Did you ever wonder whether housekeeping transports all the dirty glasses to the kitchen to be washed in hot, sanitizing water? Well, they don’t, for the most part. At least not the folks who clean your room, they can’t be bothered because they probably have a quota to make by a certain time. A hotel with room service might do better, but you should leave your dirty crockery out in the hall to be collected… but who would think to leave all the used drinking glasses out there too?…

  • Episcopal

    Good News from Falls Church

     There are several “hot spots” in the Episcopal world, where churches or entire dioceses have already split away, or are working towards splitting away. One such is Falls Church, VA, site of one of the oldest and most wealthy Episcopal churches in the country, which became very conservative over the last few decades. Recently, they aligned with the Diocese of Nigeria, overseen by Bp. Akinola. But a significant fraction of the church did not go with them – although they didn’t have control of the property, so they began meeting nearby. The former Falls Church, now a CANA church, is…

  • All Things Interesting

    Blathering

    It’s been a relaxing and productive week so far – there are plenty of things that I’m procrastinating about (Christmas tree, decorations, clearing the dining room table off) but there are plenty of things I’ve got done. It’s been a vacation week for me, and I’ve spent it making tea, reading books, reorganizing things, keeping up with online news and blogs, listening to NPR, shopping for the few items I have to get for Xmess each year. Right now, I’ve got a turkey breast in the oven in the big roasting pan, and when we pull it out, we’re making…