Archive for May, 2006
Blogger's Fuel: New Media Mavericks
Thanks to a tip from Doug over at Coffeeswirls, a box of coffee beans showed up on my doorstep. They’re part of a promotionfrom Boca Java. Hey, free coffee if I just blog about it? Sweet. When the box arrived, the aroma from the box was incredible. These were whole beans but it already smelled [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 7 so far )Stock Market Update
In case you wonder why I choose a Mechanical Investing method (no buying or selling based on “feelings,” just a database sort,) here’s what the market analysis have to say about today (dynamic link, will be out of date after today): 9:00am Still shaping up to be a modestly higher open for the indices as [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Christian Carnivals 121 & 122
I must have fallen off the mailing list. :/ Christian Carnival 121 and Christian Carnival 122 are posted for this week’s best Christian blogging.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Taking Comfort in God's Strength
I taught a lesson on “Taking Comfort in God’s Strength” and never got around to posting my notes. I have found that I tend to get lost in my notes and I tried to switch to an outline format. It actually worked out better for teaching, but it looks like a lousy format for a [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Critics Pan "Da Vinci Code"
Ha. The Da Vinci Code movie is boring. Rocchi was among Cannes critics who grew restless as “The Da Vinci Code” dragged on to two and a half hours, saying, “I kept thinking of the Energizer Bunny, because it kept going and going and going, and not in a good way.”
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Three Parrots
Three parrots went down the chute. Wait till the end. Pardon the one relatively minor cuss word, I don’t know how to edit gif files. :/
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 4 so far )Boycotting and Protesting "The Da Vinci Code"
The protests are getting louder. Christians aren’t yet rioting in the street a la the Muslim cartoon jihad, but if they were, would mainstream media be more sympathetic to Christians? Meanwhile, controversy is raging worldwide. Legislators in the Philippines have petitioned for the film to be banned from that country; hundreds of protesters took to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 17 so far )Outsourcing Prayer Lines
I stumbled across this disturbing piece yesterday while reading the news. Major television ministries are outsourcing their prayer lines to India! The more I read, the more hot under the collar I got. DES MOINES — Last month, Lori Danes, 43, called the prayer line of a major television ministry and requested prayer for her [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 4 so far )Border Placebo
Anything to get the American people off his back. I think years of liberals gnawing on Bush, I think they’ve finally eaten his backbone. Apparently Bush is going to propose some help for the Border Police by sending in the National Guard. Except the National Guard won’t be able to actually do anything. And it’s [...]
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