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In God We Trust… To See Our Enemy

runwolf13 | January 21, 2010

There is currently a growing controversy surrounding the acquisition of high quality military rifle sights for the Army and Marines.  It seems the manufacturer, Trijion, has since it’s earliest days, included a biblical verse in the serial number of their products.  The verse, inscribed in what “ABC News” refers to as “code” is a sort [...]

Christmas Memories

Russell | December 25, 2009

Nothing geeky today, just two stories.
Last night Emma was in bed, trying to fall asleep when she heard the dog, Charlie, start to bark. She looked at Laurel with an irrepressible grin and asked, “Do you think Charlie’s barking at Santa?” Being unable to help smiling, Laurel says, “I don’t know, but we better at [...]

God Speaks!

runwolf13 | December 17, 2009

A good friend of mine in Chicago posted an excellent article about God speaking to us in unusual and unlikely ways. In this case, Brian makes some good points about this likely not coming from God himself/herself/itself.  Brian, God bless him, is a devout Catholic, so his point of view is a bit different than [...]

Yes! I want to go swimming in low-g!

Russell | November 13, 2009

Let’s go swimming!

Eat, Drink, and be Merry

runwolf13 | November 9, 2009

Recently I was forced, on two separate occasions, to consider and report on my favorite bible verse.  I’m not a real bible verse kind of guy.  I don’t find a verse particularly useful and rarely find them meaningful.
This is not a judgement on the entire bible, rather it is how I look at individual verses. [...]

“The Lord struck the child”

Russell | November 8, 2009

2 Samuel 12:15 tells the story of how God responded to David’s adultery and murder of Uriah. He doesn’t take David’s life. No, instead God strikes the child.
It’s late, so I’m not exactly sure what to say about this other than if this doesn’t convince you that scripture isn’t inerrant, nothing will.
More to [...]

Ka is a wheel . . .

Russell | November 7, 2009

Fear is more contagious than the flu.