“Most of what passes for legitimate entertainment is inferior or foolish and only caters to or exploits people’s weaknesses. Avoid being one of the mob who indulges in such pastimes. Your life is too short, and you have important things to do. Be discriminating about what images and ideas you let in your mind. If [...]
Archive of entries posted on August 2004
Presidential Campaign Blogs
I was looking through the blogs for the Presidential Campaigns. It’s interesting that George Bush’s blog does not allow people to post comments, while John Kerry’s blog does allow public comments. (Ralph Nader does not have a blog.) I don’t know if the comments on Kerry’s blog are from “real” people or not, but based [...]
Silence in Worship
“The silence of worship is equally as important as the ‘noise’ of worship. Silence takes the worshiper out of time and into God’s eternity. Silence is valuable in Christian worship because it is disturbing, arresting. We feel uncomfortable, helpless; we are no longer in control.” – Andrew Hill
Purpose of Books
“The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.” – Christopher Morley
Bush Quote
While announcing a new defense appropriation today, Bush said: Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we. You can find the quote in a White House Press Release quoting verbatim what Bush said – http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/08/20040805-4.html, [...]
The Electoral Vote Predictor
The Electoral Vote Predictor tracks the electoral vote state by state for the 2004 Presidential Elections. Very cool project.
