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July 23, 2008
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Matthew McConaughey is the new spokesperson for the Beef Council. His take on the "Beef, it's what's for dinner" slogan cracks me up. here is the radio ad in its entirety. Rumors that he taped the ads sans shirt are...
July 15, 2008
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Confessionally, I'm not much in to the Top 40. I acknowledge it exists, but I'd prefer to listen to sports talk. However, I don't tend to label everything 'evil' simply because it is secular. Yesterday, though, our oldest daughter (11...
July 3, 2008
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While there's nothing funny about the details behind the story itself, I did a double take when reading the headline: Georgia's Lemon charged with felony battery. I thought this was a scientific breakthrough in 'green technology.' It wasn't though....
June 4, 2008
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Four years ago, I was quite political here. I think I wrote approximately two hundred anti-John Kerry posts. In this cycle, I've been largely silent online about the drama unfolding that will result in the naming of our next president....
May 28, 2008
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Okay....this is awesome. The photo above was posted in the online version of the Craig Daily Press, with the following caption: Gus the horse waits outside of J. W. Snack's Gulf Coast Bar and BBQ on Wednesday for his...
March 21, 2008
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A few weeks ago, a minister friend of mine and I were talking about how our different generations communicate. News Flash: we're different from one another. Case study: Max & Emily have firmed up their fifteen-year relationship with a Twitter-pated...
February 4, 2008
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January 21, 2008
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Two stories sign an encouraging trend, but show still much progress still possible... US births highest since '61. US abortion rate lowest in 30 years. Despite the relationship between these headlines that even a simple blogger can realize it, the...
January 20, 2008
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Today is Sanctity of Human Life Sunday in the Southern Baptist Convention. Churches around this great land are focusing on the gift of life that God has given and voluntarily committing anew to seek life-affirming options for all people, from...
January 14, 2008
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Mars avoids Asteroid Strike. The terms of the agreement between Mars and the Asteroids were not released, although I infer it includes an arrangement for the rocky debris to refrain from blasting into the red planet, at least through the...
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So the Cowboys lost a game they should have won. From what I saw, you can't blame Tony Romo. Way to many area sports pundits keep talking about how quarterback Tony Romo's vacation to Cabo San Lucas is a non-issue...
January 11, 2008
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Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to conquer Mount Everest, has died. It is worth the few minutes to read his story, particularly of all the work in Nepal he accomplished after the feat. It is also nice to read...
January 7, 2008
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An interesting report from Psychology Today suggests that your dreams are a night school of sorts which are busy equipping you for the perils of life. I remember my dreams a few nights a week, and I never record them...
December 20, 2007
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I just learned from Angela at Fluid Pudding that Dan Fogelberg has died. He was 56 years old. He died from advanced prostate cancer. I'm playing an all-Fogelberg playlist on I-Tunes right now. I've got ten songs from his greatest...
December 19, 2007
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I saw this on the web, and I don't think the original creator of it is a friend to my cause, but it perfectly articulates why we have never perpetuated the deception of Santa Claus. If you are a minor...
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Today's example of poor writing and worse editing comes from the Detroit News, which tells the sad tale of extreme bullying. Thankfully, specifics are not shared, which at least excuses the news source from being a provocateur of scandal. However,...
December 1, 2007
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I never would have thought so, but then I found this at the clearance rack at the mall book store: I used to think that Osteen just wanted me to have my best life now. I thought he cared enough...
November 19, 2007
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In what may be the greatest political advertisement of all time, Chuck and Huck expand their Mutual Admiration relationship....
November 12, 2007
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This just in my in-box (kinda), like 800 times: I don't just generally dismiss a movie or book just because someone 'says' it's meant to be something else...but this is worth knowing if you plan to see it (or plan...
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The entertainment industry's writers are on strike because they want more money. Regular television programming has already been affected, with daily shows like Letterman & Leno being brought to a halt. Widespread stoppage will occur over the next six weeks,...
November 7, 2007
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From the Wall Street Journal, news from Columbus announces the "conversion" of a formerly one-way street to a bi-directional thoroughfare. In what doesn't seem like big news, there was this inclusion of a seemingly odd observation: Gay Street merchants, particularly...
November 2, 2007
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A 17-year old girl was suspended from school for having live shotgun shells discovered in her car in the school parking lot. The offense, "possessing a dangerous instrument," and the accompanying suspension could potentially hamper her efforts to get into...
