Switching Problems

I daily ride a Metra train.
It goes just fine in the rain.

Not so
In snow.

The Trib reports: "Metra was reporting delays of up to an hour across its system this evening, mostly due to switch problems related to the weather."

Up to an hour? Try MORE than an hour. Hey, but at least it gave me time to finish Varieties of Religious Experience.

I find the title a bit misleading. He is really concerned, chiefly, with varieties of Protestant and Catholic religious experience.

He knows a bit about the other flavors,
But Christianity's what he really savors.

Only, it's a very watered down, Unitarian sort of Christianity, further colored by his own commitments to pluralism and pragmatism. You come away with the idea that it's good to believe in something supernatural, and it should be suited to your own personality and history, but that all sorts of beliefs will do the job.

That eloquent man, William James,
Downplayed metaphysical claims,
But said there was room
To fight off the gloom
With spirits of various names.