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The joy of owning a domain is checking out what search string led viewers to your site. Here’s a list of my top ten favorite from 2004: | 10. giant gerber daisy (um…) | 9. burlgar photos (how ’bout searching for “spell check” next time) | 8. obedience -dogs (ok, ok… I can see it)... Read More
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EZ Optics for Curious Homemakers
I was getting my fix of knowledge today and stumbled across a great optics experiment done Emeril-style. From the days of childhood I imagined great things to do with microwaves: cook insects, check the heating capability of the microwave using an electronic thermometer, make sparkles with old AOL CDs. Never in a million years did... Read More
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Chaplain John Fisher, newly appointed squad leader and my best friend, has just recently started basic training in the Army and will be shipped over to Iraq come April. He has a blog now where you can keep track of all of his “adventures”: “Its three o’clock in the morning sir!! How are you feeling?”... Read More
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This article was reprinted from http://home.christianity.com/ministries/rzim/70364.html Christianity.com was pleased to have apologist Dale Fincher, from Ravi Zacharias International Ministries, recently join us for a second exciting chat event in which he fielded a range of challenging questions from the Christianity.com community. Below you will find the transcript for this event, which includes some great answers... Read More
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Chances are if you’re cool and you’re visiting this website, you’ve seen Napolean Dynamite. TheseGuys have put together a tawdry little sound board that lets us all relive the irresistable kitschiness of the movie with a simple mouse click. “Sure, the world wide web is great… but you, you make me salivate — always and... Read More
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Though I’m a dyed-in-the-wool Photoshop user, I’m honest enough to admit when another great paint program enters the arena. Behold, the Gimp. Offering most of the features of Photoshop (a near $500 program), this little beauty comes at a near fraction of the cost, namely free. That’s right–layered .PSD support, fully customizable pressure sensitive brushes,... Read More
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The words were on the tip of my tongue But I was afraid to ask it; And now that I have the courage to speak, I’m looking into a casket. I ran and I hid—but the truth sought me out, And it tore back the skin to reveal all my doubt Of the one thing... Read More
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We Are Nowhere and It’s Now – Bright Eyes
I was flipping around the channels last night and came across this beautifully tragic song on public television. Thought it was a real comment on today’s nihilism, a sort of Eliot’s Wasteland done folk-style. We Are Nowhere and It’s Now by Bright Eyes If you hate the taste of wine why do you drink it... Read More
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gentlemen, have you ever found when reaching to hold open a door for a lady the handle on the side opposite where you’re standing? never fails. approach gracefully, lean to pull the door and realize that i must first reach across the girl, essentially shunning her with all of my body in a fairly innocuous... Read More
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first day of marriage counseling. nothing new and amazing except that consistently fresh love that keeps pouring from the girl. i ordered way too many french fries at dinner and tried to bring them home. she protested. ready for the new year, but in so many ways not. childhood raced by and i’m at that... Read More
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I got thinking about all the people I know and all the people they know and all the people that I know who know many of the people that I know, and I thought, “Wouldn’t it be a good idea to tell everyone I know where everyone that I know is, so if they know... Read More
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After a few wrong turns and a brief self-led tour of the wrong side of Yankee Stadium, we made it to Woodlawn by one and caught the 4 to Grand Central. We emerged from the subway like a pair of track mice set free, blinking in the chromed winter sun and staring wildly up at... Read More
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Cellphone Relationships (Part 1: Bad Reception, Bad Timing)
For some reason, the most vital discussions in any cellphone relationship take place in areas with very bad reception. We’ve all been there. In a moment of thoughtlessness, you say something in a misleading tone of voice with every intention of explaining. But at that precise moment you enter a “dead zone” and what could... Read More
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We save for a lifetime to go visit the wonders of the earth that man has created, but the Bible makes it clear that they will eventually fall away to nothing. Does that mean God is cruel? Keep in mind, any glory that man can convey with earthly hands is just a brief reflection of... Read More
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I’m convinced rage is like a gag reflex. If you’ve eaten too much or something that doesn’t settle well, your body wants to clench up and expel the unsatisfactory items inside. Rage is that passionate nauseam that has to be constantly swallowed until the soul can settle the emotional disturbance. Sometimes it’s too much for... Read More
Hello, I’m Jesse.