November 1, 2007
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Church in the Wind is a biker church that originated in Denver and how has a growing national presence. Here's a story about the ministry from five years ago, that I had originally linked to, but have had to update...
October 24, 2007
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In what may be the funnest story of the day, Chuck Norris has endorsed former Arkansas governor and Baptist pastor Mike Huckabee for president. The Fox News story not only links to the Norris commentary where his endorsement is offered,...
October 18, 2007
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a repost from October 7, 2002 On October 3, 2002, scientists completed the important work of picking the world's funniest joke. A couple of New Jersey hunters are out in the woods when one of them falls to the ground....
October 17, 2007
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An Italian photographer took a picture of a bonfire and saw an image of Pope John Paul II. The first link is the story, the second is a close-up side-by-side. Many are a-tizzy over the image, calling it miraculous and...
October 10, 2007
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Fast Company, one of four magazines I actually pay to read, offers a daily "FC Now" online feature that presents fresh Fast Company content hot off the Internet griddle. In today's offering, they link to an Esquire Magazine article about...
September 26, 2007
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From my inbox, an update that the Fox 4 web copy editor was on a coffee break: FOX 4's helicopter, Sky 4, is overhead as police chase a suspect who stole a car and escaped from a hospital. Watch live...
September 24, 2007
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Forgetting there is a reason the nation was once called Greenland, scientists observe the thaw is rapidly advancing. In doing so, they reveal a prejudicial opinion in their analysis. The worst melting happened in the summer of 2004-2005, with snow...
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Famed Mime Marcel Marceau died on Sunday. He was 84. This detail seemed altogether appropriate, all factors considered. Marceau died Saturday in Paris, French media reported. Former assistant Emmanuel Vacca announced the death on France-Info radio, but gave no details...
August 29, 2007
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I support the right to bear arms. and to bare arms. but not to arm bears. okay...now that all the puns are out of the way, back to the issue. I am not a gun owner. But many of my...
August 22, 2007
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August 16, 2007
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Warren from View from the Pew shares the story of a prominent SBC pastor calling for imprecatory prayer upon a couple of Americans United staffers. This group, in case you don't know, strives to eliminate any presence of Christian faith...
August 13, 2007
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A church in Lubbock has died. It will be buried. And it will rise as a new creation. America's landscape is littered with churches that are dead-but-living. At least this one was honest enough to wear the toe tag...
August 5, 2007
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Russia is experiencing a flourishing bumper crop of false messiahs. One Sergei Christ is a former traffic cop who now gives "new life." He holds sway over an estimated 5,000 followers (but you know that's just his minister of...
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Rupert Murdoch, head of all things Fox (and a jillion other things) has successfully advanced his plans to buy Dow Jones, which is the publisher of The Wall Street Journal. I'm not an anti-Fox News person, although I confess...
July 30, 2007
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I'm sorry...I meant to type "More on Water" since I blogged about this a little while ago. Pepsi has joined Coke in 'fessing that they simply refilter the already filtered and much less expensive public water supply, repackage it in...
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Discover Magazine reports that time may break down when it is reduced to its most fundamental elements. The problematic finding has implications on the physics of past, present, and future. When time gets very brief, the problems start (no pun...
July 22, 2007
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Carbondale, Colorado, is about 3 hours from where I grew up in Craig. Dateline...there. Here's a fun story about a man who went to Belize to help with a bike race, got a mosquito bite on his noggin, and came...
July 20, 2007
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terrorists in the pipeline Originally uploaded by bmcanally Click on the image for a closer look. I thought this was an unfortunately funny juxtaposition. I don't whether to think that the Democrats were able to slip in an odd...
July 9, 2007
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Today, news comes out that the herpes virus holds promise as a potential treatment for cancer. The genetically-engineered herpes simplex 1 virus (the one that causes cold sores, chicken pox, and shingles) attacks cancer cells, but leaves healthy ones unmolested....
June 30, 2007
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Fast Company offers a fascinating article on the bottled water industry. Sipping from the content: In 1976, the average American drank 1.6 gallons of bottled water a year, according to Beverage Marketing Corp. Last year, we each drank 28.3 gallons...
April 5, 2007
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And he's not in a box on the other side of Jerusalem. A twin billing from the "hunting-for-Easter-readers" news conglomerate... First, the Human Genome Project Chief Dr. Francis Collins explains why he is a follower of Jesus. His argument is...
