Finally brewed the Weizenbier I had. Tried unsuccessfully last night, as I dropped my new unused hydrometer on the tile, breaking it. So, I got a new one today and brewed up some beer. The directions with the ingredient kit were only fair - they were somewhat out of order and lacked a couple details. So, next time, I'm going to do things in a ( Read more... )

"The continuous emergence of the God beyond God is the mark of creative courage in the religious sphere." - Rollo May

The rebel of one generation is the saint of the next. Yet, not all who rebel are saints, actually few are. Are most just rebels without a true cause? We have innate resistance to change. Yet, to change everything would result in many ( Read more... )

I've always thought that any difference that makes no difference is no difference. I still hear people swearing that one gas is better than another. But I heard directly from someone who delivers gas to different gas stations, and he said that he drops off the same gas at many different brand stations. And here - http://finance.yahoo.com/family- ( Read more... )

I find it interesting how people are worked up over the most recent update to the California gay marriage fiasco. Yet, somehow, it seems like nearly everyone is concerned with the surface issue and not with the underlying cause of the problem. The problem is not either the conservatives, nor the liberals or even the moderates, but rather, the state ( Read more... )

I don't often comment on terrorist activities because there is so much BS in the news. However, I think this merits a comment.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090523/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_sufis_under_fire

The Pakistan Taliban just blew up a shrine to the most popular Pashtun Sufi poet, ever, by the name of Rahman Baba (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ ( Read more... )

A new level in internet search, Wolfram doesn't lead you to webpages so you can then look to find what you are looking for, it gives you an answer directly. It saves time, and doesn't give you any ads. The tech is still in Alpha, but its open to the public now. Interesting. Try putting in your date of birth, or a place. It also does math formulas ( Read more... )

This video is intense. I love this guy.

As a leader of Iraqi Veterans Against the War, Adam Khokesh has spent years traveling the country to spread our message of peace, a strong national defense and limited government. Adam has served in the US Marines and is deeply committed to principles. Adam is currently exploring a run for Congress in New ( Read more... )

Feebs stormed a home in Indiana, arrested a 16 year old boy under charges of terrorism, found no evidence, and are holding him indefinitely, without any rights. He was accused of making bomb threats through a computer; the mother says someone 'stole' their IP address, which is quite easy to do. Apparently using a computer is now cause for being ( Read more... )

If these data are publicly available, they would surely be useful for maximizing the population captured within a kill-radius of civilians. Aren't you glad the cell phone companies share this info? This data is real-time, which makes it potentially dangerous, say, for suicide bombers ala Israel, targeted attacks ala the IRA, so called "dirty bombs ( Read more... )

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=p&msa=0&msid=106484775090296685271.0004681a37b713f6b5950&
ll=32.639375,-110.390625&spn=15.738151,25.488281&z=5

Looks like we are up to 13 countries and like 6 states so far. Seems like all of the deaths have been in Mexico so far.