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Mon - October 6, 2008Two internet sites for TV etc.Both are useful, but in different
ways.
Posted at 02:06 PM Read More | | Sat - October 4, 2008Wed - October 1, 2008Wow, what a picture!Linked from the National Geographic web page:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/wallpaper/img/2008/10/oct08-19-1280.jpg
Posted at 11:08 PM Read More | | Fri - August 29, 2008Handicapped accessible? I think not!Due to effects of my tumor, I now require the use
of a wheelchair to travel an significant distance. So, today I went to the
county courthouse to get a handicapped
tag.
Hrumpf. Posted at 12:21 AM Read More | | Tue - August 26, 2008Can we get rid of Microsoft Word attachments?It almost seems like tilting at windmills, but
some people are trying. I've managed to avoid MS Word for awhile now, perhaps
it can be done.
Read on: Posted at 09:11 PM Read More | | Tue - June 3, 2008Another email fraud: IRS refund checks!!!There's the real checks, and then there's this
email. My comments are in red italics.
Posted at 03:18 PM Read More | | Sat - May 31, 2008Ventriloquism: hard lettersSock
Puppet gave me a hard time because I couldn't do the letter "P," P
is one of 6 hard to say letters (if you don't want to move your lips).
Posted at 08:09 PM Read More | | Sat - May 24, 2008Home-made audio BibleI've listened to some dramatic audio Bibles (the
NIV, Max McClean's ESV). I don't like any of them,
Posted at 08:27 PM Read More | | Thu - May 22, 2008Oh my - is this email real? It's different from all of the other ones ...Most of us have gotten emails promising a large
sum of money if we'll just let someone temporarily transfer money into our
account and then back out again. Today I got a variation that just made me
laugh. My comments are in red text.
Posted at 12:05 PM Read More | | Mon - May 19, 2008Realism in TV: not what I want.I was watching some recent Battlestar Galactica
episodes on the web today, catching up. In the past, we objected to the series
because of all of the sex and skin, but today they crossed the
line:
The showed a cancer patient wheeling an IV pump with a quart jar of red liquid in it. NOOOOOOO!!!!!!! I had to look away. Posted at 08:59 PM Read More | | Thu - May 8, 2008Food, fuel and the poorUpdate May 7: Jeff
Weddle comment summary added to the end of the
note.
Pam Baginski runs our church's food pantry, which gives away roughly a half ton or more of food every week to help the needy in our community. She and some of her volunteers bring a different perspective to the food and fuel prices that I think needs to be heard. My suspicion is that neither Washington nor the oil companies possess the guilt nor the solution for the problem; however, it is important for us to be vigilant on our own to give aid as we can. Jesus said so. Posted at 08:02 AM Read More | | Wed - April 30, 2008And now a moment of astronomical perspectiveHow big are you? How big is the earth? Our
solar system? Sent to me by Eric S. a couple of years ago, when Pluto was still
a planet.
Posted at 05:54 PM Read More | | Tue - April 29, 2008Tue - April 8, 2008And another internet hoax makes the roundsA girl in youth group sent me one of those
internet hoax emails a moment ago:
Posted at 06:15 PM Read More | | Tue - March 25, 2008Mon - March 10, 2008I was wrong: battle is the right word for cancer.Up until recently I objected (without saying so)
to the phrase "battle with cancer." We don't talk about battling a broken leg,
or battling a cold, so what's up with cancer?
I was wrong. ... Posted at 11:16 AM Read More | | Wed - March 5, 2008Charter Cable: Your web site stinks!Ok, I've been sitting in a recliner chair for
longer and longer portions of the day, I've nearly memorized most of our DVD's,
and yesterday I was so bored I was actually entertained by watching a car lot
commercial on TV. So, we figured maybe it's time to get cable again. Charter's
the only game in town, and their web site is ...
