Potentially Habitable Planet Found

It's quite a long ways away -- 20 light years, but it might be able to support life.  That would be very interesting... 

ABC News: Potentially Habitable Planet Found

AudioA winds down: 'There will be tears'

Found in a Alabama paper... 

AudioA winds down: 'There will be tears'

Pray for Rain

 Australia needs some rain now, or face a major food crisis.

Food warning on water cuts | Herald Sun

Vacuum Tube + iPod?

You can now combine the portability of the iPod with the uh... nonportability of the vacuum tube.  I like the idea of having a good sound system... but why would I hook up my iPod to it?  I would just play the music off my computer throught the amp.  Oh well.

Blog Preview

Well, since I still have homework to get done, I don't think I'll be blogging tonight -- but here's a preview on what's to come.

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Pope, as author, portrays the 'real Jesus'

Forget Kyoto

The Truth About Who Suffers

Before You Tee Off on China . . .

Chinese Takeout

Iran may be spinning itself into a corner

China warns Japan to stand by its apologies

To him, L.A.'s worth a thousand pictures

Let me out of the ballgame, let me be free of crowds

Orangutans Play Video Games at Ga. Zoo

CBS News Fires Producer for Plagiarism

Where has all the antimatter gone?

1 year at Venus, and going strong

Poor diet puts teenagers' health at risk

Space data unveils evidence of ancient mega-lake in northern Darfur

NASA predicts nongreen plants on other planets.

Google Earth Highlights Darfur Atrocities

Iran to make movie, book about UK sailors

Moms in Combat "a Shame"

Gender Specific Biological Clocks

Taking Risks in Relationships

A Scary View of Motherhood

My Brother's Video

My brother, "Catalina Guy," has posted one of his movies online. 

The Fight of the Century

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Computer Geek?

Not really!

How Nerdy Am I?

Not very much according to this test:

Waterbed Prank

Another good one...

Japanese Spa Prank

Ok. so the ones this morning isn't the best ever anymore. This one is.

I don't know if this is the best prank ever...

... but it sure is funny!  I don't know if I would like it if it happened to me.  But if anyone wants to try it, I give full permission.

Which Theologian Are You?

You scored as Anselm. Anselm is the outstanding theologian of the medieval period.He sees man's primary problem as having failed to render unto God what we owe him, so God becomes man in Christ and gives God what he is due. You should read 'Cur Deus Homo?' Anselm 67% Charles Finney 67% Augustine 67% John Calvin 60% Jonathan Edwards 53% Martin Luther 47% Jürgen Moltmann 47% Friedrich Schleiermacher 27% Karl Barth 20% Paul Tillich 13% Which theologian are you? created with QuizFarm.com

Spray Paint?

I didn't think this was possible to make with spray paint.  It brings a whole new image to light.  I guess this goes to show two cool things:

1. That many people have many different talents.
2. I don't know everything (yet again!)

 

Pro-Khomeini imam prays anti-Jewish, anti-Christian prayer in Texas Senate

Good!  I'm glad!  This is what freedom of religion is about.  I'm happy to see that this imam can pray like that at a government function.  Now let me pray what I want to pray!

I don't need any special protection from what others say -- just make sure to give equal opportunity.  Let a pastor go and pray in the name of Jesus.  Let a Rabbi go and  pray to YHWH.  Let an atheist go an expound on why there is no God.

My, nor any other, religion needs special protection or prohibition.  Let them all duke it out!

Jihad Watch: Pro-Khomeini imam prays anti-Jewish, anti-Christian prayer in Texas Senate

How to paint the MONA LISA with MS PAINT

Very impressive use of MS Paint

A Caricature of Things to Come?

Hostage drill at NJ school features mock 'Christian terrorists'

I cannot believe the "drill" that they practiced at Burlington Township High School.  I do not understand why they had to create a fictional situation to practice.  School attacks around the world are pretty common, unfortunately.  You can look to several examples just by picking up the paper.  For instance at least one school girl was killed and dozens wounded in a explosion just outside their school in Iraq.  Why go create a situation that should never (and I highly doubt would ever) occur?  Christians attack a school because their daughter wasn't allowed to pray?  What Christian group is this?  What Christian would ever do this?

Does anyone actually believe that this would happen?  I've always been taught to "train as you fight."  Get a realistic situation that is as close to real combat as you can and practice under those circumstances.  Picking a non-realistic situation does not allow for good training.  Is this a subtle attempt to influence the participants -- "one day Christians will come at you with guns" ?  I find that to be a little too hard to swallow.  I think that there are people who believe that the extreme right Christians would do something like this.  That shows two things:

1. Some people are ignorant about Christian beliefs and believers.
2. Christians need to live IN the world but not be OF the world.  You can't "win hearts and minds" by living in a hole-in-the-ground.  You have to let your light shine.

Pray for our brothers & sisters in Iraq. 

My heart grieves for this mother:

“When they cook a dish in the Middle East, it is traditional to put the meat on top of the rice when they serve it. They kidnapped a woman’s baby in Baghdad, a toddler, and because the mother was unable to pay the ransom, they returned her child  – beheaded, roasted and served on a mound of rice.”

The infant’s crime was to be an Assyrian, but this story, reported by the Barnabus Fund, went unnoticed in the West, like so many other horrific accounts of Christian persecution in Iraq.

Since the invasion of Iraq, Muslim militants have bombed 28 churches and murdered hundreds of Christians. Last October, Islamists beheaded a priest in Mosul in revenge for the Pope’s remarks about Islam at Regensburg. But never let it be said that jihadis do not have a sense of ironic humour: that same month they crucified a 14-year-old Christian boy in Basra.

Lack of Bees to Cause a Catastrophre?

Spring Mystery: Where Are All the Bees?

Albert Einstein, quoted in Germany's Der Spiegel, once said, "if the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, then man would only have four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man."

Can You Shatter Glass With Your Voice?

Mythbusters prove that it is possible, but can you do it?