…the long war on Christianity in America continues today on the floor of the House of Representatives and continues unabated with aid and comfort to those who would eradicate any vestige of our Christian heritage being supplied by the usual suspects, the Democrats. — Rep. John Hostettler (R-IN) Yes, the long war on Christianity. I [...]
Archive of entries posted on June 2005
Bill Gates warns against reliance on outsourcing
(via Computerworld) Companies should not outsource their core business functions and staff, Microsoft chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates told a group of Japan’s top businessmen today. Gates, who was speaking at the Nippon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation), Japan’s biggest and most influential business group, urged IT companies to beware of outsourcing too much [...]
10 years on the web
It was about 10 years ago when I decided to take advantage of my ISP’s free web space and teach myself HTML. Since then, I’ve maintained a continuous presence on the web, moving my web pages from one ISP to another. Finally, in May, 2000 I obtained my own domain. More: Wayback Machine archive of [...]
Elizabeth Becka on “Gulf Coats Live!”
(via Google Alerts, though not in time to catch the program live)
Elizabeth Becka, author of Trace Evidence, was recently (21 June 2005) interviewed on Gulf Coats Live!.
Déjà Vu
I recently saw a trailer for Michael Bay’s latest crapfest, The Island. Something about the premise was awfully familiar, then I remembered an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 where they gave the movie, Parts: The Clonus Horror the MST3K treatment. Here’s the plot summaries for both movies from the IMDb. The Clonus Horror (1979): [...]
Retrocomputing: Slide Rules
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Martian Sunset
(via email) Picture taken by Mars Exploration Rover Spirit — more here.
Dr. Evil strikes again
Dr. Evil Bill Frist’s “diagnosis” — after reviewing tape of Terri Schiavo: She certainly seems to respond to visual stimuli. Ummmm, she was blind.
Blecch!
(from the yet another reason to stay out of prison dept.) (via Dark Bilious Vapors) Steve makes prison wine. While you’re at it, check out the rest of the hilarious Steve, Don’t Eat It! series.
Theological Worldview
You scored as Modern Liberal. You are a Modern Liberal. Science and historical study have shown so much of the Bible to be unreliable and that conservative faith has made Jesus out to be a much bigger deal than he actually was. Discipleship involves continuing to preach and practice Jesus’ measure of love and acceptance, [...]
