If the initial reports are true, and the bombing in Spain was committed by an group working with Al Queda rather than the Basque separatist group ETA, will the current administration in America work directly with Spain to find the culprits? Or, if it’s discovered that ETA was in fact responsible for the bombing, but […]

Posted on March 14th, 2004 by admin
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Weekend news update…. First, I finally bit the bullet and bought a laptop — a brand new Compaq Presario 2500. It’s got a Celeron processor, a reasonable amount of RAM, and a wireless card. I also purchased a new D-Link wireless router to replace our existing router. This has been an adventure…. Getting the wireless […]

Posted on March 14th, 2004 by admin
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Via the Easterblog I found this section on Beliefnet about The Passion. I haven’t had a chance to finish the Theological Smackdown, but I’ve picked up a couple of interesting bits…. If Jesus had not suffered all the indignities he went through before the crucifixion, but still died for our sins, our sins would still […]

Posted on March 12th, 2004 by admin
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After a long six week vacation, the World Rally Championship visits North America for the first time for the Rally Mexico. The drivers completed the initial recce yesterday, and the word from the top teams is that this will be a fast, technical rally, mixing the best of Finland and Cyprus. The rally will be […]

Posted on March 11th, 2004 by admin
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I came across yet another review of Mel Gibson’s movie, this time from AKM Adam, a clergyman with some nice credentials. I haven’t had a chance to really dig into this article, but one bit really struck me: Judaism serves only as a (negative) backdrop for Jesus? suffering ? and when Gibson exaggerates the extraordinary […]

Posted on March 8th, 2004 by admin
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Coffee is ‘health drink’ says Italian. Finally, justification for a new espresso machine!

Posted on March 8th, 2004 by admin
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Yet another insightful post on the Mel Gibson by Gregg Easterbrook. It’s hard to imagine how the Protestant evangelicals who are falling over each to praise this film didn’t think of this stuff. Some other thoughts…. Another mindboggling facet of the overwhelming Christian support for this film is how, suddenly, theology doesn’t matter much to […]

Posted on March 3rd, 2004 by admin
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Two things this morning. First, this article on Salon about the new cultural battlefield points out the hypocrisy of the Federal Marriage Amendment: Kindly notice what this proposed amendment leaves out. While purporting to be aimed at the defense of marriage, it entirely overlooks every single problem associated with heterosexual marriage. The amendment does nothing […]

Posted on March 2nd, 2004 by admin
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News and notes from the weekend…. Seb has finally gotten around to be interested in crawling. He’s not getting up on his knees and travelling great distances, but he’s scooting around on his belly when the spirit moves him. The spirit, by the way, is typically some object he can’t have, such as the DVD […]

Posted on March 1st, 2004 by admin
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