Archives for: "October 2003"

Windows Messenger Service ads

This morning when I sat down at my computer there where two MS windows alert boxes open. The window title said "Messenger Service." They looked like legitimate error messages until I read the text. They were both ads for online scams. I googled the… more »

Postscript to Steven Turner's "Creed"

In my sermon Sunday I included a poem by Steve Turner called "Creed." It's a satirical postmodern creed illustrating some of the absurdity of naturalistic worldviews. Below is a postscript for that poem, also written by Turner, as heard on a Ravi… more »

RIS (Rest in Sewage)

I regret to report that one of my fish has died. She was a female platy that would have been delivering babies any day now. The stress of the pregnancy, combined with poor tank conditions and the fact that one of the swordtails kept taking bites out… more »

Japanese phrases you need to know

Kazoku sorrote no seppuku ga yokatta.I loved the part where the whole family disemboweled themselves.Nihonshoku o tabesukete inai yabanjin desu.I am too barbaric to eat a Japanese breakfast.Ebi no idaina saigo desu!How honorably shrimp struggle as they… more »

Music downloads: $0.99 per track

I'm downloading my first song from MusicMatch's new legal download service. Like Apple iTunes, you can dl individual tracks for a buck and burn them to a cd or listen to them on your computer. This is all totally legal and it's a pretty cheap way to… more »

Emma makes me laugh

Last week we went to Applebee's for lunch and when Emma saw the sign she said, "Apple-poopies." She can say it right, but it just came out that way. Funny more »

The things TV teaches us

First of all, I think my sermon turned out alright this morning. Later on I'll post some recommendations for futher study in the subject of the Christian worldview, but first I need to tell you about something cool I saw this morning.We meet at the… more »

This is why we won the Revolutionary War

Some guy in England is trying to sell an air guitar on ebay. more »

Free IQ test

I took a free IQ test here. It was pretty fun. more »

new pets that we can't pet

On Tuesday we brought home some new pets for our aquarium. We got 8 ghost shrimp. I like these because 1) they're wierd, 2) they totally freak me out, 3) they eat debris from the bottom of the tank, 4) they're bodies are transparent, so you can see… more »

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