I was pondering modern correspondence recently when I realized that historians 100 years from now may not consider our time to be devoid of useful information on individuals. For the longest time letters were written and kept, often outlasting multiple generations of people, only to be found 100s of years later to shed light on the perceptions and ( Read more... )

So I'm confused. You have 2.5 million people come to a city and bulge it's population as part of a pilgrimage. The pilgrimage consists of moving back and forth between two hills, running around the city, then heading towards three large pillars and you only get 7 days to do it. I'm not going to make any more comment on the rituals of this ( Read more... )

So I heard this bit about how that crazy leader in Iran is purporting that the Holocaust was fabricated to justify creating the nation of Israel. This got me to thinking about truth and evidence. After a short conversation with creatrixx (who had read my original post over my shoulder) I realized that I hadn't though about my original statement ( Read more... )

So I was listening to the BBC last night and heard this article on how Walmart is looking to drastically decrease its burden on the environment, perhaps by 50% or more in 5 to 10 years. The interview made me pointed out just how frighteningly organized and efficient Walmart is. It turns out that they are not looking to be environmentally friendly ( Read more... )

Now that we have observed the true technological success of the levees down in New Orleans. They seem to function far better at keeping the water in. I think when they rebuild they should take a look at how Venice works things, and make some modifications for future hurricanes. This will solve 2 problems. First, the marshlands that have been ( Read more... )

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I guess I just have a lot on my mind. But to the Point! I think that the reason the list of Popes prophesied by St. Malachy ends soon is not because the catholic church fails, nor is it due to the beginning of rapture (the pre-Apocalypse). I think it ends because as the final pope's health deteriorates, and his organs begin to fail, he will ( Read more... )

Last night I heard a report that the AARP was starting up it's campaign to crush support for Bush's Social Security Reforms. I have mixed feelings about his reforms, so I didn't really care one way or the other about their position. What really bugged me was in financing the propaganda that supports their agenda, they draw on a budget that is ( Read more... )

So the papers recently have been going on and on about baseball, and its woes concerning performance enhancing drugs (commonly called steroids). It got me to thinking about game balance. While thinking about game balance is usually only the concern of hard-core "gamers" I think it is highly applicable to sports' "doping" issues. So, to my ( Read more... )

So, again today I heard about the Kyoto Treaty and the US absenting from it. While I do believe that curbing environmental poisoning is in the best interest of the whole world, I am not sure the Kyoto Treaty is going to have a positive effect. The reason I say this is because of an article I recently read about BP. Apparently, in order to comply ( Read more... )