http://heiders.bostonblogs.org/ It is an act of faith to assert that our thoughts have any relation to reality at all. - G.K. Chesterton en-us hjkaufmann@gmail.com 2008-07-13T12:29:10-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://heiders.bostonblogs.org/archives/001517.html Argh, I went and changed my blog design and now it's messed up. Ah well. Yesterday Laura and I biked along the South Shore. Despite getting a little lost and dealing with a group of immature guys in a gas-guzzler... 1517@http://heiders.bostonblogs.org/ 2008-07-13T12:29:10-05:00 http://heiders.bostonblogs.org/archives/001506.html Today I watched the most epic Wimbledon final, perhaps even overall match, that I have ever seen. It rivals the time Agassi came back from 2 sets down to win the French Open some time in the 90's. I remember... 1506@http://heiders.bostonblogs.org/ sports 2008-07-06T19:20:28-05:00 http://heiders.bostonblogs.org/archives/001461.html Last night I went to see the Kuumba Singers of Harvard College give their annual spring concert. Amid all the gospel music, spirituals, folk songs, dancing, colors, and laughter, it struck me how every single song was about God.... 1461@http://heiders.bostonblogs.org/ 2008-05-04T09:20:14-05:00 http://heiders.bostonblogs.org/archives/001456.html "A taste for literature and a turn for business, united in the same person, never fails to make a great man." -John Adams... 1456@http://heiders.bostonblogs.org/ 2008-04-27T12:28:12-05:00 http://heiders.bostonblogs.org/archives/001455.html After a misinformed trip to see Status Quo turned into a trip to get ice cream at JP Licks, I can now add Mission Hill to my list of Boston neighborhoods to which I've sojourned. I've driven through before, but... 1455@http://heiders.bostonblogs.org/ 2008-04-27T08:10:52-05:00 http://heiders.bostonblogs.org/archives/001399.html Last week was good and bad, long and short, all at the same time. It was bad because the weather was cold and rainy for a good portion of the time, and work was more stressful than usual. But now... 1399@http://heiders.bostonblogs.org/ 2008-03-24T19:53:40-05:00 http://heiders.bostonblogs.org/archives/001391.html "I myself was more shocked that Bear Stearns managed to last this long. I mean come on, it's an investment bank run by bears." -Elliot Kalan... 1391@http://heiders.bostonblogs.org/ 2008-03-21T10:14:13-05:00 http://heiders.bostonblogs.org/archives/001360.html Can I just take this moment to praise MIT's website? "A thing of beauty is a joy forever."... 1360@http://heiders.bostonblogs.org/ culchah 2008-03-06T16:39:44-05:00 http://heiders.bostonblogs.org/archives/001351.html I credit Nick Kristof for being the first to educate me, at least, about the situation in Darfur several years ago. Now he is calling us to look more closely at Southern Sudan and it doesn't look pretty. Many... 1351@http://heiders.bostonblogs.org/ 2008-03-02T08:53:27-05:00 http://heiders.bostonblogs.org/archives/001350.html The GK Chesterton quotation on the banner of this blog has become my mantra of sorts. Here's another that's a little out there, but totally agrees with what I said in my previous post about comedy (I knew GK and... 1350@http://heiders.bostonblogs.org/ 2008-03-02T08:41:14-05:00 http://heiders.bostonblogs.org/archives/001343.html If you look at this year's Oscar nominees, you'll notice a lack of comedies on the list. It looks like the Academy tossed Juno in there as a bone to those who don't go to the movies to see... 1343@http://heiders.bostonblogs.org/ 2008-02-22T17:14:09-05:00 http://heiders.bostonblogs.org/archives/001318.html This article in the New York Times breaks down the issues that the next president will have to deal with regarding the tax system. None of the candidates have given us a complete picture of how they will balance the... 1318@http://heiders.bostonblogs.org/ 2008-02-09T10:23:12-05:00 http://heiders.bostonblogs.org/archives/001312.html I'm just puttin' this picture up so I'll have it in the archives. Everyone, watch the Stewart/Colbert/Conan brawl from Monday night, on their respective shows. It'll make you believe again in the power of physical force to solve this... 1312@http://heiders.bostonblogs.org/ 2008-02-05T19:49:57-05:00 http://heiders.bostonblogs.org/archives/001297.html David Brooks puts it well. For once this election will not be determined by momentum, and perhaps the nominee will not actually be decided until the convention, at least on the Democratic side. How cool would that be? Perhaps fights... 1297@http://heiders.bostonblogs.org/ 2008-01-30T11:15:29-05:00 http://heiders.bostonblogs.org/archives/001280.html I've declared the year 2008 as the year I will get to better know Boston and all it has to offer. Along with that, I've decided to try to do new things and not keep reverting back to the same... 1280@http://heiders.bostonblogs.org/ 2008-01-20T09:54:23-05:00