My Own Thoughts

All you have to do is send an email to this address: RCT-6lettersfromh at gcemnf-wiraq dot usmc dot mil They’re collecting the emails and handing copies out to Marines who are in the field. Read about it at their blog. Two days ago they had 3000, but were despairing because they had slowed to a [...]

When I was in high school, my pastor died. He was 33. He left a wife and three small children behind. In order to give some relief to his family, our church decided that we would fill the role of the pastor with the members for one year, continuing to give the wife and children [...]

since I broke my elbow. I still have soreness and pain in my hand/wrist area and right at the elbow, if I put it down on something hard. The doctor says it can take several months for that to wear off. But I have been exercising my arm, straightening it out, moving it up to [...]

While my family went shooting on a regular basis, it was only the boys who went. My brother shot a rabbit when he was six. My cousins shot a hole through the floor of their car that their mother didn’t know about for several years. I never went shooting, though. After R and I had [...]

I wrote sometime about the titles for my series. I’ve highlighted my personal favorites for today. 1. Propitiation Prophet in the Making The Price of Prophecy 2. Redemption Prophet Bought and Sold The Limits to Prophecy 3. Deliverance Prophet Revealed The Rewards of Prophecy And then I suggested book 4 which is listed in my [...]

If you see this, call me. Yeah, my phone works. Yeah, I can call you. But I seem to be catching you at bad times. And I’m lonesome for you NOW, but you’re asleep, so I am not calling. So give me a buzz. Love you.

We went to the Wizards of the Coast comic book convention. It was… different. Spiderman needed a cod piece so his little head wasn’t staring at everyone. And the twenty or so storm troopers obviously weren’t clones. Iron Man had an excellent/expensive costume. There were multiple dark Lords of the Sith, including one who had [...]

First day we went to Valley Forge. Best thing: You use your cell phone for the audio tour. Best thing about the hotel: .1 miles from the mall. Then we came up to NJ. We went to Washington’s HQ. History changes. Last time I was here, 12 years ago, they said that Washington hosted balls [...]

Guess I’ll be watching for a mall on the way down to PA tomorrow.

New Jersey has the US flag up on all overhead walkways over the highways. New York’s Penn Station has multiple soldiers and police hanging about. NJTransit has a permanent announcement up on the flashing signs to “Report Suspicious Activity.” The Borders had a five minute test of its fire alarm. I’ve spent LOTS of times [...]

Is this bone church? The address is from the Czech Republic, I think.

Bible Map, which lets you pinpoint where actual places are in the Bible. I couldn’t figure out where the places were, but it was still interesting. Early Christian Writings lists them by dates and has whole pages of weblinks and info on each that I clicked on. Very nice. A Backslidden atheist shows his stuff, [...]

The 10 Most Puzzling Ancient Artifacts confused me. I kept wondering if it were a parody until I came to some artifacts I have read about other places. Very cool. An Exhibition on Ancient Petra is fun, interesting, light historical reading. Vlad the Impaler offers a discussion of differences between Vlad and Dracula, among other [...]

Go to Stumble Upon for some fun websurfing. One word lets you write for sixty seconds on the word of their choice. Then there’s the generating fool who can generate fantasy names, characters with quirks, place names, fictional wars, and fantasy plots. Fun, not serious. Vlad the Impaler offers a discussion of differences between Vlad [...]

To those who were there: Thank you for your presence, your participation, and for your contribution to our liberty. To those who lost loved ones there: I am sorry. Thank you. God bless you. They are not forgotten.

Take a 10 question quiz on O’Reilly’s site and AT&T will donate a 20 minute phone card to a trooper in Iraq. The average correct is less than 5, so don’t feel too bad if you don’t know the answers.

I took an online poli sci survey on Monday. It asked me questions like “Are most Democrats corrupt?” I said no. Most Democrats, I thought, are people just like you and me who are doing the best they can to make the right choices. I don’t often agree with their understanding of what the right [...]

Georgia passed a law granting the widowed spouses the soldiers’ scholarship benefits. “HB 131 — Surviving Spouse HERO Scholarship legislation passed unanimously in both the House and the Senate.” From the Loganville Tribune. Illinois folks are having a 5K run for scholarships for the surviving children. I wonder whether Texas has done anything like that? [...]