Language Liberalism Freethought Birds Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way. This is a special case of the more general truth that Language Weirds. Only when a republic's life is in danger should a man uphold his government when it is in the wrong. There is no other time. The church says Earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidence in a shadow than the church. If we can't find Heaven, there are always bluejays.
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Little Birds - and a Bigger One
Sunday, sparrows and a couple of finches were mobbing around the grass - or the dust, more like, after this dry summer. They were joined by a mourning dove. Some of the sparrows were babies - adolescents I suppose - still begging for food from their harried parents. Another day in suburbia...




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