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Definitely the headline of the day. Also helpful reminders: A bidet does not a drinking fountain make. Dog's do not follow Rule #2...so you follow the rule of not letting them lick your face or hands. No matter how effective...
January 23, 2007
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On Friday, January 19, 28-year-old single mom of three Jennifer Strange died while competing to win a Nintendo Wii for her kids. She died from water intoxication after drinking gallons of water for four hours and not being allowed to...
January 22, 2007
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California Assemblywoman Sally Lieber wants to outlaw spanking very young children in her state. Perhaps not surprisingly, the assemblywoman is not a parent. She does however, manage the discipline of a black and white kitty cat named Snoop, upon which...
December 21, 2006
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The Kris Kringle Digits, according to Uncle Sam's Number Nerds, (also via pastors.com, possibly for a rant on the commercialization of the holiday)...
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From Reuters, Via pastors.com newsletter: Shopping mall Santas may not have an easy job after all. According to a survey, 90 percent of all seasonal Santas say that at least one kid pulls their beard every single day - just...
November 10, 2006
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I saw this and thought it apt to the blue wave that recently swept the land:Paul MercurioI spent last week in Ohio with "The Daily Show," which was taping a week of shows from The Ohio State Campus for the...
October 14, 2006
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In what surely must be an effort to distract the American public from the horrible offenses of Republican Congressman Mark Foley, somehow Karl Rove convinced former Democrat Congressman Gerry Studds to die. Studds was the first openly gay congressman and...
September 1, 2006
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Our nearby mall conglomerate Grapevine Mills has recently released a new campaign for shoppers' children toward the aim of "stranger awareness." Ironically, the Mills' mascot's name is Muggsy. I find that funny. Never has violent crime had such a cute...
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From the Inbox...decent advice: Next time you come home for the night and you go to put your keys away, think of this: It's a security alarm system that you probably already have and requires no installation. Start keeping your...
August 16, 2006
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This has been in my inbox for about 10 months....so it's about time I shared it, now that everyone has had plenty of time to read it somewhere else: HOW COULD 50 STATES BE WRONG? Somewhere along the way, the...
August 5, 2006
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Bill Owens, Colorado governor, in an attempt to defend former Colorado Governor Dick Lamm, disses his own kids. This is something I try to stay away from -- using my own children as object lessons when speaking in public. I...
July 21, 2006
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The Lone Star state has passed a law that allows travellers to zip along at a speed that will help ensure a break-neck rate. I guess I'm okay with this, having recently driven approximately 4,000 miles in the past...
June 27, 2006
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Not the CBS reality program, but blood kin who stole all of mommy's hetero antibodies in the womb. Or something like that. As an aside, could the source mentioned in the link be any punnier? 944 test subjects, out of...
June 26, 2006
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There was a time in my life when this would have been the ultimate opportunity for me, and I would have been all over it like...well...one thing that was really aggressively pursuing another thing, or at least two things that...
June 23, 2006
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There is a new ring tone that only kids can hear. Or at least that's what I'm told, since I cannot hear it. Kelli can't either. But all three of my kids can. We independently put them to the test,...
June 22, 2006
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I totally misread this as Russell Simmons North Korea's Ambassador. Truth be told, those would be some nuclear weapons negotiations that I'd tune in to CSPAN to watch....
June 14, 2006
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"Alternate Candidate" Frank Page, pastor of First Baptist Church, Taylors, SC, was elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention yesterday. He defeated Arkansas pastor Ronnie Floyd (the preliminarily expected appointee/winner) and Tennessee pastor Jerry Sutton. Dr. Page believes in the...
May 26, 2006
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Recently, the McFamily visited Texas State University in San Marcos so Kaylyn could receive a Rising Star award for writing. The guest speaker (a children's author who I don't remember) advised the aspiring scribes to fully engage in their studies...
April 4, 2006
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Separated at birth? Clearly, Representative Cynthia McKinney rode the coattails of Pedro's election. And much like the erstwhile class president learned the hard way about the fine line between effigy & pinata, so too did the legislator discover that she...
March 30, 2006
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It's not that men don't want to listen to women, it's that men were not designed to be able to listen to women. Men's brains are not designed to listen to women's voices. It's not the pitch of the woman's...
March 27, 2006
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"The only conscientious objecter to win the Congressional Medal of Honor during World War II" has died. I offer my thanks to this patriot for his bravery and support to the United States of America who served without compromising his...