Posted at 12:22 PM Read More | | Kidnapped child: this one is realToday I received another one of those "forward
this to everyone in your address book" emails. However, this one had a link to
Snopes,
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/missing/reachelle.asp which had a link to the FBI http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/smith_r.htm This one is real. Read on: ... Posted at 09:11 AM Read More | | Wed - February 27, 2008Another telemarketing scam?Yesterday I wrote about a fundraising call I
received.
Posted at 12:20 PM Read More | | Tue - February 26, 2008Sometimes you just don't know what to sayI got what I think was a fundraising call today
from Aniston AL 256-237-15XY. It was a short conversation.
Posted at 07:04 PM Read More | | Fri - February 8, 2008Wow - how did they do *THAT*?Amazing sawed in half trick. We get about half
way through and we're still wondering.
Posted at 07:11 PM Read More | | Tue - January 8, 2008Blogging takes a lot of time!I have several blog entries in draft, but I
haven't had a good hour or so to finish any of them. However ...
Posted at 07:08 AM Read More | | Sun - December 30, 2007Thu - September 27, 2007Useful podcast: Coffee Break SpanishI found this on iTunes Music Store before my
trip to Spain.
Posted at 09:36 PM Read More | | Tue - September 18, 2007Which religion is right for me?Oh, not a surprise at all, is
it?
update Sept 17: This page is getting a lot of hits. I thought I might put up a couple of references as an attempt to give an answer to the question. First: a few years ago I taught a lesson on "What's the difference between Jesus, Buddha, and Mohammed? " pdf here. It's only one column of text per faith (hardly a fair treatment of any of the three), but it's a start. Second: several years ago I put together a set of notes on "So what DO they believe?" pdf here. It addresses beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons, etc., in contrast with those of protestant Christianity. Posted at 07:25 AM Read More | | Tue - September 11, 2007The crucifixion from a 3 year old's perspectiveSent to me by my friend Robert D.
Posted at 06:49 PM Read More | | Sat - September 8, 2007Thu - September 6, 2007Goodsearch and Mercy MedicalA way to help provide health care for the poor
... email sent to me by Donn R.
Posted at 09:07 PM Read More | | Fri - August 24, 2007I am the new Jeane Dixon, or something like that."God told me to ask you ..."
Posted at 10:21 PM Read More | | Sat - August 18, 2007Attention Kroger: I am not an idiot!Electronic shopping for the brain
dead.
Posted at 01:26 PM Read More | | Sat - August 11, 2007Audiobooks and Bible readingI've downloaded two audiobooks this week: Harry
Potter and the Sorceror's Stone and Max McLean reading the ESV. (We also have
the dramatic NIV reading.)
What a constrast in reading style. Posted at 10:19 PM Read More | | Sat - August 4, 2007From the Wittenburg Door: Loser of the MonthCensorship while complaining about
censorship.
Posted at 09:35 PM Read More | | Sat - July 28, 2007Sat - June 16, 2007Which supervillain are you?Saw this on http://locustsandhoney.blogspot.com
Posted at 08:08 PM Read More | | Tue - June 12, 2007A new kind of internet/identify theft fraud.I hadn't seen this one before. It's kind of
clever, but it has the same tell-tale evidence of being false.
Posted at 07:27 AM Read More | | Sat - May 12, 2007Another example of Phishing - identity theftThese guys are obvious, but good.
Posted at 07:50 PM Read More | | Thu - May 10, 2007Fri - May 4, 2007Turn off the cell phone and drive!I saw a car roll over today as it went
over an embankment.
Posted at 09:33 PM Read More | | Thu - April 12, 2007Wed - April 4, 2007Wed - March 14, 2007Sun - March 4, 2007Thu - March 1, 2007Good-bye, Chief.A poem sent to a friend of mine by a friend of
hers. Later published in the Daily Illini, the University of Illinois
Newspaper. To the tune of American Pie.
