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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 [...]

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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 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 [...]

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And that scares me. The Pack is 6-1 and facing a Kansas City team, albeit in first place of the diminished AFC West, which is in a rebuilding season. I’m afraid my boys are going to go down against the greatest quarterback currently playing the game. In my humble opinion, any way!

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To be a Republican, you need to believe…

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

A friend sent me this. Just FYI, I’m not a Democrat. 1. Jesus loves you, and shares your hatred of homosexuals and Hillary Clinton 2. Saddam was a good guy when Reagan armed him, a bad guy when Bush’s Daddy made war on him , a good guy when Cheney did business with him, and [...]

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