I still haven’t had an opportunity to look into that link I posted yesterday. I think this link may be useful in getting context.
Here’s a resource for that LJ Link I posted yesterday
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And while we are on marriage…..
I don’t have time to read this right now but I don’t want it getting away from me.
anthropologist: When Same-Sex Marriage Was a Christian Rite.
A Marriage License?
I am a happily married man. I’ve been so for almost thirty-five years and I wouldn’t be single again or wish for another partner for all the tea in China but it chaffs me that the state required me to get a marriage license. My wife has said that she wouldn’t have married me without the license, though, so I’m not getting rid of it. However, for my fellow Christians who are single and thinking of getting married here are 5 Reasons Why Christians Should Not Obtain a State Marriage License.
Fiction can never be as absurd as reality
All those TV sitcoms that make fun of terrible parenting that we laugh at because they are so absurd that no one would act like that? They in no way come close to touching the absurdity of real life.
And this one line just explains everything.
Belinda Berloni reportedly said “that she understood that it was dangerous to drag a child behind the vehicle but stated they were just having fun and had been doing this all day.”
Well, then, in that case we’ll just excuse everything.
Just a Rant
Dan brought this article to my attention. It brings several thoughts to me regarding how we, as individuals, are so damn submissive in allowing things like this to happen to our society. We buy into the excuse that it is for our own good and lament that “I’m only one person, what can I do?” Let me tell you something, it isn’t for our own good and safety and I can do an awful lot by asserting my liberties.
And this goes much farther than just the TSA. Look at the elections we are having. I don’t know of a single person who is enthusiastic about the candidates the major parties are fronting yet unless the candidate is a Democrat or a Republican no one will vote for them which means a lot of good people who might run don’t because they are not Democrats or Repbulicans and have no chance of becoming either party’s candidate and they know no one votes for the independent. Why will no one vote for the independent? Because we are told that voting for a third party or an independent is a waste of our vote.
Hell! I’m wasting my vote now when I vote for either party’s candidate even if that candidate wins!
This is what I’m going to do. I’m not flying again until the TSA is broken and I’m only voting for third party or independent candidates. By myself this will do nothing but unless I start doing this I’m only contributing to the status quo and that is not in my best interest.
Double Double – The Story of the Zwillingsbiber Beaver > Vintage Wings of Canada
Dan Lyke posted this link to the Zwillingsbiber Beaver over on Flutterby and I had to share it. I can’t really imagine what problem this design solves but it sure is an interesting design.
Dell Agrees to Buy Thin-client Company Wyse Technology | PCWorld Business Center
My first job as a programmer was with a company that used Wyse terminals connected to XT computers built onto ISA cards that were then connected to the ISA slot on an AT computer to give multi-user access to a database. I liked the capabilities of those Wyse Terminals. I’m glad to see Dell buying that company.
Back Again
I’ve been slack and have ignored this space for too long. I am now back and intend to update here at least weekly rather than weakly.
I started out this weblog by just commenting on things I found interesting on the web but soon turned it into a soapbox where I could pontificate on matters that moved me. I think I like a good mix of the two. I’ll continue to do longer articles on religion, politics and social issues but you are going to see a lot of posts just pointing to a reference and saying, “Hey, I think this is cool.”
Today I just have a link.
Since I picked up a Barnes and Noble Nook I’ve been moving to reading mostly e-Books so this news excites me a bit. I’ve been able to find very good books at bargain prices to keep me reading but most of the books I want to read are still a bit more than I care to pay for. This policy should cause me to see a little better pricing.
Islam and Apostasy
It looks like a Christian preacher who was raised as a Muslim is about to be executed in Iran for apostasy. Apostasy in this case is being raised a Muslim and changing religions as an adult. Death seems awfully harsh for someone believing something different than they were raised so I looked around a bit to see if the Koran actually supported that stance. This is a link on the subject that I need to save to look over later.
The Gwinnett Digest.
I’ve started a new project, The Gwinnett Digest. This is a news site geared specifically to people living and working in Gwinnett County, Georgia. I’m working with news releases provided by various government agencies and organizations in Gwinnett County. My goal for this site is to use it to learn more about the news gathering process and to maybe make a little money in the process.
Fall in North Georgia
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Brendan DeMelle | Gas Fracking Industry Using Military Psychological Warfare Tactics and Personnel In U.S. Communities
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I’m placing this here because I have more to say on it but no time to do so right now. I will say that we all use PsyOps in our dealing with other people some of us are just more adept with it than others. I’m not sure we can avoid doing so.
More Surgery
This past spring I had an acute attack of pancreatitis. To diagnose this I had to undergo a CT scan. Pancreatitis can often cause problems for months resulting in hospitalization and stays in ICU. I was lucky, my doctor sent me to the ER. I received treatment and was back to normal two days later.
However, the CAT scan found something else. I had a very large and unusual shaped bladder. My doctor was very insistent that I see a urologist and have this looked into. After she called me up a month after the pancreatitis attack to again insist that I see a urologist she made me understand that this was something I needed to see a specialist about so I made an appointment with Dr. Mukeesh Patel and let him have a look.
Dr. Patel found that I had an enlarged bladder. Not only was my bladder enlarged but the muscle wall of the bladder had herniated and allowed the inner lining of the bladder to escape forming two diverticulum. This isn’t a problem unless the diverticulum are retaining urine. Mine were. The cause stemmed from an enlarged prostate restricting flow and not allowing my bladder to empty. So I had a procedure called transurethral ablation to open up the urethra.
This worked but after six months my bladder is still retaining urine. The diverticulum are filling up now and not emptying. Yesterday the decision was made to operate again to remove the diverticulum. I suggested December 6 and he is suppose to get back with me by tomorrow to confirm that date or give me an alternate.
This will cause me to lose at least a week of work but it should give me time to heal over winter and get back to riding my bicycle by mid January. I will need to start back then because I have plans for April. I’ll tell you more about those as I fill in the details myself. Hopefully this will bring an end, at least for now, to my health issues that have plagued me this year.
UPDATE: Surgery has been scheduled for December 7th.
A Study Is Just A Study
Studies are just studies. They show us where more research is needed but they do not give us Gospel. Here’s something to reinforce that and is good news. But remember, even this is a study.
Women are NOT automatically more likely to develop breast cancer if a relative has the high-risk genes
Contradicts 2007 study that found women with family carrying faulty BRCA genes were up to five times more likely to develop breast cancer
Way too often people make irreversible life changing decisions based on a study reported on in the paper. A lot more needs to go into major decisions than just the outcome of the latest study reported on in the paper.
Harbins Park Trail
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Harbins Park is one of Gwinnett Counties parks that offers a bit of wilderness close enough for spur of the moment hikes. Sammie (my dog) and I took this trail out Saturday morning for about an hour long hike. We saw one trail runner while on this section.