March 24, 2006
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The following is really for those who are interested in the internal issues related to Southern Baptist polity, policy, and personalities. Anyone is welcome to read it, but what purpose that would serve, I'm not certain. So, NAMB's trustees offered...
March 16, 2006
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From a recent Wall Street Journal Best of the Web: From an article on South Dakota's draconian new abortion law in the English-language edition of Der Spiegel: Thelma Underberg, director of the regional pro-choice movement, has been fighting to uphold...
February 26, 2006
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This time, it is Jesse "Don" Knotts Darrin McGavin Anthony Burger Strangely, I was just listening to some of Burger's music yesterday while working, and I remember thinking how gifted he was. I don't think that too often. Thinking about...
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An update to the previous story about my prior place of ministry is here (read the last couple paragraphs). This is a, as they* say, "developing story." By the by, I had my first "in house" question about it today,...
February 19, 2006
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Okay, so there's this deal, a scathing report on my former employer, blowing up inside my denomination. And here's my employer's response. And here's a word of support by a trustee. And here's the wire feed via Associated Baptist Press,...
January 23, 2006
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From The Wall Street Journal, Best of the Web, vebatim: On CNN's "Late Edition," yesterday, Wolf Blitzer highlighted a rare moment of agreement between Karl Rove and Sen. Chuck Schumer: Rove: The United States faces a ruthless enemy. And we...
January 13, 2006
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The 'Net is all ga-ga over the short life and single ocular mechanism of this suddenly-famous dead kitty. In memorial tribute, I over two songs -- both by lyrical genius Heywood Banks -- to the monocular feline...one for its lone...
January 5, 2006
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So this unfortunate woman was shot in the face on New Year's Eve/Morn, by an unknown reveler idiot firing bullets randomly into the night's sky. There's nothing funny down that road. What is funny, though, is the press treatment given...
December 19, 2005
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And it's got Excedrin written all over it. Cindy Sheehan went to Spain. Apparently, this is news because 99 other folks met her, and together they griped about President Bush. Well, last night we had about 500 people meet...
December 18, 2005
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A little Sunday perspective, from an actor no less, via WSJ BOTW: Morgan Freeman says the concept of a month dedicated to black history is "ridiculous." "You're going to relegate my history to a month?" the 68-year-old actor says in...
December 15, 2005
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Beliefnet named its most inspiring person for 2005. Her story, if you aren't familiar... It could have happened to any of us. Nov. 13, 2004, Ruvolo was driving to a niece's recital when her world collapsed. A group of teenagers...
December 9, 2005
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The predilection of the day seems to be evolving toward an obtuse effort to be so socially inoffensive during this Christmas season that the results border on the ludicrous. In the the Wall Street Journal's Best of The Web on...
December 2, 2005
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I'm a little off-put by the news of a pack of Russian squirrels killing and making a Sunday brunch out of stray dog. Angry, hungry squirrels travelling in packs. I've never seen more than three squirrels together, and usually they're...
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I'm in favor of the blustery proposal by FCC Chairman Kevin J. Martin to make cable television programming a cafeteria plan. I've accepted the fact that I have to pay the high cost to receive bundled programming and television access....
December 1, 2005
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So the BBC makes a big story out of the US acknowledgement that its doing a little positive news circulation of its own. The BBC is all aflutter because "they're only telling one side of the story." Here in America,...
October 4, 2005
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I'm taking a "wait-and-see" approach to Harriet Miers' appointment as a SCOTUS associate justice. Perhaps its because I naively voted for Clinton in '92 that I'm willing to not hold against her her late 80's financial support of Gore and...
September 28, 2005
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By Chris Brammer* Day after day through all manners of advertising, we are exposed to the new lowest rates and “get out of debt” schemes. Mortgage "professionals" are selling the idea that you can buy your family anything from your...
September 27, 2005
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CNet has put out a list of the 10 worst tech gadgets. I own a cue cat. Never used it. I think the store actually gave me two, in case the first wore out from a plethora of cue-catting. Not...
September 15, 2005
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I've waxed philosophic before on the intricacies of facial hair removal, but I'm utterly resigned at the news that a new 5-blade razor will soon be on the shelf. Why settle for Quattro when you can have Fusion? Note: The...
