Soporific Tones of the Vicar

From the comment section of this article: 10 Ways to Get Really Good Sleep
I have always found church on Sunday mornings provokes the most pleasant slumbers one could hope for. Maybe it’s the soporific tones of my particular vicar, who could make the sermon on the mount sound like an extract from the local telephone [...]

Take up and read

I wanted to pass on some books that I have been reading that you too may enjoy.
“Letter From a Christian Citizen” by Douglas Wilson:  Wilson’s book  is a response to Sam Harris’ “Letter to a Christian Nation” Wilson gives a decisive rebuttal to Sam’s arguments.  Wilson’s book is a textbook on how to give a [...]

Signs of the Times

“A couple came into my office once with a yellow pad of their teenage son’s questions. One of them was: ‘What is that guy doing hanging up there on the plus sign?’ “
USA Today article: Religous Survey

Some crabs for your paint?

Southern Miss professor and grad student create self-healing paint.  If the paint is scratched it will fill in the gap within 30 minutes of being exposed to ultraviolet waves (the Sun).  They made International News with this.  Click here for the story: Southern Miss Rocks the Science World with Self-Healing Paint
The magic ingrediant seems to [...]

The Kidz at Play

Shelby playing with her edible playdoh.

The kids often take out pots, pans, and containers and pretend they are painters, cooks, or musicians.

Hannah is now 9 months.  She’s almost crawling.

Government Grants to Spend

I read the BBC online news to keep me up on world events.  Plus, there are always gems of humor to be found.  The following quote is from an article about a Chimp that surprised researchers because he would store up projectiles to throw at people.
“There has been scant evidence in previous research that animals [...]

Out flanking the Baptists

From the BBC: “He asked me why I had come. Well, I had heard that his followers met two evenings a week to sing, dance and pray, I said. I was wondering if I could attend a ceremony.
As he contemplated whether or not I could be a problem, he put me straight on one point. [...]

1 Trillion the new 1 Billion

Below is a visual of what 1 million dollars would look like using $100 bills.  Want to see what 1 Trillion would look like?
Click here: 1,000,000,000,000

HT: Between Two World

Falssetto

Every now and then,  a band comes along that can sing a top notch song in a falsetto voice and it doesn’t make you cringe.  For example: the Bee Gees (who doesn’t like “Stayin’ Alive”), Dave Matthews, Screetch from Saved by the Bell and now “Five for Fighting.”
This song captures nostalgia like none other.
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