Published at: 11:09 pm - Wednesday September 30 2009
I’d never heard of Todd Friel until I stumbled across this interview he did with one of the great intellects of our time, Christopher Hitchens. I first found Hitchens when I read his autobiography of Thomas Jefferson, which I recommend to anyone interested in the authorship of our great country.
Hitchens, of course, has spent a [...]
Published at: 04:09 pm - Tuesday September 29 2009
I’ve gotten this video emailed to me twice, and have seen it posted on various social networking sites several times. Each time the poster or sender has expressed their awe and wonder at how their god and/or god’s son Jesus has put their own personal trademark, that of the cross (ugh), into the very fiber [...]
Published at: 02:09 pm - Sunday September 27 2009
“Worker Falls to Death In Grain Bin,” read the story in the local paper, the one and only such publication in our market area, which makes for great print journalism. I shuddered, because when people die in grain bins, it’s usually because they got trapped in the grain itself, and suffocated in the oats, wheat, [...]
Published at: 12:09 pm - Wednesday September 23 2009
I joined Facebook late last year (I think), and did so because my college-age cousin said I ought to give it a shot. I did it, being on the couch and drunk, as I often am with the kids in bed and my wife mired in paperwork. At first was at a loss as [...]