On my drive in to work today, I saw a long, long line of motorcycles making their way east-bound. They were all carrying a set of flags on their motorcycles. One red, white and blue, the other black..MIA/POW flag. It's the start of the Memorial weekend. The group was nearly 2 miles long, and there were pockets of bikers who'd fallen behind by a ( Read more... )

A couple of friends, ssurgul and arian_maral have pointed out an article about how Speech is free unless it's critical. I have to admit, I'm flabbergasted that things like this have/are happening in America. Maybe they're just a wake up call for those of us who've grown up in ...well, a different sort of world.

The poem itself can be found here: Revolution X.

Lionman

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Black? Hmmm...interesting.

Walking on Water

Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side, while he dispersed the crowds. And after he sent the crowds away, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone. Meanwhile the boat, already far from land, was taking a beating from the waves because ( Read more... )

Kyrie, Kyrie eleison.
Kyrie, Kyrie eleison.
Christe, Christe eleison.
Christe, Christe eleison.
Kyrie, Kyrie eleison.
Kyrie, Kyrie eleison.

Did I ever mention how much I hate the high price of gasoline? Grr.

$23 to put 3/4ths of a tank of gas in my Jeep Cherokee.

Well, I finally managed to get an MP3 player. I managed to get an RCA Lyra RD1071 for $60. Thus far, I'm pleased with it. It's got 128M onboard and has a SD memory slot that I'm hoping to fill with a 256M SD chip, when I can find one for the price I want to pay ( Read more... )

While I'm as red-blooded an American as the next fellow, I frowned and had to shake my head when I'd read this article from The Daily Texan that I'd noticed covered over on SlashdotI'm somewhat disturbed that Freedom of Information Act requests are being intercepted by the FBI/Secret Service, particularly if the information requested is not ( Read more... )

Then He said to them, "Give to Ceasar what is Ceasar's, and to God what is God's." Matthew 22:21 (NIV ( Read more... )

Jesus, Jesus, Jesus! There's something about that name!
Master, Savior, Jesus! Like the fragrance after the rain.
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus! Let all heaven and earth proclaim: Kings and kingdoms will all pass away, but there's something about that name!