September 12, 2005
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I like Al Mohler, really. He's got more smarts in his thumbnail than I do in my entire noggin. And I'm sure I agree with him on this...families need to share their dinner meal together. I'm just not sure he...
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John Piper rebuts NPR dodderer Daniel Schorr. Inevitably, the politicization of Katrina pulls in conversation about God. Even the insurance industry term "acts of God" glints to the manifestational reality that God must be reconciled in the assessment of global...
September 7, 2005
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Two little sidelights bringing smiles in otherwise serious, busy days... ...the first, an email from a well-intentioned yet spellchecker-impaired person, who offered us to help "the refudgees." ...and the second, this correction (actually, the fourth one down, h/t WSJ BOTW)...
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And once again, a sanity-imploring POV piece from the erstwhile ex-gameshow host....
August 27, 2005
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Pat and I don't travel in the same circles. Socially or geopolitically....
August 19, 2005
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Tiger kills Kansas teen posing for photo. Sad. A reminder of what my old pappy always used to say, "Large predators do not make good pets. Or good photo opportunities."...
August 18, 2005
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Not that there's anything wrong with this...but BP just offered a list of Disney movies that "you may have missed during the boycott." The publication of this article conveys the same naivety shared by the secular public, which believes that...
August 8, 2005
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Peter Jennings has died, from lung cancer. And now he knows the conclusive reality to his skepticism. I pray it is an eternal celebration for him, and not a lament. Peter Jennings"I have never spent a day in my...
August 3, 2005
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Scientists have discovered a 10th planet in our gated community known as the solar system, proving that at least for the past thousand or so years, we don't know as much as we think we do....scientifically speaking, that is....
August 1, 2005
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I'm no economist, having made a determination long ago to live by faith. I found this article very interesting, along with its accompanying charts, comparing the performance of two polarizing mutual funds - one based on virtue, the other upon...
July 25, 2005
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Pope Warren genuflects on every matter under the sun, with libs from across the spectrum. This is a long, but fascinating read....
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Any guesses on how I feel about this? I've been on the other side of the magazine production process. I know he doesn't have any say or influence in what the editor put on the cover. Yet... Anything less...
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I'm certainly willing to be convinced that my opinion is ill-informed, but on a cursory read, I agree with the logic behind limiting the term of Supreme Court Justices....
July 14, 2005
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James Henry Smith eschewed the normal stick-me-in-a-wooden-box funeral viewing, and was instead dressed in fine black and gold jammies and reclined in Lay-Z-Boy, as though he had fallen asleep watching his favorite football team, The Pittsburgh Steelers. The faux setting...
July 3, 2005
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High Schools are taking offers for gymnasium naming rights. Looks like, from the article, that minimum bids tend to be around $50G. I guess I'll have to wait a bit, since I have to pay my cable/internet bill. Otherwise I...
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In the inbox: Don't forget your comma, lest you want people to think your police are selling drugs....
June 29, 2005
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I received an email that former Colorado Governor Richard Lamm spoke on the evils of multiculturalism. Snopes verified it as true. So I'm linking to Snopes, rather than reprinting it here. Before your PC antennae go all jiggy, go read...
June 26, 2005
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At the Southern Baptist Convention this past week in Nashville, Dr. Jimmy Draper hosted a conclave of emerging leaders. Here's the audio of the gather-up. I listened to the whole slate, and thought there were some real gems, particularly from...
June 20, 2005
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From the Inbox:Hello Friends and Family~ Thanks for all the prayers that have been spoken on behalf of the Parten/Holloway families. I am passing along the latest update from Steve. When I read the update and saw that Steve asked...
June 8, 2005
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A SC reader passes along this link that sees the future, and its freaky. You really ought to only click if you have a quick connection, and about a quarter hour to check out what happens when you put Microsoft,...
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Anne Bancroft has died....
June 7, 2005
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AOL and The Discovery Channel and who knows who else are compiling a list of the greatest Americans. The Nominations can be found here. Vote here. Don't feel obligated to vote for Muhammed Ali just because he once declared himself...
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President Bush prepares to "go nucular" on a member of mainstream media for interrupting his dinner plans with former Secretary of State Colin Powell....
June 6, 2005
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Google continues its global takeover by scanning the world's library into its vast-and-growing database, and makes it searchable. And in a small repast of humility, neither of my published works has made its archives. No, that doesn't surprise me. But...
