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Australian Table Wines
I finally found the audio for one of my favorite Monty Python skits, the review of Australian wines (1.3 mb). Yes, it’s stupid, but it’s funny. I’ve got some other skits ripped from some of their other albums, and I’ll be putting them up online in the future. BTW, Australia has had the last laugh, […]
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Flock Released
True to form, I’ve jumped on new technology, and fully expect it to change the way I live my life. A new web tool called “Flock” has just been released in beta, and so far, I think it’s pretty cool. While you can bookmark your links local like normal, you can also link to your […]
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Sweet Satellite Hurricane Videos
NASA has a very, very sweet video made up of satellite images of the 2005 hurricane season. I had it playing at work yesterday, and everyone who walked by my cubicle stopped and agreed with my conclusion. Download it and watch it.
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Emerging Unscathed
Sorry I haven’t written in a while. I’ve been distracted by another project, and also been working long hours on a proposal at work. But, I saw this answer and had to share it. MSNBC has posted an interested article surprisingly called, The Gift of ADHD. Intrigued by the title, I started reading the article […]
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Squeamish About Sushi
I haven’t done a review in a while, but Sarah picked up a book at the library that I so enjoyed that I needed to share it. The book is called “Squeamish About Sushi: and Other Food Adventures in Japan“, by Betty Reynolds, and is a beautifully illustrated introduction to Japanese food culture.
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Gleaning Laws for the Modern Age
I take a perverse pleasure in seeing people discover for themselves wisdom that’s been in the Bible for centuries. Leviticus 19:9-10 “And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleaning of thy harvest. And thou shalt not glean thy […]
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The Trial Begins
Well, it seems that the prosecution in our case intends to use our blog as evidence in the trial, and we’ve received selected posts in our packet of evidence, so while I’ve always assumed that anyone in the world could read this, I now have that knowledge in the back of my mind as I […]
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Treasure Hunting
We had a great day yesterday! After going to Uncle Andrew and Uncle Peter’s soccer game, we took a borrowed GPS receiver and Sarah, Thomas, Tabitha, Andrew, Peter and myself all drove off to the Struble Trail to go hunt for treasure. Geocaching is a sport/hobby where people go and hide items around the world, […]
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Trial Starts Tuesday
Our trial is now scheduled to begin Tuesday, September 27. There really isn’t too much more information that I’m aware of, except for one major issue. Despite our request, the Session has apparently decided to close the trial. I have no idea why they’ve chosen to do this, but Sarah and I are rather concerned […]
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Controlling Personalities in the Church
An anonymous source sent me an excellent series on the Wittenberg Gate on spiritual abuse, and the techniques that abusive leaders will use to control the congregation. I don’t know the woman who wrote the article, but she does do a good job listing the traits of manipulative leaders, including some of my favorites like […]
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Google Trumps the Doctor
An interesting letter was posted on the Google Blog talking about a couple that used Google to save their premature twins from a dangerous medical procedure soon after birth. Turns out that an apparent complication in the health of one of the twins led the medical team to tell the parents that their son required […]
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Beware of Parents with Video Cameras
There are certain items which, when combined, create a noxious result. Combine a video camera and a young baby, and you get inane movies like this one. But, of course, as parents, we think it’s the cutest thing in the world. And so should you. Yes, we did film Micah blinking and put it on […]
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Professional Do-gooders
Dr. Neill H. Payne posted this quote on the Reformed Theology Discussion List. It’s appropriate in many contexts. Most of the major ills of the world have been caused by well-meaning people who ignored the principle of individual freedom, except as applied to themselves, and who were obsessed with fanatical zeal to improve the lot […]
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Servants of the Law
I love this quote from John Roberts during his Supreme Court confirmation hearing today: Judges and justices are servants of the law, not the other way around. Judges are like umpires. Umpires don’t make the rules; they apply them. The role of an umpire and a judge is critical. They make sure everybody plays by […]
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Thomas’ Movie
Thomas was watching the trailer for Corpse Bride, and I was explaining to him how stop-motion animation works. He didn’t really seem to be grasping the concept, so I whipped our new camera, set it up on a tripod, and directed him in his first feature film. Here is it’s world premier!