Archive for August, 2008

Oil Company Terrorists

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

Once again we are being threatened with higher gasoline prices, just in time for Labor Day.  This year, the problem is the impending hurricane named Gustav, which is heading directly for the oil platform fields of the northern Gulf of  Mexico.
But that isn’t the real reason.  Oil companies find any reason to raise prices, often […]

Poison or Palliative?

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Who would have thought that if you took two poisons, those being sodium and chlorine, and combine them you could create something beneficial: salt!
The chemical reaction between the two poisons creates something good. (I want to read up on how this was discovered, and who was the person who tasted the two poisons together. )
Salt, […]

The Real Fruit of the Spirit

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self control. Against such things there is is no law. ” Gal. 5:22-23[En cambio, lo que el Espiritu produce es amor, alegria, paz, paciencia, amabilidad, bondad, fidelidad, humilidad, y dominio propio. Contra tales cosas no hay ley. […]

Simplify Your Life

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

National Simplify Your Life Week
First Week Of August
 
Few people would refuse the offer of help to simplify their lives. Many people who work at desks have self evidence of the clutter - and the cluttered workstyle they operate under.  Often this propensity for disshevelment is acted out at home as well.  Even with the numerous […]

Why aren’t computers smarter?

Friday, August 1st, 2008

Oh, I know, computers do more than the average person knows about or how to use, but why aren’t they even better?  Recently I suggested that  a computer that could be set like a timer and turn itself on and page me or call me or well, just beep to notify me that I wanted […]