Month: April 2005

Woodpecker Thought Extinct Rediscovered – Yahoo! News: “Interior Secretary Gale Norton said, ‘Second chances to save wildlife once thought to be extinct are rare. … We will take advantage of this opportunity.’” I’m not sure what to think of that. Coming from Gale Norton, I suspect the part she was thinking but didn’t say was,… Continue reading Woodpecker Thought Extinct Rediscovered – Yahoo! News

Yahoo! News – World Photos – AP – Wow, this is a weird looking kid. Agent Orange at work!

I’m not sure if I’ve said this before, but the recent political uproar over confirming Bush’s already-rejected judge nominees reminds me… I believe that if churches and church organizations are going to get directly involved in politics, they should lose their tax exempt status.By “directly involved” I mean spending a significant amount of their time… Continue reading tax the churches

Tilley Endurables – The Finest Hats and Travel Clothing in the World – I just ordered a Tilley TH4 hat made from hemp. Supposedly the finest outdoor hat in the world. We’ll see.

Welcome to TV Turnoff Network – I plan to participate in TV Turnoff Week, once again. You should strongly consider if, if you haven’t already. Take that time you’d normally waste watching television and instead… go see a playread a good bookspend time with someone you lovelisten to your favorite musictake a hikecook an extra… Continue reading Welcome to TV Turnoff Network

Pope Benedict XVI – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: “We are moving toward a dictatorship of relativism which does not recognize anything as definitive and has as its highest value one’s own ego and one’s own desires” – And with my luck, I’ll probably get elected King of this dictatorship!

I see that GM just posted a 1.1 billion dollar loss for the quarter. Wow, that’s a lot of money. I found this graphic interesting. It’s from the New York Times and shows that GM lost 2.7% market share in the first quarter of 2005, while Toyota gained 2.7% market share. GM gives us the… Continue reading Are green cars winning?

|:ni9e:|:destruction:|:production:| – Now here’s some hip hop I can really get into. It’s the entire “Straight Outta Compton” CD, edited so that ONLY the explicit lyrics remain.

Yahoo! News – McCain Sees ‘Slippery Slope’ in Filibuster Ban – Once again, John McCain seems to be the only one with a brain in all of Congress.

BBC NEWS | Americas | Man gets nine years for spamming – I wonder where in the hierarchy of convicts this man will fall. Above or below the child molesters?