June 1, 2005
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Studies: Cynicism Starts Young and Sarcasm Is Complex This completely explains why our children have learned to ask, "You're being sarcastic, aren't you?" Yes. Yes, I am. Get used to it....
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So former FBI #2 man Mark Felt is Deep Throat. In the interviews, his family has disclosed that the self-revelation was made so that they can capitalize on it financially, and that he was basically disgruntled. So, except for the...
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In the past, I've mentioned the dialogue that Lifeway President Jimmy Draper has begun likening the current condition of a non-evangelistic mindset of many within the Southern Baptist Convention to a frog mistaking it's boiling water for a hot tub....
May 25, 2005
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A Chinese photographer was criticized for taking photographs of a man taking a big nose digger over his bicycle handlebars, when the poor guy chunked into a rain-hidden pothole. They said he shoulda been alerting cyclists of the impending header,...
May 12, 2005
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MSN offers a decent list of ten things your children's teachers should know about your kids. My bride and I agree that it is a worthwhile investment to foster a relationship with your teacher prior to the school year's undertaking,...
May 11, 2005
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Rev. Chan Chandler, a Southern Baptist pastor in North Carolina, who told his church's Democrats they should either "repent or resign" has, himself, resigned. And further lovely text bytes from this divided congregation... As Chandler and his wife drove out...
May 10, 2005
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From the inbox, from what I have to assume is a concerned SC reader... The Peach State Tourism board must be lamenting how this guy has undone years of hard work with truly apalling comments. snippet"When you grow up on...
May 8, 2005
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I'm not interested in kicking on Jennifer Wilbanks. A lot of mean-spirited fun is being had at her expense. Not that she didn't earn much of it, but folks have been relentless, and I'm suggesting that we acknowledge her fifteen...
May 3, 2005
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When it's a pawn in international politics. China is offering a pair of pandas to Taiwan, claiming a goodwill gesture. Taiwan is concerned the pandas have strings attached...all the way back to China. This is cleary a non-regifting situation,...
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Czech Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek ponders ordering Frozen Fingertip & Chocolate Chunk Custard. The real deal here....
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"Runaway Bride" Jennifer Wilbanks models a towel from her Macy's registery list, saying from beneath the bathware, "It's not too late to buy me a gift!"...
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Environmentalists laud the ultra-low emission prototype Ford Icarus, despite its $500,000 price tag. The real deal here....
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And I quote: “I thought it was candy because they put candy in your ice cream ... to make it a treat. So I said, ’OK, well, I’ll just put it in my mouth and get the ice cream off...
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So there is hope for the brain-damaged, even after ten years. Oh, that's right, you are only allowed such a hope if the courts determine your life is worth living. Sorry about that Terri....
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Randy alerted me to the undies-all-up-in-a-bunch crowd over the First Lady's Schtick-up. She could have only been funnier if she had actually shared this joke (which caused me to laugh out loud, thank you very much, Tony). Personally, I thought...
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Fox is guilty of understatement with this headline. I'm just saying......
April 30, 2005
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So the nice lady with crazy in her eyes turned out to be safe, a thousand miles away and hoping the New Mexico climate would heat up her cold feet. Happiness and joy that she's safe, not abducted or harmed...
April 26, 2005
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Some cellular telephone companies are compiling a national cell phone 411 directory, likely to be used by telemarketers. The claim is that this is an "opt in" service and you have to request to be added. Only masochists and idiots...
April 20, 2005
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Okay, Al Mohler isn't a Pope, that's contratian to our entire Baptist way of thinking. But he is a figure head, and is well-spoken...Here (Sorry for no permalink...you'd think he could manage that with all the technology at his...
April 19, 2005
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Well, since I figured I wasn't the only person wondering these things, I found out a little information on the fifteen Benedicts prior to the new one... Tenures and bios of reign ("reign" is an okay term, I think, since...
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So Catholics have a new Pope (which is not at all to be confused with New Coke®. For him and the church he leads I pray: Father, please bless this man as he leads the Catholic Church. Use him powerfully...
April 4, 2005
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For an excellent Southern Baptist assessment of current Catholic events, read the latest by Al Mohler on his blog, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. An excerpt:For evangelicals, the crucial question comes with the institution of the papacy itself....
April 2, 2005
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Pope John Paul II has died. I pray for comfort for the billion Catholics mourning him, and for the wisdom of God upon those electing his successor. I found this to be interesting: When a pope dies, the prefect of...
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