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  • iPad – iDon't

    Some people are foaming at the mouth over the new iPad. I hate to rain on their parade, but…I can get the same functionality for 1/2 the price. And furthermore: * The iPad isn’t a real widescreen (16×9)* Doesn’t have a USB port [yet]* Can’t multi-task* Has no camera* Doesn’t support e-ink* Doesn’t have a…

  • 1-2-3-4

    Feist is my favorite indie pop singer. Her voice has a nice earthy cadence and soulful tone. Here is a very charming video of her singing her hit “1-2-3-4” adapted for ‘Sesame Street’ dealing with learning the number 4.

  • reflections on a winter morn

    frozen light suspended in timefrozen dreams imagined and sublime early morning darkness slowly abatesconsciousness quickens the sleeper awakes transitory perceptions visions left behindworlds hidden from the mind harken voyagers with limited epistemologythink upon this construct ‘reality’ hidden variables your models eschewvulgar unobservables an ontological stew pray consider strict materialists allsomething lost in man’s Fall fragile…

  • "6:00am verse"

    a synaptic symphonythoughts racingconvergenceblinding wavesof truth?beyond metricsbeyond limited perceptionfinal truth revealedontological bondage – brokensymmetry – brokenagainst our conflicted naturedreams of reasona reality of dreamssearchinglight cones tippingtranscending the knownthe unknown revealedfinal truthacceptancethe LogosChrist Immanuel by Zachary Uram

  • Pittsburgh Penguins Power Play Performance

    Major T.J. “King” Kong says, “Dag burnit, stay on the power play, boys! We’ll get the puck in the net if it’s the last thing we do. Aaaaaa hoooo! Waaaaa haaaawwwww!!!!“

  • Andrew C. McCarthy on Islam (NRO)

    April 28, 2006, 6:24 a.m.Not for the Faint of HeartRobert Spencer asks the hard questions about Islam…and answers them. The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades), by Robert Spencer (Regnery, 233 pp., $19.95) It is often said that in order to keep polite company polite, we must refrain from speaking of religion and…

  • Steve Irwin – The Crocodile Hunter – You Are Missed!

    God bless you Steve! I will never forget your wonderful programs and your zest for life and appreciation of God’s wonderful creation. Good on ya mate!

  • Yasoo3 ya ibn Allah!

    Shookran Taree2 Yasoo3! Amin! Al Ma7ee! Here is a great song (tarneema) by (Rogé [Roger] Bahu) : Ya Yasou ya ibn Allah Download the full recording -> or hear streaming audio ->

  • Full Moon Cut (Engetsu-giri)

    “You will die……by the time my sword completes the circle.” From the Hagakure Kikigaki: “It is a principle of the art of war that one should simply lay down his life and strike. If one’s opponent also does the same, it is an even match. Defeating one’s opponent is then a matter of faith and…

  • The Real History of the Crusades

    The Real History of the CrusadesBy Thomas F. MaddenApril 1, 2002 With the possible exception of Umberto Eco, medievalscholars are not used to getting much media attention.We tend to be a quiet lot (except during the annualbacchanalia we call the International Congress onMedieval Studies in Kalamazoo, Michigan, of allplaces), poring over musty chronicles and writing…