I’ve talked some here problems with our federal government’s finances. Perotcharts.com has a good set of charts explaining the situation, and which culminate with this chart. It quickly and easily describes visually what can be much more difficult to communicate verbally.
Want Gas Prices to Rise?
As with many of you, I’d rather political/governmental things just worked well on their own, and that I didn’t feel a need to pay attention to them at all. However what governmental leaders decide to do has consequences, even drastic ones for us. According to DownsizeDC.org, there is some momentum in Washington toward bringing us
Movie Review: Wall-E
I went and saw Wall-E tonight, and I’m actually going to write about it. (It’s been a long time since I can remember doing a movie review.) Before I start I want to mention that the short they had before the feature was quite entertaining as well. It features a magician trying to work with
Memories
I think I may have had a bit of a revelation today. I’ve spoken in the past of how I often find memories—even good ones—to be haunting. Interestingly, a thought hit me today even though I wasn’t thinking about this subject: maybe memories are meant to be shared. Let me explain. I’ve felt like I’ve
Why I’m Leaving Church
As of a little over a year ago, I was attending two church services pretty much every Sunday. I had one church I went to in the morning and another I went to in the evening. I had been involved in two churches at a time since around 2000, and had grown up going to
Prevent a War With Iran
I haven’t taken this too seriously until now, because I thought it was such a ridiculous idea. But apparently now our government is considering a proposal that would bring us closer to a war with Iran. We can’t afford another war either in financial terms or in terms of manpower. From my understanding, our military
Link
This is a good blog I read: Finding Jesus At A.A.
Blog Link
I just recently discovered a great writer. Reading through his blog, I wanted to share nearly every one. Here are some quotes to whet your appetite: “God called. He wants his church back.” “Instead of being ‘In the World, but not of it’ we have become the Church who is ‘Of the world, but [not]
Hermeneutics Quiz
Hermeneutics Quiz Score 67 Evaluation You scored between 66 and 100, meaning you’re a progressive on The Hermeneutics Scale.
Oil Replacing Gold
“…oil is replacing gold as the investment opportunity of choice in troubled times.” That’s bad news, and at least part of the reason for high gas prices. Imagine if your car ran on gold. Ouch! I suppose the term “black gold” is more appropriate than ever.