Christian Environmentalism
Sunday, November 24th, 2002 Posted in Science | No Comments »Last night I mentioned a new ad campaign attempting to link religion and environmentalism, What Would Jesus Drive? It's a slick idea, and about time. In my experience the church has been pretty anti-environment. Christians often mistrust tree-huggers as whacked ...
What Would Jesus Drive?
Friday, November 22nd, 2002 Posted in God, Church & Stuff, Science | No Comments »Why are people so dumb? It's a question I have to ask myself a lot. Almost as much as another question I ask a lot, why are Christians so dumb? Some Christians get so worked up over the evil in ...
Begging for CDs
Thursday, November 21st, 2002 Posted in Employment | No Comments »I hate begging for money. Yet I work for a non-profit organization and it's part of the job. It's not my job, thankfully, but we always have to keep donations in the back of mind. I can't tell you how ...
Got Segway?
Wednesday, November 20th, 2002 Posted in Technology | No Comments »Got $5,000? You can have a hi-tech scooter/bike/thing. Segway is now available from Amazon.com. Is there anything they don't sell?
Pretentious Literary Snot
Tuesday, November 19th, 2002 Posted in Books | No Comments »Sometimes I'm a pretentious literary snot. Unlike most debt-ridden, almost-newlywed, post college twenty-somethings, my wife and I have a library of nearly 800 books (and the number swells monthly). Now we justify it by picking up the books cheap at ...
Mmm… DVD
Monday, November 18th, 2002 Posted in Technology, U2 | No Comments »About 11 months ago I got my first DVD and quickly realized how cool digital technology is. At the time I didn't have a DVD player and had to be content simply sitting in front of my DVD-equipped PC. But ...
Love Stamps
Thursday, November 14th, 2002 Posted in Daily Grind | No Comments »You know what I really don't like? Mailing loan payments with love stamps.
Martyr vs. Dork
Thursday, November 7th, 2002 Posted in God, Church & Stuff | No Comments »I'd rather be a martyr than a dork. This idea was expressed at the youth group I volunteer at last night. The teens seem to embrace the idea of martyrdom without a problem. But what becomes a more difficult is ...
Exercising Democracy
Tuesday, November 5th, 2002 Posted in Politics | No Comments »I like exercising democracy. There's something powerful about it, and rightfully so. I've voted in every election since I turned 18 (yep, all three of 'em), but tonight was the first time I actually went to the polls and voted. ...
