Quality interweb mischief from Jared Bridges
Heh heh. Looks like somebody has got a Dan Rather quotes page up at the WikiQuote.org repository. Most of them appear to be from election night 2000. The most appropriate for these times: “If you’re disgusted with us, frankly I don’t blame ya.”
David Wayne, a.k.a. the Jollyblogger, has posted a must-read on what “the gospel” really means. It’s a good corrective to the popular evangelical thinking that the gospel simply serves as a “ticket to heaven.” Go read it now.
When James says that the “tongue is a fire,” he means to show that what we say can cause catastrophic damage. Blogger Euguene Volokh points out one such catastrophe in recent comments made by Jimmy Swaggart. Swaggart, the televangelist who once fell from prominence after he was found with a prostitute, apparently made the following … Read more
Going back through Amazon.com’s history in the “Your Account” section, I found that my first order was on Feb. 19, 1997. I ordered two books, The Gospel According to Mark: The English Text With Introduction, Exposition, and Notes (NICNT), and Between Heaven and Earth: Prayers and Reflections That Celebrate an Intimate God. It was my … Read more
An eye-opening L.A. Times story sheds light on Trinity Broadcasting Network cheifs Paul and Jan Crouch (yep, he’s the old guy with the bolo tie and she has the purple hair). Their doctrine is a health-and-wealth gospel, and it makes them lots of money: Much as Ted Turner did for TV news, the Crouches have … Read more
Senator Kerry is scheduled to appear on David Letterman Monday night. Perhaps he’s going to be part of Letterman’s sketch “Is This Anything?” Whatever it is, Kerry’s upcoming appearances on Letterman, Regis & Kelly, and Dr. Phil are sure to be a bore. It is even reported that the Bushes will appear on Dr. Phil … Read more
Vols 30, Gators 28 On a night that was supposed to be all wet due to the remnants of a hurricane, the remnants of a rivalry were gathered instead as Tennessee and Florida’s stormy relationship culled into what was arguably the greatest game in the recent history of the series. Down to the gut-wrenching wire, … Read more
A recent AP piece dealing with the burgeoning problem of what to do with the extra frozen embryos used in in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures is downright spooky. Consider the actions of some clinics: The reverence that some clinics gave to the task surprised researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Rutgers University. Seven clinics … Read more
From the folks at Mozilla, the FireFox 1.0 Preview Release is out, and so far,I like what I see. The “live bookmarks” feature can turn your brower into an RSS reader, which is quite handy. Also, when browsing secure sites, the address bar is highlighted in yellow with an additional security icon. Those are the … Read more
Dan Rather wants to be the first to break the story that the Bush National Guard documents are forged: “If the documents are not what we were led to believe, I’d like to break that story,” Rather said in an interview last night. “Any time I’m wrong, I want to be right out front and … Read more