Recap of recent history.
I'm not making this any sort of intellignet or researched essay, but sometimes I like to connect the dots and wonder if I'm right. Exhibit A: Just in - a connection has been made that North Korea is sharing long-range missle technology with Iran. Exhibit B: Iran has been purchasing missile technology from China Exhibit C: Backtrack further -- Former President Bill Clinton gave American long-range missle technology...
Diplomacy is Futile?
This is why the Apostles were asked to carry swords. This is why I, a pacifist, study martial arts. The great contradiction, but the true nature of politics. http://www.kentropolis.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=380
Heat Wave
I'll be shutting down the compy in a bity due to an incoming major thunderstorm. Hope it cools things down long enough to paint the empty apartment in the complex. (Well, one of them, anyway -- people've been moving in and out a lot lately.) The last couple days have been > 100F heat index. The only exertion I've done outside of air conditioned areas is mowing the lawn at dusk and building the bookshelving unit...
Wakeup Call Battlecry Leadership Summit
From an email I received ... Christianity in America will not survive another decade. How is that possible? At the current rate of evangelism, it is estimated that only 4% of this generation of teenagers will be Bible-believing Christians by the time they reach adulthood.34% of adults today are Evangelical believers. Imagine an America at 4%:Church attendance dwindlesTithes and offerings are at an all-time lowNew...
Goegraphy Alert: Puerto Rico is NOT a Country
"Miss Puerto Rico, Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza, won the Miss Universe 2006 pageant. " Yes, she's beautiful. And if she was more beautiful than Miss USA, she should have BEEN Miss USA. If they want to be their own country instead of sponging off the 50 states that actually pay taxes, let them have it. And if they have a contestant in Miss Universe, they need to be under the USA ticket. I'm sure there's some weird...
I am now 1/2 inch taller.
Seriously. I got my first chiropractic adjustment ever. Whoa. My neck popped like Chinese firecrackers at New Year's. And my tailbone is now alighned and my legs are even. (They were about an inch off at my exam.) She also found a rib out of place and popped it back in. I ACTUALLY CAN FEEL THE INCREASED LUNG CAPACITY IN THAT AREA. So now I feel sore, but not in any pain. Plenty of fluids, rest, and a cold pack on...
Apologies and Dilemna
First, it seems a lot has happened to my friends who are on LJ, and I have lsot track by not reading their journals. Man, I need to catch up! Also, here's my dilemna: Part of my keep here as "super" of the apartment complex is painting vacant apartments. I'm gosh-darn good at it. But I think I've thrown my back out, halfway through painting the apartment above us. My wife wont paint, and I might not know anyone who...
Unrequitted Satisfaction
I. I happen upon a gardenA grapevineFamiliar, unproven II. I see the grapes blossomTendrils outstretched not to meIn propriety I merely watch III. I secretly wish a harvest at my own handsAt that right time that comes without my knowingToo late, yet seeming too soon IV. I feel the wine pressedFor another to drinkYet I am intoxicated more than they V. I am inebriated at the scentBut faculties intactFinding Joy...
Ads Gone Awry
Advertising's gone awry. Why? Form after formEndlessly my keyboard treadsToward a free box of CheeriosNever reaching the end Submit! Submit!Rules and more rulesEven this poem must be at least 25 words in length