Boxes
Graebel just removed all the packing boxes from my apartment. I think it just doubled in size.
Quran Burning Questions
A few questions that I've been pondering lately, sparked by a Florida pastor's planned Quran-burning Saturday.
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Has he ever read it? It's a pretty safe bet he hasn't. I guess we should just vehemently hate it on principle?
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How exactly does this reflect the love of Christ? People in pretty much every denomination of every religion think this is a bad idea.
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Would we be upset if people in another country burned the Bible? I'm honestly not sure. We'd probably just airmail them some more.
Someone called into K-Love yesterday and shared a wonderful idea his local churches had come up with. They are banding together to send flowers to mosques in their region on September 11. The events of that day have had as much impact on Muslims around the world as it has had on us. A little better example of loving your neighbor, in my opinion.
Stephen Hawking on God, Science and the Origins of the Universe →
In philosophy and logic there is a principle know as Occam's Razor. It says that the simplest explanation is the most likely one. Apparently for one of the world's leading minds (or many), the simplest explanation is that there are infinite universes, many dimensions, and a whole host of mathematics to govern them. That however, is self-defeating. Where there are laws and behavior, there is something higher to govern them. This is Aquinas' fifth proof for the existence of God. And these constructs must themselves also have come from somewhere - Aquinas' second proof.
Don't get me wrong - his books are on my reading list. It's just sad to see someone so brilliant and educated ignore Truth.
Californian
It only took another three hours in the DMV, a barely passing score on a written driver's test I didn't know I was going to have to take, and way too much money in new vehicle registration sales tax, and I have plates, a license, and a temporary voter's card. I am, as of today, officially registered as a Californian. And a Republican. And an organ donor.
Pardon me while I go wash my car and take a scalding shower.
Individuality is freedom lived.
— John Dos Passos
New Apple Friend Bar Gives Customers Someone To Talk At About Mac Products
New Apple Friend Bar Gives Customers Someone To Talk At About Mac Products
Now if they can just keep it turned on for longer than 24 hours...
I went to IKEA today. Great store, if you're one of the two people on the planet who's never been. Lots of cheap, easy to assemble, well-built Swedish furniture. Also lots of people. I hate crowds. Anyways, built myself a dresser, got some lamps, got this lightbulb in a lamp.
And I seriously have no idea what the math on the box is supposed to mean!
11 W !≈ 50 W ... unless the units don't mean the same thing. 10,000 h = 10 x 1,000 h ... always?
They should just stick to the pictorial instructions; math is not their strong suit.