Ask Chaka

nothing loath (=quickly) Now tell me, and tell me true . . . . . . and his armor rang rattling around him as he fell (This one will have to ...

I’ve been listening to the Librivox recording of the Iliad during my household chores. I’m really enjoying it, despite the unevenness of th...

For some reason, this kind of argument (X has an ungodly/pagan origin and is thus unacceptable for Christians) drives me insane. See also, ...

From a review of Bloodlands: Europe between Hitler and Stalin: Perhaps we need a new word, one that is broader than the current definition ...

Heh : In an interview several years ago for Relevant Magazine , Mark Driscoll (well known pastor of Mars Hill in Seattle) said, “In Revela...

Is it sacrilegious to say that the wine at last Sunday's Eucharist was particularly excellent? I don't think so. The Eucharist is ma...

He's really Peter Sagal.

Mrs. Chaka and I have made the dangerous discovery of two hours of Star Trek (TOS and TNG) being broadcast each night. Last night's epis...

I read (on the Wait Wait Don't Tell Me blog ) that KFC introduced the Double Down because of complaints that there wasn't enough chi...

Blogging has suffered, what with the moving house, the many calls to AT&T trying to convince them to take my money, the computer dying, ...

Adam Graber directed me to this New York Times article about the consequences of digital (and hence, mashable) texts. The whole thing is i...

A little satire on Philippe the Postmodern Evangelist : "Read it again, more slowly this time. I want to hear the poetic forms and imag...

This makes me feel so conflicted about being an American. Disgusted? To a point. Proud of my country? Absolutely.