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Entries from July 2008

Typo of the Year?

July 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Regret the Error has posted what must be the best (or worst) typo of 2008. Personally, I suspect Gollum has started working for this particular newspaper.

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Tags: Just for Fun

The Crocodile Hunter

July 23rd, 2008 · 2 Comments

Wildlife photographer Hal Brindley has caught on camera the first known case of a leopard attacking and killing a crocodile. The pictures are unbelievable.

Via mollywood on Twitter.

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Tags: Just for Fun · World Wide Wonder

Re-program Your Lock

July 16th, 2008 · No Comments

If you’re a gadget geek and you’re worried about your gadgets getting stolen, you might turn to a new gadget to keep them safe. Kwikset has an impressive new lock that can be re-keyed in place, in just a few seconds, using the current key and a “learn tool” that comes with the lock. Just [...]

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Tags: Inspecting Gadgets

Headline of the Week

July 14th, 2008 · 2 Comments

This headline probably isn’t of much interest to most people, but since most of my work is for Anheuser-Busch I’m posting it anyway. My blog, my rules. =D
Anheuser-Busch Agrees to InBev Sale
Whether this merger/buyout will have much impact on the “common worker” beyond the name change remains to be seen.

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Tags: We Interupt This Program

Stars and Stripe Forever (Almost)

July 13th, 2008 · No Comments

This is the post that I was trying to get up on the 4th. Now I’m back to a normal internet connection and life is peachy.
It is now approaching a quarter of a millennium since our founding fathers signed the Declaration of Independence, which is a long time in human years, but not so long [...]

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Tags: From Me to You · World Wide Wonder

My Week So Far

July 10th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I’ve been camping with my aunt and uncle’s church since Friday. It’s beautiful here in Mammoth Lakes (and they have a nice library where I can set up my laptop). Yesterday some friends and I went on a 18 mile hike to Thousand Island Lake and back. We looped around and came back on part [...]

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Tags: From Me to You

Happy Independence Day!

July 4th, 2008 · No Comments

I’ve been working on a special 4th of July post, but I’m having some technical difficulties with part of it. So for now, happy Independence Day. May those of us blessed to live here never forget the sacrifices made to establish and protect it, or the God who has allowed us to live such a [...]

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Tags: From Me to You

U.S. Has Permission to Strike bin Laden in Pakistan

July 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

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The Washington Times has reported that the U.S. has permission to use Predator drones against Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, if he is found there. According to their sources, Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf made an agreement to that effect early in the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan, despite denying requests to allow [...]

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Tags: I Can Haz Politkz · The Peacemakers

The Son of David

July 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Psalm 72 is a prayer of David, asking God to bless his son Solomon as he assumes the throne over Israel.
Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to the royal son!
May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice!
Let the mountains bear prosperity for the people, and the hills, [...]

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Tags: The Big Picture

The Big Picture

July 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments

O God, from my youth you have taught me,
and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.
So even to old age and gray hairs,
O God, do not forsake me,
until I proclaim your might to another generation,
your power to all those to come.
Your righteousness, O God,
reaches the high heavens.
You who have done great things,
O God, who is like [...]

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Tags: The Big Picture