Keep looking. You'll see it.Now explain it.
I’m still struck by the fact I can go to the DirectTV web site, view the program schedule, and record a show from that schedule. I just click on the R button and it says, “Yep, your DVR will record this show.” I instantly get an email confirming that.
I could do that from anywhere in the world I had internet access. I could be in an internet cafe in Tanzania and record this afternoon’s episode of Top Gear on the DVR in our living room.
If I were the suspicious sort I’d see the potential for sinister applications of that technology. If they can access my DVR that easily what else are they doing? Keeping a log of every show I watch? (a pretty boring endeavor)
Last night, like many, I had trouble sleeping, so I came out to my chair. A change of position sometimes helps these arthritic bones, or sometimes just a half hour checking news and playing solitaire on the computer makes me drowsy again. I had just settled in when a noise I don’t remember hearing before started up. It took me a few minutes to locate it, but it turned out to be the fan in the DVR. Maybe it runs during the day and the ambient noise, like the neighbor’s yappy dog, drowns it out. But why would it run for 15 minutes at 2:30 in the morning - start up and shut down without the DVR or the TV turned on?
Matrix.
Uneven, but mostly fun.
Steve Bridges as President Obama
George Clooney told an interviewer he would never run for political office despite his involvement in several international issues. He says he had sex with too many chicks and did too much pot back in the day to ever get elected. Huh? Doesn’t that mean he’d fit right in?
Oh wait; he’s not doing that stuff anymore.
I heard a Georgetown law professor interviewed regarding the administration’s new position on DOMA. She said if/when the law gets to the Supreme Court it can be defended by Congressional lawyers. The Dept. of Justice isn’t the only option. Asked if it would require both houses of Congress to agree to defend the law she said there’s no precedent to guide us here. It’s never happened like that before.
After that segment they interviewed a priest in the Episcopal church. I was pretty sure where this was headed, and then the announcer went on to say she (the priest) had been in a committed relationship for over a decade. I didn’t catch her name, but the priest’s comments included the phrase, “God doesn’t discriminate against homosexuals.”
I agree. God does not discriminate against homosexuals. He loves them with the same infinite love he shows to all people, and they are included in those for whom Christ died. “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son....” But while he does not discriminate against them he defines homosexual behavior as sin. More than that, in Romans 1 homosexual behavior is described as the epitome of man’s rejection of God and his laws.
I had the opportunity to chat with two men at Our Savior Lutheran Church, where Eloise’s funeral was held. One was Leon, a guy in his 50’s who ran the sound system and had been attending OSLC for decades. He told me that about 18 months ago their church voted overwhelmingly to secede from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in American (ELCA). A denominational exec who came in to talk to them at the time of the vote said, “This is all just about the ELCA’s decision to ordain practicing homosexuals.” Leon said they made it very clear it was NOT just about that decision. The ELCA had abandoned a commitment to the clear teachings of the Bible and the decision re. ordaining homosexuals was the clear and final outcome of that abandonment. That congregation believes the Bible to be the inspired and authoritative Word of God, a position the ELCA no longer holds as demonstrated by recent ordinations.
I asked Pastor Mark about the outcome of that vote. He said they’d lost four or five families over the decision but had grown steadily since then, and were now considerably larger than prior to the vote. (He gave me numbers, but because they were numbers I didn’t remember them 60 seconds after he mentioned them.) Taking that stand re. the authority of Scripture had re-energized the congregation, giving them a new sense of focus and mission. They were invigorated to stand firm and reach out.
I really do believe that the Bible church, whether it’s a more contemporary congregation like Pathway or a traditional ministry like Our Savior Lutheran Church will see a resurgence over the next few years. The Word of God is living, and powerful, and as the repository of the Gospel it changes lives. What’s old is new again. And true still.
I could do that from anywhere in the world I had internet access. I could be in an internet cafe in Tanzania and record this afternoon’s episode of Top Gear on the DVR in our living room.
