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The Evangelical Opportunity with Barack Obama

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Christians on the religious right have an opportunity with the upcoming Obama administration, but I doubt seriously evangelicals will take advantage of the chance they have been given.
I’ve already let my opinion on Legislating Morality be known, so I won’t rehash it now. The time has come for Christians to shift from talk and reliance [...]

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Barack Obama – President Elect

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

Barack Obama on Election Night from CNN Video

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Election Day Gas Prices

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

Just wanted to go on the record to say these are the lowest gas prices I’ve seen, probably in the entire second term of the Bush administration.
Prices dropped throughout October, and… I predicted it.

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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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Last weekend, I had a most excellent time in San Diego. My girlfriend grew up there, and she has a regular appointment once a month in the area. Since we just hit our one year dating anniversary, I decided to look for hotels in downtown San Diego and see what kind of deals I could [...]

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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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I’m Getting Married!

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Yep. I took the plunge. Again.
Proposed on a secluded beach outside of Malibu last night.
More details to come… No date set, yet, but it could be as early as the end of summer.
Edited: Sorry, this was an April Fool’s joke. I posted a comment saying “read the date” when my friend Mike fell [...]

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