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Great Quote from Albert Einstein

Monday, August 11th, 2008

“If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.” - Albert Einstein
Collected Quotes from Albert Einstein
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Legislating Morality

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

It’s the time again where the Christian political machine is revving up for another presidential election. This is a time, as a Christian, I truly dread.
This is the time where human sexuality, abortion, gay marriage, etc., rule the voting consciences of many Christians. It comes down to a simple principle:
The religious right believes you [...]

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But the new generation of evangelicals is sick of being labeled as backward rednecks because of their association with fossils like Dobson. There are many evangelicals like Cizik too who are not all about homophobia, nationalism, war-without-end and American exceptionalism or the Republican Party. Like Cizik they believe that the America has a responsibility to [...]

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Firefox 3 Out Today

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Firefox 3 was released today. Download now and help Firefox get into the Guinness Book of World Records for the most downloads on a single day!
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New Universal Symbol for Gasoline

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

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The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Friday, April 4th, 2008

It dawned on me (with a friend’s help) that “The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim” when translated completely to English is: The The Angels Angels of Anaheim”
Couldn’t we just call them Los Angeles of Anaheim?
Or better yet, why not.. the Anaheim Angels. Gee, why didn’t they think of that one?
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Barry Zito Not the Same

Monday, March 31st, 2008

I’ve seen Zito pitch twice. Once he threw a complete game shutout against the Angels in Anaheim (and I was in the city of Anaheim’s box… and I invited an A’s fan who happened to be wearing his A’s stuff when I called about an extra ticket…). This time, it was the Giants who got [...]

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Roger Clemens Looked Like a Liar

Monday, January 7th, 2008

Whether he took HGH or not, I don’t know. But when he talked to Mike Wallace, he looked like a liar to me.
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OpenSong - Open Source for Your Worship Services

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

OpenSong is software for the Mac which can run your multimedia presentation over a projector. And the price is great: free.
Definitely worth a look for those of you who use projection for your times of community worship.
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The Killers - Sawdust - MP3 on Amazon

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

I’ve begun a standard practice of checking any purchase I am thinking about on iTunes with Amazon MP3. I love being able to download an MP3 instead of a file I can only play on my computer or iPod (or burn it to a CD… for a set number of times.
So right now, I’m downloading [...]

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