If I were the suspicious sort I’d see the potential for sinister applications of that technology. If they can access my DVR that easily what else are they doing? Keeping a log of every show I watch? (a pretty boring endeavor)
Last night, like many, I had trouble sleeping, so I came out to my chair. A change of position sometimes helps these arthritic bones, or sometimes just a half hour checking news and playing solitaire on the computer makes me drowsy again. I had just settled in when a noise I don’t remember hearing before started up. It took me a few minutes to locate it, but it turned out to be the fan in the DVR. Maybe it runs during the day and the ambient noise, like the neighbor’s yappy dog, drowns it out. But why would it run for 15 minutes at 2:30 in the morning - start up and shut down without the DVR or the TV turned on?
Matrix.
Uneven, but mostly fun.
Steve Bridges as President Obama
George Clooney told an interviewer he would never run for political office despite his involvement in several international issues. He says he had sex with too many chicks and did too much pot back in the day to ever get elected. Huh? Doesn’t that mean he’d fit right in?
Oh wait; he’s not doing that stuff anymore.
I heard a Georgetown law professor interviewed regarding the administration’s new position on DOMA. She said if/when the law gets to the Supreme Court it can be defended by Congressional lawyers. The Dept. of Justice isn’t the only option. Asked if it would require both houses of Congress to agree to defend the law she said there’s no precedent to guide us here. It’s never happened like that before.
After that segment they interviewed a priest in the Episcopal church. I was pretty sure where this was headed, and then the announcer went on to say she (the priest) had been in a committed relationship for over a decade. I didn’t catch her name, but the priest’s comments included the phrase, “God doesn’t discriminate against homosexuals.”
I agree. God does not discriminate against homosexuals. He loves them with the same infinite love he shows to all people, and they are included in those for whom Christ died. “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son....” But while he does not discriminate against them he defines homosexual behavior as sin. More than that, in Romans 1 homosexual behavior is described as the epitome of man’s rejection of God and his laws.
I had the opportunity to chat with two men at Our Savior Lutheran Church, where Eloise’s funeral was held. One was Leon, a guy in his 50’s who ran the sound system and had been attending OSLC for decades. He told me that about 18 months ago their church voted overwhelmingly to secede from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in American (ELCA). A denominational exec who came in to talk to them at the time of the vote said, “This is all just about the ELCA’s decision to ordain practicing homosexuals.” Leon said they made it very clear it was NOT just about that decision. The ELCA had abandoned a commitment to the clear teachings of the Bible and the decision re. ordaining homosexuals was the clear and final outcome of that abandonment. That congregation believes the Bible to be the inspired and authoritative Word of God, a position the ELCA no longer holds as demonstrated by recent ordinations.
I asked Pastor Mark about the outcome of that vote. He said they’d lost four or five families over the decision but had grown steadily since then, and were now considerably larger than prior to the vote. (He gave me numbers, but because they were numbers I didn’t remember them 60 seconds after he mentioned them.) Taking that stand re. the authority of Scripture had re-energized the congregation, giving them a new sense of focus and mission. They were invigorated to stand firm and reach out.
I really do believe that the Bible church, whether it’s a more contemporary congregation like Pathway or a traditional ministry like Our Savior Lutheran Church will see a resurgence over the next few years. The Word of God is living, and powerful, and as the repository of the Gospel it changes lives. What’s old is new again. And true still.
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Do you mean that spot in her hair?
No. Lower.
The 'stache?
"It's either me or the kids. We can't *all* look good."
She didn't have enough time to shave/bleach that morning because she was too busy getting the girls picture-pretty. (And no, I do *not* know this by first-hand experience--not 'stache-wise, anyway. Bad hair day, maybe.)
As the great Austin Powers said "That's a man, Baby!"
Yeah, I think it's drag. No woman who would get that dressed up for pictures would sport that much 'stache. If you've got time for makeup you've got time to shave.
How about it being a pic posted by her ex after he photoshopped the mustache on her - are we all so gullible to think bad photos are unaltered originals?
How about it being a pic posted by her ex after he photoshopped the mustache on her - are we all so gullible to think bad photos are unaltered originals?
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