Apparently this was produced several years ago by the ACLU
Archive for June, 2008
National ID Card
Posted in Variety Pack on June 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Jesse James Was Maybe the Treasurer?
Posted in Variety Pack on June 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s an interesting first paragraph to this post.
An Interesting List
Posted in Pilgrimesque, Variety Pack on June 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Jeana shares a interesting and poignant list “10 Things That Don’t Make Sense to Me”
Reveling in a 50 Year Old Prank
Posted in Variety Pack on June 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s what the Brit students did.
Rotating Skyscraper
Posted in The Things of This World, Variety Pack on June 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“The building will never look the same, not once in a lifetime.”
HT: Korzeniewski
Survey Says?
Posted in Variety Pack on June 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“The survey shows religion in America is, indeed, 3,000 miles wide and only three inches deep.”
Twenty Reasons Why…
Posted in Pilgrimesque, Variety Pack on June 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
John Piper doesn’t take potshots at Fundamentalists.
Quote of the Day
Posted in Patriarchy, Pilgrimesque, Quote of the Day on June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Richard Baxter’s (Puritan) advice for when we are driving our children in the car. I love the premise. I understand his sentiment, but I don’t know if I agree with the last statement, unless he is referring to poor in spirit.
“Speak to your children disgracefully of the gallantry and pomp and riches of the world [...]
Free Cars for Life! No Joke!
Posted in The Things of This World on June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Drive Free. Retire Rich. If you want to.
Seven Reasons to Study Church History
Posted in Classical Education, Pilgrimesque, Pleased with God on June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m thankful for the excellent lessons I’m getting in Sunday School.
Quoting a 6/16 posting by Tim Challies on his blog…
Though I work primarily as a web designer, and despite receiving training in another area of the computer field (network administration, for those who may be interested), my most significant education was in history. It was [...]
I Drove By His House Yesterday
Posted in The Things of This World, Variety Pack on June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Interesting article about Al Gore and his energy consumption.
Also see this ironic comparison laid out for us by Snopes.
Is It Really Stealing?
Posted in The Things of This World on June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
An argument that it’s not really stealing to use someone else’s wi-fi connection. What do you think?
Do You Love Satire Used Sparingly?
Posted in AMUSEMENT: "Muse" Means to Think and "A" Means... on June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Man Who Used Stick To Roll Ball Into Hole In Ground Praised For His Courage
Quote of the Day
Posted in Classical Education, Quote of the Day on June 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Robert H. Heinlein…
“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a [...]
Quote of the Day
Posted in Classical Education, Quote of the Day on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Stephen Mansfield in Forgotten Founding Father: The Heroic Legacy of George Whitfield about Whitfield’s rhetorical giftedness…
“Shakespearean actor David Garrick said, ‘I would give a hundred guineas if I could say oh like Mr. Whitefield.’ Benjamin Franklin once quipped, ‘He can bring men to tears merely by pronouncing the word Mesopotamia.’”
Quote of the Day
Posted in Classical Education, Quote of the Day on June 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
John Piper in Godward Life…
“This business of education is God’s business. He gave us minds that think. He created the world we think about. He wrote the book of nature. He made the rules of logic. He is the standard of true and false, good and bad, beautiful and ugly. To ignore him is to [...]
Quote of the Day
Posted in Quote of the Day on June 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Don Whitney from Pursuing a Passion of God Through the Spiritual Disciplines: Learning from Jonathan Edwards…
“Burning hearts are not nourished by empty heads.”
God Be With You Till We Meet Again
Posted in Family, Goings On on June 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
God be with you till we meet again;
By His counsels guide, uphold you,
With His sheep securely fold you;
God be with you till we meet again.
God be with you till we meet again;
Neath His wings protecting hide you;
Daily manna still provide you;
God be with you till we meet again.
God be with you till we meet again;
When [...]