Archives for November 2007

Gift Cards

‘Tis the season for buying people a bunch of crap they didn’t already buy for themselves because…well…it’s crap. I’m surprised Christians don’t skip Christmas to protest the fact that marketers have stolen their most sacred celebration. But I digress, that is not what this post is about.
For a long time I’ve loathed those […]

27 November 2007 | christmas, gift card, shopping, crap, stuff, junk | 2 Comments

Marriage an Unnecessary Institution

I feel quite strongly that marriage is a completely useless and often harmfull institution that should long ago have been abandoned.  I was pleased, therefore, to read an article in the New York Times today about taking marriage back from church and state.  Marriage, in my opinion, should be a private contractual agreement between two […]

26 November 2007 | religion, marriage, church, matrimony, contract, legal, gay marriage, partnership, love, relationship | 1 Comment

We Sold Our House….Finally!

We’ve sold our house! Finally! It was on the market more than a year.
Kirsten and I had been married for sixteen months when we purchased our first house. The rent for our one-bedroom apartment was going up a hundred dollars a month and we were tired of coin operated laundry and hunting […]

25 November 2007 | 2151spoplar, wichita, house, kansas, realtor, real estate | 1 Comment

Government Stupidity at Guantanamo

This is another example of how people look for evidence where they hope to find it. That, of course, is not always a bad thing. But clearly this Lieutenant Colonel could have thought a bit more before drafting his letter to Mr. Smith.
GUANTANAMO BAYWATCH
From an August exchange between Lieutenant Colonel Edward M. Bush, […]

24 November 2007 | guantanamo, military, government, stupidity, lawyer, shakar amar, mohammed el-gharani | 2 Comments

Ricky Gervais Reads the Bible

This is a hilarious video! Even the Christians should find this funny if they just relax a bit. Ricky Gervais is brilliant. If you haven’t seen the BBC version of The Office I highly recommend putting it on you Netflix Queue.

21 November 2007 | humor, christianity, god, bible | No Comments

Mormons Fix Apostle’s Mistake

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is changing a single word in the Introduction of the Book of Mormon. The news that one word is being changed may at first seem insignificant until one examines which word and why.
The Book of Mormon is, to Mormons, the word of god much like The […]

18 November 2007 | religion, lds, mormon, prophet, wrong, error, dna | 1 Comment

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