The Common Room

When Time Shall be No More

2009-07-18T19:21:00.000-05:00

Third, those are reproved by this doctrine, who spend their time only in worldly pursuits, neglecting their souls. Such men lose their time, let them be ever so diligent in their worldly...

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Lookit!

2009-07-18T16:57:00.002-05:00

Harry Potter Cakes! The Equuschick is impressed.

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Health Care and the Budget

2009-07-18T16:09:00.001-05:00

Larry Summers has a new tool for assessing the economy and the success or failure of Obama's stimulus plan (which formerly Obama sold us as "an American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan that will...

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Vegetarian Bean Pita Sandwiches

2009-07-18T12:48:00.000-05:00

For 8 servings: About 2 or 3 hours ahead of time (or more), toss together: 8 cups cooked beans- which beans you choose is up to you- each type has its own character and best accompaniments. I...

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How To Avoid Bankruptcy

2009-07-18T07:31:00.000-05:00

Here's a one question quiz. In order to avoid going bankrupt, should you: 1. Keep spending money, and more of it. 2. Cut back on spending and pay off bills. 3. Put your head in the sand and...

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What's Wrong With This Picture?

2009-07-17T19:49:00.002-05:00

[former Rep] Chip Pickering, like Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) and South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, has lived in a Christian fellowship home on C Street. Both Ensign and Sanford have been the subjects...

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Vegetarian Cheesey Bean Casserole For a Crowd

2009-07-17T13:17:00.000-05:00

Freeze this ahead for 24 servings- it's one of our old OAMC (once a month cooking) recipes, although we haven't made it in a while. You can also divvy it up among smaller bags, making 8 freezer...

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Stimulous NEVER Designed for Economic Recovery...

2009-07-17T11:41:00.000-05:00

that is, that the Stimulus was supposed to actually, er, stimulate or spur the economy on towards good things? That never happened. No. What the WH has always said is merely that the stimulus was...

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More Things to do in the car

2009-07-17T09:00:00.000-05:00

We've shared several games to play, but you can't play games all day long, so here are a few other activities. Most of these are for younger children, but not all. And while all of this post is...

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Book Buys

2009-07-17T01:39:00.002-05:00

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Time is a Gift, Precious and Rare

2009-07-16T19:17:00.000-05:00

Time is with many, as silver was in the days of Solomon, as the stones of the street, and nothing accounted of. They act as if time were as plenty as silver was then, and as if they had a great deal...

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Chow Mein with Tofu

2009-07-16T16:05:00.003-05:00

I have a OAMC version and serving on the same day version. HEre's the regular version for 8 people: Drain tofu well (set it in a colander early in the day and set a bowl or pot of water on the top...

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How Many People Does the Common Room Feed?

2009-07-16T14:34:00.000-05:00

I don't know, but I thought I'd try to count up the meals serves (just assuming a single person for each mouth eating a meal) during the month of July in an attempt to get a grip on menu planning and...

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Climate Change Modeling "Fundamentally Wrong?"

2009-07-16T12:00:00.000-05:00

USA Today reports on a new study that calls into question the entire basis for the modeling that drives the “greenhouse gas” theory of climate change. In fact, its co-author says that climate change...

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And Now, For Something Completely Different...

2009-07-16T09:00:00.001-05:00

Kim Komando says: Perpetuum Jazzile is an a cappella jazz choir from Slovenia. It’s hard to think of something further from an ‘80s rock band. But their version of Africa may best the original. The...

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Dementia and My Dad, a Sort of Memorial

2009-07-16T05:00:00.000-05:00

This is a post about what my dad used to be like, before the dementia- only the good parts, I mean. There was plenty of bad, really bad, so bad that I am not going to talk about it. A friend who...

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All the World's A Stage...

2009-07-15T22:07:00.002-05:00

Alas for Shasta, who used to boast to his buddies that the perfect wife for him was a deaf mute and then ended up with The Equuschick. One of Shasta's favourite things to do when The Equuschick has...

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Having Once Wasted It, It's Gone Forever

2009-07-15T18:08:00.001-05:00

...time is very precious, because when it is past, it cannot be recovered. There are many things which men possess, which if they part with, they can obtain them again. If a man have parted with...

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Overnight Banana French Toast

2009-07-15T15:57:00.002-05:00

OVERNIGHT FRENCH TOAST 1 loaf French or Texas toast bread 5 eggs 3/4 c. milk 1/4 tsp. baking powder 1 tbsp. vanilla 1 (20 oz.) bag frozen whole strawberries 4 ripe-sliced bananas 1 c. sugar 1...

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How Nancy Pelosi Buys Cars with OTHER People's Money

2009-07-15T13:33:00.000-05:00

There were a couple of interesting tidbits hiding in this ESPN article by Gregg Easterbrook. Here's one: Washington would rather shaft average taxpayers, by continuing to hand over subsidies in...

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This and That

2009-07-15T11:45:00.004-05:00

~ I'm reading "Miracles," by C.S. Lewis. Here is a quote from what I read this morning: "All possible knowledge, then, depends on the the validity of reasoning. If the feeling of certainty which we...

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Kathleen Kennedy Townsend's Dream Pope

2009-07-15T08:55:00.003-05:00

A Skeleton in God's Closet- a novel by Paul Maier- I saw this book at the thrift shop on half price day, and I passed by it a couple times, and then I picked it up and flipped through it and it...

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Games People Play (While Traveling With Children)

2009-07-15T06:00:00.001-05:00

More Games Buzz: Count off, in order, and keep counting (driver says one, passenger says two, backseat dweller says three, etc). Only every time somebody gets to the number seven, a number with...

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Making the Most of the Time...

2009-07-14T20:02:00.000-05:00

time ought to be esteemed by us very precious, because we are uncertain of its continuance. We know that it is very short, but we know not how short. We know not how little of it remains, whether a...

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Leftover Bread for muffins

2009-07-14T16:00:00.002-05:00

In the recipe for soaked banana bread here (you soak the grains, really, not the bread), I found this handy idea for what amounts to bread pudding muffins: fill muffin cups half full with...

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