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This is my personal blog. It records notes from whatever I am currently studying, words I want to remember to use correctly, records of other things I want to remember, or an opinion I want to think my way through. Sometimes I publish short stories here. As to who I am, let it suffice to know I am a grandchild (with Madeliene L’Engle) of George MacDonald, a child of the Inklings, and the one who always wonders, “What is behind that wardrobe cabinet?” And, I’m one of the proofreaders/editors for Project Gutenberg, so, yes, I might be the one to blame for missing that wrong letter inserted by our optical character recognition. On the other hand, I may have been the editor who caught all the ones you didn’t find. And, I also have a personal journal online. It holds my innermost thoughts, is occasionally highly personal and opinionated, but is never really interesting.
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Motto: Lex orandi, lex credendi
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Recently someone told me about a coworker who was so puffed up that the inevitable collision with a pin took out half the office. I told her that was Rule Number Eight. See my Rules of Life. Rule Number Eight states that the more you believe you are invincible, the more vincible you become.
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The dwarf on the spot sometimes sees things missed by the travelling giant ranging many countries. —- J.R.R. Tolkien
Author Archives: Don Cram
Sailing the Wine Dark Sea by Thomas Cahill
Greek culture and language were a fundamental study for Western students until just a century ago. Cahill weaves a delightful tapestry to illustrate why the Greeks matter. Still.
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The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
The making of the Oxford English Dictionary becomes a fascinating story in the telling of Simon Winchester. That one of the editor’s chief correspondents and contributors to the dictionary was an image in an insane asylum, is just one of … Continue reading
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Gambit, Gamut, Gantlet, Gauntlet
An opening move involving sacrifice in any game is a gambit. Any gambit is an opening more; not all opening moves are gambits. A gamut is a contiguous series like a scale of notes. One does not run a gamut. … Continue reading
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