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Richard and Cora Mae Sutterlin's Washington home was a treasure chest of memories. From the rough-hewn 2x12 planks laid side by side to the rolling floorboards, every detail remained fresh in memory. The house had previously been loved by an elderly member of the congregation Pastor Sutterlin shepherded, a woman who had not been living in the house ( Read more... )

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If you draw a giraffe, you must draw him with a long neck. If, in your bold creative way, you hold yourself free to draw a giraffe with a short neck, you will really find that you are not free to draw a giraffe. The moment you step into the world of facts, you step into a world of limits. You can free things from alien or accidental laws, but not ( Read more... )

"If it be true (as it certainly is) that a man can feel exquisite happiness in skinning a cat, then the religious philosopher can only draw one of two deductions. He must either deny the existence of God, as all atheists do; or he must deny the present union between God and man, as all Christians do. The new theologians seem to think it a highly ( Read more... )

My heart breaks for the children of Monica and Ignacio Ramos. Ignacio's children, at the tender ages of 7, 9, and 13, see their father in shackles, during extremely rare chances that they see their father at all. He spends his days and nights in solitary confinement, in a tiny, windowless cell, locked away like the worst of criminals. Who is ( Read more... )

I don't know what it is about you, Edward, that makes you love trash so much. Perhaps it is the mere fact that forbidden fruit is sweeter, or perhaps it is due to the wonderful sounds of crinkling paper you can always find in great abundance, or perhaps you just like the smell, but in any case, the draw is almost irresistable. I say almost. Yes, my ( Read more... )

You paid attention during 100% of high school!

85-100% You must be an autodidact, because American high schools don't get scores that high! Good show, old chap!

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The modern world now faces a fundamental challenge to its very existance. The recent thwarting of a plot by extremist Muslim terrorists to blow up planes in Great Britain is a small victory for the forces of good, but the battle rages on. Even my alma matter, Montana State University, has become embroiled in controversy, over 11 exchange students ( Read more... )

A strange world, this interconnected place is and has become. Long gone are the days I remember from the early 1990's, when the internet was mostly text, and the users were primarily well educated. Now that anyone and his dog have access, I thought that it was long overdue for me to begin "blogging". I have had an internet presence for well over a ( Read more... )