50-Year-Old Wallet

I just posted a couple of days ago about David Randall’s chronicles, I wonder if he knows about this guy’s missing wallet being returned 50 years later? Bet Mr. Naranjo needs to take a trip to the DMV.

New Definition for “Bunny School”

“Over 100,000 college students surveyed, top answers on the board for, ‘If you wanted to send your kid to a party school, where would you send him?’” *buzzzt*

University of Colorado at Boulder?!?
Correct! You win!

Check out all the fun by reading the full list of results.

1-Billion-to-1 and Other Fine How Do You Do’s

Ever get struck by lightning? Twice? What about falling off a 17-story building… and living? These bizarre and extremely rare occurances are the events that David Randall wants to chronicle. Some say blind luck but what other forces are at work on our universe that might explain, let’s say, losing your wedding ring in the ocean, then finding it 10 years later?

Life Changing

“It’s not the healthy who need a doctor.” Jesus said this responding to the religious leaders accusing him of spending too much time with sinners. So what happens when dangerous men find Jesus? [via Thunderstruck]

Everyone Is Different, Everyone the Same

One girl’s story about growing up under someone else’s religion, and how that just doesn’t cut it. Knowing God is a personal thing. Sure, people can help but in the end it’s a game of 1-on-1. [via Relevant]

Sure I Have Room for Pie

Apparently, only your brain knows about the super-secret extra stomach that’s only open for dessert. Bottom line, our brains are more powerful than we knew.

Is Montgomery Another Memphis?

Is Roy S. Moore like Martin Luther King Jr.? Both are holding to their religious beliefs that the U.S. government is overstepping their authority and restricting the peoples’ freedom. An effort is underway to remove religious elements from both the historical and present day realm of government. Congress can open with prayer. Courts can ask witnesses to swear on the Bible. But the 10 Commandments can not be displayed in a courtroom. It just makes you wonder how much longer the first two practices will be “tolerated.” It all stems from a misunderstanding of true meaning of Thomas Jefferson’s quote, which is actually not part of the Constitution:

Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, I contemplate with solemn reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should ‘make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof’ thus building a wall of separation between Church and State.

His statement means that the government should not establish an official State religion to the exclusion of all others, as was the case in a few European countries during that time. The Founding Fathers most evidently desired the foundation of the new experiment called America to be based on Christian principals, no matter how much today’s secularists wish it weren’t so. We can all learn more by reading Original Intent by David Barton.

Inscribed in the marble of the United States Supreme Court are the Ten Commandments. At the top of the Washington Monument is a plague that says “Praise Be Unto God” in Latin. Evidence is everywhere that the America was founded on Christian principals.

We have staked the whole future of American civilization, not upon the power of government, far from it. We have staked the future …upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to sustain ourselves, according to the Ten Commandments of God. -James Madison

It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists but by Christians, not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ. -Patrick Henry

This doesn’t mean everyone has to be a Christian. The religion itself has as its centerpiece, the component of free will. Everyone is free to choose what they believe and accept and what they reject. So back to Judge Moore. What would happen if the anti-religion crowd got their way?

If you ban any reference to God and eliminate the embodiment of our traditional moral law, what is left?

Tests Show Astrology To Be Pointless

Dr. Geoffrey Dean, a former astrologist, and Ivan Kelly analyzed decades (40 studies, 700 astrologers) of research to show astrology as scientifically baseless. Dr. Dean said, “It has no acceptable mechanism, its principles are invalid and it has failed hundreds of tests. But no hint of these problems will be found in astrology books which, in effect, are exercises in deception.” I wonder if astrologers predicted this would happen?

Mmm… Chocolate…

“Grandpa Joe, you won’t believe it!”
“What is it, Peter?”
I won, I won! I have the golden ticket!“

‘Chemical Ali’ Captured

Another evil terrorist has been captured. This time, it’s Ali Hassan al-Majid, cousin to Saddam Hussein nicknamed “Chemical Ali.” These positive news reports have been coming in frequently as of late. Isreal managed to kill a top Hamas official today. Hamas (among others) claimed responsibility for bombing the U.N. building in Baghdad and yet another suicide bomber that killed 20 innocent Israelis both on Tuesdday of this week. We should support Isreal’s right to defend themselves and go after the terrorists attacking them, just as we are going after the terrorists who’ve attacked our innocent civilians.

Broadband Marries Wireless, Tech Families Rejoice

Broadband is a no-brainer. (Broader-band should be on the horizon.) And wireless is the tech de jour. So marrying the two makes a lot of sense, right? Can it be done? Wireless broadband from practically anywhere? A California-based company called IPWireless is already doing it. If it’s as good as adverstised, when IPWireless goes public, look for a lot of noise from Wall St.

US Women Win Gynastics Gold

I gotta admit… there are very few women’s sporting events that I can watch. Tennis? Sure. Golf? Nope. Basketball? Are you crazy? But I really enjoy watching women’s gynastics when the good ole USA is competing against the world. Remember Kerri Strug? What about Mary Lou Retton? They gave us some amazing Olympic moments. Well yesterday, Bela Karolyi called America’s winning the World Championshiops “our greatest win ever.” In fact, it was the first ever gold for the US Women’s Team at an international event, and they had to overcome injuries, sickness and a misplaced participant number to get it. Great job ladies!

Omega-3 Oils, Natures Cure-All?

Health journalist, Bill Sardi, writes that recent research is consistently finding that there are significant health benefits in omega-3 oils, which are primarily found in fish and flaxseed oil. Gotta get me some of that.

SitePal Is Freakin’ Me Out

SitePal is a technology where an animated avatar speaks to you while you’re visiting a Web site. It’s not very polished at the moment, but I’m sure that someday, maybe soon, this technology will be used to act as greeters, check out clerks and customer service reps in the eCommerce world. The possibilities are virtually endless. Get it? Virtually? Aww c’mon on.

Mommy? Can I Get a Gerbil?

Sure Daphne… but don’t let it eat you.