Posted at 06:59 PM Read More | | Mon - January 22, 2007Mon - January 15, 2007Committees: proof that there IS a purgatory!I hate meetings. I am pleased to discover that
someone else does too.
Posted at 01:16 PM Read More | | Sat - January 13, 2007Tue - October 31, 2006More random observationsand a short movie excerpt from Adam's last soccer
game.
Posted at 10:55 PM Read More | | Hobbies and professional work meet againThis weblog usually has nothing to do with my
job. This entry is one of the exceptions.
Posted at 08:59 PM Read More | | Sat - September 2, 2006Thu - August 31, 2006How to be (un)happy.Chuck Colson writes about Woody
Allen.
hat tip: Stephen McGarvey. Posted at 06:51 AM Read More | | Sat - August 19, 2006Thu - August 17, 2006Websurfing and giving away your identitySomebody's watching ... so be
cautious!
Posted at 06:11 PM Read More | | Thu - July 13, 2006This looks like a job for myth busters!Sent to me by a student (instant messaging
transcript)
Posted at 08:27 PM Read More | | Links and suchClearing out my mailbox of notes before I leave
town.
Posted at 08:10 PM Read More | | Sat - July 8, 2006Sun - June 25, 2006Sat - June 24, 2006There's spam, there's phishing, and there's stupidity ...I got another one of those "I have lots of money,
please give me your bank account number" emails. But this one is special: the
country doesn't even exist!
Posted at 03:13 PM Read More | | Sat - June 17, 2006Copa Mundial 2006Yeah, there's a bunch of us watching the world
cup right now, but the sattelite company won't give us local channels, so we're
watching on Univision.
Posted at 06:05 PM Read More | | Fri - June 16, 2006Reorganized side-barI reorganized and added to the links on the
sidebar of this blog.
Posted at 07:30 PM Read More | | Wed - June 14, 2006Welcome to my new visitors!My site meter shows people reading this thing
from around the world!
Posted at 12:11 AM Read More | | Mon - June 12, 2006My web page in chineseSomeone from Beijing was checking out my web page
and translating it to Chinese with Google. Wow, I like this look. I wish I
knew how to read it!
Posted at 08:32 AM Read More | | Lifeway Youth Bible Study materialGoogle seems to like my
blog.
According to my site meter I've been getting a lot of hits this morning from people searching for Lifeway Youth lessons. The good news: The words "Lifeway" "Youth" and "Lessons" do appear on my blog. The bad news: Our youth group is using the student life curriculum . The only link I have for Lifeway studies is here, for the adult classes. If you find something similar for the youth, please let me know. Posted at 06:49 AM Read More | | Fri - June 9, 2006Fri - June 2, 2006"There's no need to fear, Underdog is here!"Ya won't see that cartoon around much
anymore.
Posted at 09:50 PM Read More | | Blog links worth some thoughtWhile the SBC baptist blogs focus on good old
boys (well, 2 out of three anyway), there's been several interesting lthings
I've seen over the last day or so:
Posted at 09:26 PM Read More | | Tue - May 30, 2006Tue - May 23, 2006Mon - May 22, 2006Cans and BrahmsWell, actually, just cans. Cans and Brahms is a
piece from Yes'
Fragile
album. This is a collection of can sculptures sent to me by Steve
T.
Posted at 06:41 AM Read More | | Thu - May 18, 2006Amazing sidewalk artOriginally seen at http://www.impactlab.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=7567
Posted at 09:47 AM Read More | | Tue - May 16, 2006Fri - April 14, 2006Thu - April 6, 2006Tue - April 4, 2006Sun - April 2, 2006Humane Society: the place to take lost animalsSent to the letters to the editor
section of our local
newspaper
Updated 4/2: fixed typos and mild writing errors. Posted at 07:34 AM Read More | | Fri - March 31, 2006Thu - March 23, 2006Wed - March 22, 2006Sun - March 19, 2006Blood donations and technologyRocky Mountain High at 500ft above sea
level
Posted at 04:56 PM Read More | | Fri - January 27, 2006TV makes you stupidI've said it for some time. I've even tested it
(and am now recovering lost IQ). And finally, it's independently
confirmed.
