Drinking Tea is Good for You
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/health/5281046.stm I’ll have some now thank you.
Truckin’ with Ron: Barns, Headlights, Boredom
Intro music by The Speeding Trees: http://www.thespeedingtrees.com/
No More Frontiers, No More Discovery
I’ve been researching the history of my hometown and county: Fairfield, Iowa in Jefferson County. I know it’s a myth, the idea of pioneers and settlers “discovering” the land, when people have been living here since 10,000 BCE. And, of course, what happened to the Native Americans was freaking tragic. But the settlers themselves didn’t really think about [...]
Truckin’ with Ron: The Rapture Sucks
The idea of Jesus coming back a year from now means that I’m denied a life that untold billions before me enjoyed – particularly, it prevents me from having a family of my own. If the Christian idea of just one soul, one life for all eternity is true, then I really get the short [...]
Clash of the Titans (1981) vs Clash of the Titans (2010)
They’re both terrible, terrible movies. I was just going to publish the above sentence and be done with it, but I’m still kinda pissed off about it. Who thinks that the timeless Greek epics are not interesting stories, that they “need improving?” Seriously – reading the Wikipedia article on Perseus is more interesting and engaging than either [...]
Prolific Output into the Void.
I often wonder about how technology seems to have vastly improved our lives… when it fact it changes almost nothing. Before the internet, a single, unremarkable person with something to say would struggle their entire life to find a way to express themselves – to find an outlet for the voice, the ideas and feelings [...]
If You Touch Your Toes, You’re Worshiping the Devil.
http://www.equip.org/articles/yoga-meditation-in-the-classroom The above link is an excellent example of a conservative Christian movement against the influx of “Eastern” spiritualism in America. The basis of their argument stems from what must be an understandable confusion: “Why are so many people looking to Eastern religions and practices for spiritual fulfillment? They already have a religion that, as the Bible [...]
Helpful Spam
Lately I’ve been drowning is (apparently) Russian spam comments (over 30 yesterday), so I thought I’d translate a few and see what’s up! The best so far: Согласен с автором по поводу информации. = I agree with the author about the information. Может тоже себе сделать, буду думать. = It can also make yourself, I’ll think [...]
