Official Religion
Saturday, July 31st, 2004 Posted in Politics | 1 Comment »66 percent of evangelicals favor making Christianity the official religion of the U.S. Apparently those evangelicals have forgotten their roots of leaving the 'official Christendoms' of Europe to practice their faith freely in the new world.
Evangelicals Favor Official Religion
Saturday, July 31st, 2004 Posted in God, Church & Stuff | 1 Comment »66 percent of evangelical adults favor a constitutional ammendment making Christianity the official religion of the U.S., according to a Barna survey. While a majority of evangelicals favor such a move, only 32 percent of adults in general favor the ...
I went to Las Vegas and all I got was this lousy blog entry.
Saturday, July 31st, 2004 Posted in Vacation | 1 Comment »OK, so that's not exactly true, but it makes for a good title. I did find myself a few monkey-related items for the office, though none of them were Vegas related. I was really hoping for a damn T-shirt from ...
Minneapolis Bans Smoking; St. Paul to Follow
Sunday, July 25th, 2004 Posted in Twin Cities | No Comments »Restaurants and bars in Minneapolis will go smoke free on March 31, 2005 after a surprising 12-1 vote by the city council. Minneapolis joins Bloomington, Minn. in stamping out smoking in public places, primarily as a workplace safety issue. St. Paul ...
Viva Las Vegas
Saturday, July 24th, 2004 Posted in Just for Fun | 1 Comment »This week we head out to Vegas for my brother's wedding. Ironically, Time magazine ran a cover story on the new Vegas last week. Forget the family-friendly atmosphere of the 1990s; the modern Vegas is all about stripper poles. Should be ...
Walk On
Friday, July 23rd, 2004 Posted in Monkey News | No Comments »A monkey in an Israeli zoo has started walking exclusively on its hindlegs after nearly being killed by a stomach virus. Monkeys usually alternate between walking on all fours and walking upright, but this monkey is walking upright all the ...
Even Better Than the Real Thing
Friday, July 23rd, 2004 Posted in Technology | No Comments »U2's upcoming album, Vertigo How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, slated for a November release was stolen from a photo shoot in France last week. Worried the songs might end up online before the album's release, front man Bono has ...
There and Then They’re Gone
Thursday, July 22nd, 2004 Posted in Music | No Comments »Patrick Andrew, former bassist and vocalist for PFR, performed at a release party in the Twin City suburbs last night, celebrating the release of his solo album, There and Then It's Gone. Andrew was joined on his accoustic guitar by ...
Passion on DVD
Thursday, July 22nd, 2004 Posted in Movies | No Comments »Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ has raked in an astounding $370.3 million at the box office, and now it's going to give the DVD market a try. The DVD and VHS copies come out on August 31 but ...
No More WASP
Thursday, July 22nd, 2004 Posted in God, Church & Stuff | No Comments »Protestants are losing their centuries old majority in the U.S., falling from 63 percent to 52 percent between 1993 and 2002. You can thank church dropouts, fewer children being raised as Protestants, and fewer Protestant immigrants. Some of the shift ...
