Easter is always the 1st Sunday after the 1st full moon after the Spring Equinox, putting Easter on March 23 this year. (the Spring Equinox occurs March 20) This dating of Easter is based on the lunar calendar that Hebrew people used to identify Passover, which is why it moves around on our Roman calendar. [...]
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Where does the word “robot” come from?
While working on one of my other sites, I stumbled across the answer to the question “Where does the word “robot” come from?” The answer is a 1921 science fiction play by Karel Capek, R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots).
Re: Should We Miss Our Church Graveyards?
Russell D. Moore asks Should We Miss Our Church Graveyards? I find the thought of being laid to rest on a church property a bit comforting. That seems “nicer” (more personal) than in some humongous cemetery, mixing with people I don’t know. I’d like to spend forever with people I’ve spent most Sundays with.
Weird Phone Number
Yesterday I got a phone call on my cell, but no message was left. I googled the number, and one of the results was a page on Notifiable Diseases/Deaths in Selected Cities Weekly Information. The phone number was exactly the data in one row, in three adjacent cells. A strange coincidence.
Yttrium
Now that looks like a made up word. I love the chemical symbol though: Y. I bet Yttrium when it gets together with the other chemicals has an attitude. “I’m only one letter, you’re two.”
Survivor: China and My Idea for Next Season
I just finished watching the first episode of the latest Survivor. That is the only TV show we watch regularly, and it’s simply scary to see how these people get mixed together, and don’t kill each other. Of course, Jeff Probst and the producers use the same formula that was used back in the early [...]
Harry Potter #7 (minor spoilers included)
I drive by the local Borders bookstore last night around 11:15pm. The line for the next Harry Potter book (Harry Potter and the Bulging Moneybags) was more than halfway down the block, with even more people walking to get in line. went by Target, but the store was closed, with the sign saying the store [...]
CHiPs Flashbacks
Via Netflix, I’ve been watching CHiPs – The Complete First Season the past few weeks. Yes, Ponch and Jon are fighting crime in Southern California. I’m amazed at how far crime fighting, safety guidelines, and vehicle safety has come. I don’t think I ever saw old TV as a time capsule of society. Examples: no [...]
Thank God You’re Here! Is No Reason to Give Thanks
My wife and I watched the new NBC TV show Thank God You’re Here! this evening while we were waiting for the silly FBI warnings to scroll by on the DVD. The basic premise of the show is to get a well known actor to play an improvised scene with several other actors. The well [...]
Hokie Hope
A day of remembrance to remember the 32 Virginia Tech students and faculty murdered on Monday.
