Friday, August 12, 2005Cindy Sheehan --- Iraq's Jane FondaI am appalled by the behaviour of this bereft mother. Yes, that she lost her son in the Iraq War is horrible. But she is not the only mother who has lost a child. She is indisputably in excruciating emotional pain. I would be in emotional agony if I lost one of my darling boys. Grief makes people a... Sign in to see full entry.Tuesday, August 9, 2005Discovery Is Home!I am so happy for our space shuttle crew and their families, and for NASA. The crew and that beautiful bird are home safe. Thanks be to God! I heard something very interesting the other day that I am still in the process of researching. It seems that the original foam on the shuttle's external fuel... Sign in to see full entry.Tuesday, August 2, 2005Why Everyone Should Study History... you never know when some arcane bit of knowledge will prevent your being embarrassed. This is a great "lawyer joke" -- and for once the lawyer comes out on top! A New Orleans lawyer sought an FHA (Federal Housing Authority) loan for a client. He was told the loan would be granted if he could... Sign in to see full entry.Friday, July 29, 2005Rules to live by:ONE. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully TWO. Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other. THREE. Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want. FOUR. When you say, "I love you," mean... Sign in to see full entry.Tuesday, July 26, 2005A Beautiful SightI watched the videotape of Discovery's launch today. It was the most beautiful thing I've seen in a long time. I always thought I'd love to be an astronaut, but I was bad at science, worse at math, and absolutely terrified of closed in spaces. Kinda makes that ambition impossible to achieve. I love... Sign in to see full entry.Friday, July 22, 2005Is It Wrong for Christians to Drink Alcoholic Beverages?Jesus drank alcoholic beverages. He ate meat. He got mad and turned over a bunch of tables. He did a lot of things that people now try to classify as sin and explain away. It's not wrong to get mad; it's not wrong to eat meat, and it's not wrong to drink alcoholic beverages. But it is wrong to get... Sign in to see full entry.Thursday, July 21, 2005What Is With This "Nuke Mecca" Thing?!Okay, I am as angry as the next guy about the whole Islamic terrorists attacking innocent civilians in places that have never done them any harm, but please! There's no need to pull out the nukes. At least, not yet. See, what I am remembering is that the reason we abhorred Hitler's tactics was that... Sign in to see full entry.Wednesday, July 13, 2005Crazy DriversOkay, a crazy person nearly killed me as I was turning into my own driveway last night. I was driving up the street as usual. My house is on the west side of the street, and I come home from the south, so I have to turn left into my driveway. I slowed down, signaled my left turn, looked around to... Sign in to see full entry.Tuesday, July 5, 2005I Beat the Pushy Appliance SalesmanI had to go buy a new refrigerator this weekend, as my eight-year-old Amana had sprung a leak in the evaporator and would cost some $500 to $800 to fix. On Friday night, the kids and I went to Sears and started looking at all the available models. I wanted to get a good idea of what was out there,... Sign in to see full entry.Tuesday, June 28, 2005Do I Really WANT to Live That Long?I recently read about a woman in Brasil named Maria Olivia da Silva who is 125 years old. Her birth certificate states that she was born 28 February 1880. Can you imagine?! This woman was in her late 30s during WWI. She was 49 when the stock market crashed in 1929. She was in her 60s during WWII.... Sign in to see full entry. |