Hat tip: Best of the GodBlogs (which is worth looking at too!) Related quote from Phil Vischer's web site: "There are days when any electrical appliances in the house, including the vacuum cleaner, seems to offer more entertainment possibilities than the TV set." - Harriet Van Horne Posted at 08:20 PM Read More | | Tue - January 24, 2006So that's why they run attack adsFrom Auburn University's study (reported last
summer).
Posted at 09:57 PM Read More | | Fri - January 6, 2006Mon - January 2, 2006Thu - December 29, 2005Dregs of the Earth: "Low prices" on Amazon.comI'm trying to find a CD of of the Dixie Dregs
album Dregs of the
Earth.
Posted at 03:12 PM Read More | | College student demographics and what makes a great peopleThoughts triggered by an article in The Weekly Standard. (Hat tip: Hugh Hewitt
)
Things have changed a lot since my mom went to college. The ratio of men to women in college is not the only measure. --------- Posted at 02:45 AM Read More | | Sat - December 24, 2005Mon - December 19, 2005A letter to my studentsI sent this to my students after I finished
grading their final exams. usually this blog has nothing to do with my job, but
I thought some of my readers might like a window into my "day
job."
----------------------- Posted at 06:35 PM Read More | | Fri - December 16, 2005Illusion and engineeringHat tip to WarEagleGirl
The dots look pink. There is a missing dot (electrical engineers would call it a "hole"). Focus on the cross in the middle and the hole looks green. Focus long enough and some of the pink dots begin to disappear. An interesting problem in biomimetics - do we want to make computer vision algorithms that work like human vision?  Posted at 08:27 AM Read More | | Wed - December 7, 2005A professor vents 15 years worth of gripes.Fourteen academic principles for success based on
students who lacked it.
Posted at 10:16 PM Read More | | Tue - December 6, 2005Sat - December 3, 2005Sitting in the Atlanta Airport Ramblings while I wait for my plane to
come. I like watching planes in flight, taking off and landing.
Posted at 07:59 AM Read More | | What is an engineer?Something I tell my classes. Posted by
request of a former student.
Posted at 07:59 AM Read More | | Advice to a new faculty memberI sent this to a recent PhD grad who
took a faculty position
Posted at 07:59 AM Read More | | Evangelism: it's not just a speaking partI decided to recycle this article after
Adam's weblog from
yesterday.
The great commission speaks of discipleship. How does this relate to church life today? Posted at 07:59 AM Read More | | "Well, I decided to turn it over to the Lord."Advice from someone I can learn
from.
Posted at 07:59 AM Read More | | I figured out what changed with steaks done medium/medium well!Or, I think I did, anyway.
Posted at 07:59 AM Read More | | The personal side of President BushCopied from http://sigforum.com/eve/ubb.x?q=Y&a=tpc&s=674608412&f=320601935&m=117107201&p=1
written by my friend John who lives in Florida
...
(I'm recycling this story from last fall.) Posted at 07:59 AM Read More | | Short collection of proverbsMaybe profound, maybe really obvious.
Maybe both. ---------------- Posted at 07:59 AM Read More | | Another Hoax going around: There is NO petition to limit religious broadcasting.Posted at 07:59 AM Read More | | Studies show that one third of studies don't show that ...From http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/294/2/218
(originally seen on SlashDot )
Posted at 07:59 AM Read More | | Education, mathematics, good science, and debateA relative sent me a worksheet he was going
to distribute to his math class on global warming. I rewrote almost the whole
thing. Then I sent this email to explain my brutal rewrite:
Posted at 07:59 AM Read More | | Education: not for the faint of heartI just returned my first hour exam of the fall. Here are some
things I've been told over the past few days.
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