Archive for December, 2006
Usury
I was reading the fine print on the back of a credit card agreement. Don’t ask me why that interested me, it’s not exactly fun reading. I don’t like to keep credit card balances; I really dislike to be in debt. But sometime I’ll post something I’ve been studying, a way for the credit card [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 4 so far )Our Selections Have Recently Changed
“Please listen to our entire menu because our selections have recently changed.” I hear this phrase nearly everytime I call an automatic phone system. Before I can press 1 if I want to hear my balance, press 2 if I want to schedule a service technician, press 3 if I want to listen to Huey [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Slow Return
It turns out blogging is hard when you don’t have access to a computer. Oh sure, there’s the carrier pigeon, but that can be messy. I skipped many, many days. I was away for much of the last two months. Since July, I’ve been to France, Italy, Poland, France, Germany, Poland, France, Germany, France, San [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Holiday Culture Wars
Beliefnet has setup a “Holiday Culture Wars Blog” that makes for some interesting reading. From a Christian perspective, they’ve highlighted television shows with sexually-explicit lyrics set to Christmas music, obscene art that is “rife with Christmas-themed debauchery,” and how Christmas has become so secularized to the point where atheists “unhesitatingly wish everyone a Merry Christmas.” [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Hand of God
I have some good news for me this week; I’m done traveling for a while, I hope. There’s no place like home, there’s no place like home. I had some difficulty on this trip; there were last minute changes to the agenda by the client who scheduled me for 8:00am meetings that he couldn’t make, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Dreaming
I woke myself up laughing this morning at 3:00am. Apparently I was having a very funny dream. My first thought was to be quiet; I don’t want to wake up the sweet wife with my 3:00am laughter. She’ll think I’m off my rocker. And of course, she’ll want to know what’s so funny. “I had [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Seizing New Opportunities
I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is that we completed our study of the book of Hebrews and we’ll be moving on to new scripture to study. The bad news is that we completed our study of the book of Hebrews. There was a lot of good information in [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Mechanical Investing for December 2006
This was a good month again for Mechanical Investing; I’m catching up to the market, though still lagging behind. Let’s check the numbers – Last 4 weeks: +4.3% Last 3 months: +3.2% Year to date: +1.0% (Dow is +14.7% ytd from 10,718) Last 12 months:+0.9% Holding for another month: Ticker Bought Now Months Return [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Christ is Missing
A manger scene without baby Jesus? ST. ALBANS, W.Va. – Christ is missing from Christmas in this small town. The community’s holiday display has a manger with shepherds, a guiding star, camels and a palm tree, but no baby Jesus, Mary or Joseph. The parks superintendent said Jesus was left out because of concerns about [...]
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