Claude Fable 5: The Most Capable Model You Can Actually Use, With a Catch

Jun 10, 2026 | AI, featured

Anthropic released a new model on June 9: Claude Fable 5. It is the most capable model they have made public, and it leads their earlier models on most of the hard tasks. If you are on Opus 4.8, you will notice the difference. The bigger reason to pay attention is how...

Indy 500 Frequencies!

May 22, 2026 | IndyCar

I’ve been scanning races at IMS for years, and every time I hand a scanner to someone new, it goes the same way. Three laps in they get it, and they want to know why they sat through so many races without one. From the grandstands, the 500 is a great show, but...

from the Confession of Belhar, PCUSA Book of Confessions

Jan 19, 2026 | featured

This passage from the Confession of Belhar was read aloud by the whole congregation last Sunday, and it really struck a chord with me. I wanted to share it along with the scripture that accompanies the bulletpoints. (From the PC(USA) Book of Confessions) We Believe:...

Life of Horace Mann by Mary Peabody Mann (1865)

Dec 30, 2025 | Ancestry

Mary Peabody Mann’s 1865 biography, “Life of Horace Mann,” offers an intimate portrait of her husband’s rise from rural poverty to educational reformer, drawing on personal letters and observations. Written after his 1859 death, the book...

Ancestry, Education, and a Family Connection to Horace Mann

Dec 15, 2025 | Ancestry

Family history has a way of collapsing centuries into a single line on a chart. Names repeat. Dates stack up. Then occasionally, one of those names turns out to belong to someone who changed the country. Recently, my oldest daughter has become interested in family...