A while back I wrote comparing tech to religion, focusing on what was important–the spirit or the flesh (okay, the OS or the hardware…). Recently a writer at the Atlantic Monthly has done the same thing, exploring the 4 myths...
I have been pondering for a while the ability of Mac users to morph their discussions when necessary to enable them to claim the Mac is all things to all people, perhaps making Apple’s computer the St Paul of the...
Apparently the Telegraph thinks so. I saw this on Google, and was struck by the “halo effect” that seems to be following Obama: It was interesting. I went to the story that went with the photograph (you see it has...
(apologies to our British friends for the lame play on words in the title) Alternate Title: Confused About Race in 2008 America A recent imbroglio on another blog got me thinking. Not about intellectual fascism (which set the whole thing...
Thanks to my brother, I have once again become engaged in a discussion of what can be “proven” and “dis-proven.” Or more to the point for this discussion, whether one can “prove” a negative. Apparently, there is an on-going debate...
I have been viewing the independent documentary, Jesus Camp, on YouTube, and reading the comments on there as well. In addition, I watched a discussion with the directors of that film. All in all, I think it is a very...
I have just had guests over for the evening, and the husband commented that it looks more realistic in person than on the website, and the wife commented that she can no longer use that bathroom without covering “him” up...
Okay, so many people have commented that this Jesus in the Floor was like Mary in the grilled Cheese. I wondered about that, so I went and found the Mary in the grilled cheese stories, and pictures, including in Wikipedia...
Several people have asked some very good questions. I figured I would answer a few now! “Did it suddenly appear?” A very good question. Actually I have been staring at it for a while, and wasn’t sure I wanted to...
UPDATES: SEE NEW POST Do us a favor and go DIGG it as well! (You may have to create an account–it’s free!) Well, I thought I was losing my mind, but after several months of staring at the floorboards in...