I can’t believe I haven’t mentioned this yet: I’m going to visit Canada for a week, starting this Saturday. Well, technically Sunday as we’ll be driving up there from Missouri. To Montreal. It’s going to be about a 28 hour drive. Yes, we’re driving it. Should be interesting. My 6 year old daughter has no [...]
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By The Gods Above
How’s this for an interesting topic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polydeism Discuss. =)
READ MORE »So, Who’s The Board Of Directors Of Your Life, Then?
This is an interesting little read: Becoming CEO (of Your Own Life) It’s from this Web site I only just started looking at–it was like the 2nd page I’ve read so far. Granted, I’ve read this kind of stuff a million times before…but for some reason the imagery, the this analogy of CEO of your [...]
READ MORE »How Much Knowledge Is A Dangerous Thing?
Back when I was in grade school, in the early 80′s, as with all things related to espionage and crime fighting and playing the role of a spy nearly 24/7, I also tried to learn as much as I could about drugs. No no, just the facts, not the experiences! By the time I was [...]
READ MORE »GrogMonkey!
Yesterday morning a word came to me like lightening from above or mold on cheese, I haven’t decided which. That word was: GROGMONKEY It stuck. All morning. There was nothing I could do but say it repeatedly…mainly to myself as I already get weird looks at work. So the only way to execise this meme [...]
READ MORE »Stop Comparing Wonka to Jackson! Please!
Every review I’ve read, every one, of the new Tim Burton’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” has been comparing Johnny Depp’s Willy Wonka with Michael Jackson. God, I’m so sick of it. As if every reviewer has intuited some subtle connection that he alone has noticed and is imparting to us. Give me a break–they’re [...]
READ MORE »Karl Rove–Traitor (Should Have Seen It Coming)
So Karl Rove has admitted to exposing an active undercover CIA agent’s identity to the press. That’s a felony, and potential treason. And why did he do it? Well, it’s speculated because the agent’s husband, a US Embassador, made public statements contradicting the Bush administration’s arguements regarding weapons of mass destruction before invading Iraq. Karl [...]
READ MORE »Christian Problem With Being Gay
The other day I read this blog entry: http://christianmind.blogspot.com/2005/07/united-church-of-christ-officially.html where the author lambasts the United Church of Christ for accepting gay marriage. That alone prompted me to write something. Then I read this entry over on NewSojourn: http://newsojourn.blogspot.com/2005/07/sola-scriptura-part-ii.html (I encourage you to read that post and the previous, part 1, post as it has some [...]
READ MORE »You Light Up My Life!
I have wanted a green glass banker’s lamp for years! I love those things. I finally found one on eBay for a reasonable price, and now it sits here on my desk at work. Which is REALLY nice, because we keep the lights off back here in the tech department, so a soft light lamp [...]
READ MORE »Bad Elitist; Bad Bad Elitist
Hello, my name is ____ and I’m an Elitist. I can’t deny I’m an elitist. I’m an arrogant morally superior snob. And I’m not totally ashamed of it. Oh, I feel bad if I hurt feelings, don’t get me wrong. But I don’t feel bad about having very definite, strong beliefs. Over on NewSojourn, Mark [...]
READ MORE »Why No Dinosaur-Sapiens?
My wife and I were discussing the interesting facts of evolution the other day, and she brought up an interesting question: Dinosaurs were on the planet a lot longer than humans…why did they not evolve into intelligent creatures on the level of humans? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_evolution Dinosaurs and their cousins were on the planet for nearly 200 [...]
READ MORE »Can I Call It Or What?! (OK, Computer)
I was looking through some of my older blogs, and saw this one from a couple of months ago: “General Update” In it I said: (As I finish this, my playlist went on to Radiohead’s “OK Computerâ€. In my opinion, their best work, and argueably one of the best albums ever.) CNN a couple of [...]
READ MORE »Terrorist Attack in London
Terrorst attack in London What can be said. It’s a horrible, tragic, cowardly thing to do. I don’t care what moral certainty and skewed sense of honor and justice the terrorists use to justify their actions–I’m certain they’re cowardly bastards. I feel for the victims and their families.
READ MORE »Killing Over an iPod; Steve Jobs Condolances
This is tragic synchronicity. After blogging today about some wise words given by Steve Jobs in a speech, I see this article about a teen killed in New York over his iPod: Jobs calls family of stabbing victim: Apple CEO offers condolences ‘from his heart’ to family of teen killed last week over iPod. I [...]
READ MORE »Our Privacy Endangered
A very interesting book: No Place to Hide: Behind the Scenes of Our Emerging Surveillance Society by Robert O’Harrow He was on XMPR’s Bob Edward’s show this morning, talking about how our privacy is invaded almost daily. How there are companies out there storing information on us, using information about us to manipulate us (usually [...]
READ MORE »Wise Words From Steve Jobs
Take a few moments and read this: http://www.snopes.com/glurge/stevejobs.asp Once you get past the few instances of ego, like his not implying, but coming right out and saying that PC’s today wouldn’t have nice typefaces if not for him (like no one in the history of the PC would have thought of making nice looking fonts?!) [...]
READ MORE »There Are Absolute Truths
Over on NewSojourner blog I’m having a great debate/discussion with Mark about the existance and application of “Universal Truths”: http://newsojourn.blogspot.com/2005/06/certain-uncertainty.html And for the most part I’m being a devil’s advocate. A way I myself try to also better understand something, if I vehemently try to argue the other side. (A side-effect from my speech-and-debate days.) [...]
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