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Archive for November 2005

Board Game News of the Day

Most of you won’t care.
In fact, I’m not even sure I do.
But some of you will be glad to know that you can play RISK using Google Maps.
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Vatican Opinions of the Day

Cardinal Paul Poupard, head of the Pontifical Council for Culture, on our current Intelligent Design shindigs:
“The fundamentalists want to give a scientific meaning to words that had no scientific aim”
He says that the real message of Genesis is that
“the universe didn’t make itself and had a creator”.
Another source writes:
“The Orthodox rabbis I’ve spoken find it [...]

Would You Rather

Eric and I are sitting at coffee right now reading a Would You Rather book.
Here’s the lastest:
Would you rather:
Be unaffected by the Higgs Field - a theoretical superforce that permeates the universe, endowing matters with mass, OR
Fart confetti?

Saturday Agenda

It’s a weekend. Praise the Jesus.
Lynds and I are doing a little bit of House/Dog Sitting for Rick and Barb Irish. It’s more like Feed The Dogs and Enjoy Our Hot Tub Sitting. We’ll hit the book sale at the library with Eric, join some others for lunch, and then do whatever [...]

Underdeveloped

I would think, if humans have really been around for millions of years, and we’re doing all this evolving and getting smarter and more advanced, that we would have figured out how to get a long by now.

Intense Jesus Quote of the Day

But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Matthew 6.33 (NASB)
As if to say Righteousness is more basic a need than food, clothing, or shelter.

Good Christian Musician Quote of the Day

“Why does the past always seem safer? Maybe because at least we know we made it.”
-Chris Rice

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