Unreal Blog Physics, Philosophy and Money Unreal Blog Physics, Philosophy and Money All around us, we are seeing signs that the economy is going south. The dollar is weak. Gas is nearly $4 a gallon here in Idaho. People are losing their homes and those who are selling theirs are having a hard time. I’ve [...]
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Checks cashed here! Payday loans! Title loans. You keep the car.
May 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: Current Affairs · Social Justice · Stories about Life
Where do you surf?
May 23rd, 2005 · No Comments
The Unreal Universe A Book on Physics and Philosophy “For thinking laymen.” Following are the blogs I read on a regular or semi-regular basis. Please comment sites that you visit, or blogs that are in your news aggregator. Bands Jam Band bittorrents Relix magazine Jam band news source Jam band fan blog BrandYou! (Tom Peters [...]
Tags: Anabaptist/Mennonite · Culture · Current Affairs · Devonthink · Getting Things Done · Journaling · Music · Religion · Social Networking/Community · Web/Tech · Weblogs · Writing
First Amendment Schools: Steps to address school violence
March 25th, 2005 · No Comments
The following was sent to me as an email from First Amendment Schools, an organization I discovered while taking classes for my teaching certificate. I believe it addresses well the steps needed to meet the challenge of disaffected students who resort to violence. And I believe that FAS is an important voice in establishing a [...]
Tags: Culture · Current Affairs
The history of the end of times
February 14th, 2005 · No Comments
In about April, I will begin a series of sermons on the end of times. I look forward to the study and preparation of these messages as it has always been a topic of great curiosity to people. And particularly, I believe that how we view the future has a profound effect on how we [...]
Tags: Current Affairs · Religion
Drug Recall: Important for children
January 31st, 2005 · 1 Comment
I received this in a discussion group I subscribe to. I felt it was important enough to warrant posting here. First some links confirming the accuracy of this post. http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/infopage/ppa/default.htm http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blppa.htm I post these because it is very important when sharing information from online sources that you verify whether they are true or not. The [...]
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Presidential
December 9th, 2004 · 1 Comment
technoOne of my academic goals in life is to be a lay Presidential scholar. I’ve read many biographies of the Clinton presidency and find them fascinating. While I didn’t vote for him, I’d be interested in reading about George W. Bush. And I’ve been thinking reading about Nixon and Roosevelt would be interesting. So it [...]
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Negotiating with terrorists
October 1st, 2004 · 3 Comments
here is a story that highlights that the terrorists are not simply about the total destruction of America, but actually are upset about a specific issue. that issue is palestine. it is my opinion that the war on terrorism needs to seek to address the muslim’s feelings about palestine rather then simply keep ramming israel [...]
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News Blackout
September 27th, 2004 · 6 Comments
I’m currently in the midst of a self-imposed news blackout. Generally, I’m an NPR addict, so this is pretty significant. But I just grew tired of hearing about Iraq everyday. And the political debate between Bush and Kerry basically degenerated to Kerry being the opposite of whatever Bush said, rather then having an agenda of [...]
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