On the geek news website Slashdot.com, there was a recent discussion about a story that the Indian military is looking to weaponize the world’s hottest chili, the Bhut Jolokia, or “Ghost Pepper.” Someone mentioned that a restaurant in Texas uses this chili in one of their burgers, prompting this comment: “In India it’s a weapon, in Texas [...]
For some odd reason – totally unconnected with the HSA reunion, I’m sure (HA!) – I’ve had several conversations lately about Jane Austen and peoples’ like or dislike of the genre with which she is associated. There seem to be only two points of view: love it or hate it. To a lesser extent, I [...]
“Would it not be better to simplify the system of taxation rather than to spread it over such a variety of subjects and pass through so many new hands.”
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Barack Obama’s Inauguration Speech (Brought to you courtesy of the Inauguration Speech Generator) My fellow Americans, today is a black day. You have shown the world that “hope” is not just another word for “computer”, and that “change” is not only something we can believe in again, but something we can actually run. Today we [...]
Gary Thomas wrote a must-read (IMHO) article at Focus on the Family’s Boundless called Ignorant Christians. In it, he points out the importance of keeping the ol’ gray matter in shape. We need a generation of first-rate thinkers, but we also need a generation in which every Christian sees himself or herself as a scholar. [...]
I saw this quote of Regan’s today: “The deficit doctors have their scalpels out all right, but they’re not poised over the budget. That’s as fat as ever and getting fatter. What they’re ready to operate on is your wallet.” How appropriate it is for us now, nationally and as a state. Lock your wallets, [...]
I just bought one of those little round convex mirrors to put on my driver-side rear-view, since the old one is too scratched up to be of any use. On the back of the packaging is this warning: “REPRODUCTION OF EDITORIAL CONTENT IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED WITHOUT WRITTEN CONSENT OF ***.” Huh? “Editorial content”? There’s one [...]
The year 2009. Has it really been that long since high school? College? Y2K? 9-11? The past few years have been so unpredictable that I’ve had reservations about making any kind of new year resolutions at all. Could it be that I was just making the wrong kinds of resolutions? In any event, I think [...]
