Archive for July, 2004

What I learned about John »

What I learned about John Kerry from JibJab.com:
1. He won three Purple Hearts.
2. He’s not George W. Bush.
3. Uh, he won three Purple Hearts.
What I learned about John Kerry during his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention:
1. He won three Purple Hearts.
2. He’s not George W. Bush.
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I took the All-American Sports »

I took the All-American Sports IQ Test the other night when I received my copy of The Sporting News in the mail. The test consists of 118 short answer, matching, and multiple choice questions of varying point values (most are worth one point; others are worth two, three, or four points each). Here’s the grading […]

What does Spike Lee think »

What does Spike Lee think about Bill Cosby’s recent call-to-action to the black community? Here’s what Spike says:
I’m very happy that Bill Cosby is saying what he’s saying now. I feel Bill Cosby deserves the right to say whatever he wants to say. And don’t think Bill is saying this so that people can […]

I took a few minutes »

I took a few minutes today to call Time-Warner Cable of Alamance County and DirecTV. We used to be DirecTV customers and are currently Time-Warner customers. We dropped from the DirecTV standard package to the Time-Warner local-channels-only package to save money (that package is $8 per month).
But I really miss ESPN. And […]

“Going to church is less »

“Going to church is less an act and more a mentality. It is a way of thinking, a paradigm within which one approaches the Christian life itself. Within the “church system” is intertwined a web of interrelated practices: worship services, sermons, offerings, prayers, hymn singing, spiritual instruction and other religious undertakings, all occurring at a […]

“Planned Parenthood is proud to »

“Planned Parenthood is proud to offer yet another t-shirt in our new social fashion line: “I Had an Abortion” fitted T-shirts are now available. These soft and comfortable fitted tees assert a powerful message in support of women’s rights.”
This is disgusting. Abortion as a fashion statement? What’s next? “Baby no longer […]

The sermon at Brookwood this »

The sermon at Brookwood this morning was about Ebed-Melech, whose tale is recounted in Jeremiah 38:1-13. Take a minute to read Ebed-Melech’s story before continuing…
The three lessons we can learn from Ebed-Melech, according to the sermon, are:
“1. No servant is too small a person for God to use.
2. Stand up and […]


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