2 Weeks

Ergo?...I Don't Exist

There are:
0
people with my name
in the U.S.A.
How many have your name?


My wife and kids do not exist, either. I must be like a secret agent or something, eh?

Kergyzstan: Threat to the U. S.

This video is hilarious, but beware, an f bomb is dropped at the 3:41 point.

1 Week

Weather Channel Not Political...Yeah, Right!

Dr. Heidi Cullen, who apparently sees herself as the Joe Friday ("just give me the facts") of the meteorology industry (yes, it's an industry, follow the $), has stirred the contoversial waters surrounding the global warming debate in a recent blog post. In her blog, she suggests that any meteorologists who do not embrace the doctrine (really only a theory) of human-caused global warming should not carry the AMS Seal of Approval. She claims that her opinion is not political but factual. In the video in which she responds to the controversy surrounding her recent blog post, she seeks to convince us that she is not pushing a political agenda or seeking to stifle discussion on this controversial issue and reasserts both herself and the Weather Channel as being apolitical.

Who does she think we are? A bunch of blooming idiots? The first image I saw when I went to the video section of the Weather Channel website was a picture of a polar bear with the headline "Will President Bush save the Polar Bear?" Scroll down a little on the library offerings and watch 2006 Hot List Highlights and see Al Gore himself. Not political? Yeah, right!

Dr. Cullen is entitled to her educated guess as to the cause of "global warming" if there is indeed such a thing. But to suggest that simply because her opinion matches the majority does not mean that the minority opinion holders must be stripped of their "accreditation" by the AMS. Dr. Cullen should focus on conquering weather prediction for the next 24 hours before thinking about how to strip her collegues of their credentials if they don't agree with her on a subject that is much broader and complex and POLITICAL.

Fruit in California Drafting "No Spanking" Bill

California Assemblywoman Sallay Lieber (D), who is not a parent, is drafting a bill that would outlaw spanking children under the age of 3.

HT: Drudge

Why Meditate on the Cross of Christ?

There's nothing more overpowering and captivating to the soul than to climb Calvary's mountain with childlike attentiveness and wonder, with all the distractions and wrong assumptions cleared away.

- C. J. Mahaney (Christ Our Mediator; pp.16-17)

Self-Portrait

When In Rome

Florida 41
Ohio State 14

Living in Florida, I Shouldn't Complain

But today it's freaking 84 degrees with a heat index of 88. I broke a sweat a few minutes ago walking about 100 yeards to my neighbor's house.

Usually it's in the mid to upper 60s right about now.

ND Sets Record: 9 Bowl Losses in a Row

The third best team in the SEC pounded BCS and media darling Notre Dame 41-14 last night further disappointing Irish fans who have to go back to 1994 to remember what it's like to win a bowl. This loss makes Michigan's big win over Notre Dame earlier this year look not nearly as impressive. It also causes one to wonder: who are all the teams that should have been playing in a BCS game for the past several years but haven't because ND gets in the BCS even when they don't deserve to be there? Finally, it makes the Gators look a little bit better coming into the title game Monday night.

And I Thought I was a Diehard Cards Fan!

Troy and his brother are beyond diehard.

HT: Eric "Gunny" Hartman

A Game for the Ages

Against my better judgment (at least that's what I was thinking at the time), I stayed up last night for the conclusion of the Fiesta Bowl featuring traditional powerhouse Oklahoma and "We were a junior college just a few years ago and all we've been known for up to this point is playing on a blue field" Boise State.

What a thriller!

Eating crow this morning are Dennis Franchione, Steve Spurrier, and Joe Tiller, who in the final polls ranked Boise State/Oklahoma respectively: #16/#9, #13/#4, and #15/#6. Kudos to Larry Blakeney of Troy, who ranked the put the Broncos in the #5 slot on his final ballot.