Hanukkah begins tonight at sundown. Hanukkah is actually mentioned in the Bible. John 10:22 says “And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.” The only time the Temple was dedicated in the winter was…
Insert Date
Does anyone know what code to insert in a website to display the current date? I’m looking for the date the page is accessed, not the date the page is written. In other words, if someone accesses the page 3…
End the Tarrifs
I don’t know much about the steel tariffs that Chairman Bush instituted in the last year or two, but I know I disagree with them. It has, as far as I know, had the effect of protecting the steel industry…
Notable Quotable
“The majority, oppressing an individual, is guilty of a crime, abuses its strength, and by acting on the law of the strongest breaks up the foundations of society.” Thomas Jefferson
Repentance
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation. – 2 Corinthians 7:10 Conviction of sin is best portrayed in the words- ‘My sins, my sins, my Saviour. How sad on Thee they…
Fighting Back: Getting the Spammers Where it Hurts
A new tool to fight spam hits spammers where it counts, their servers. I may have to give this one a try, my home computer runs Sunday night through Friday afternoon every week, and is only used about 15% of…
Notable Quotable
“It cannot be emphasized too clearly and too often that this nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religion, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason, peoples of other faiths have been…
The Bow in the Cloud
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth. – Genesis 9:13 It is the will of…
Someone call the EPA
Anyone know what the single largest source of pollution in the state of Washington is? My guess would be all the cars on Seattle’s roads. Not even close, it turns out it’s Mount St. Helens. Green Peace should hold a…
Seeking CSS Help
Does anyone reading this know Cascading Stylesheets well? The biggest problem I’m having in getting my layout to come out the way I want it to is that I can’t seem to get the stylesheets working the way I want…
The Day After WordPress
So I’ve been on WordPress for a day now. One feature I figured out, and really like, is the Post to Future feature. I tested it out with today’s “My Utmost” and “Notable Quotable” posts, and it seemed to work…
Bumper Sticker Slogans
I thought it might be fun to come up with some bumper sticker slogans. I’ll give an example or two, then if you have one, leave it in the comments and I’ll add it to the main list. I’ll try…
Notable Quotable
It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood; if…
Not By Might Nor By Power
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. “And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power.” – 1 Corinthians 2:4 If in preaching the…