This week's commentaries 04.10.05
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Saturday (04.16) Got milk? After a hot day of hostile questioning before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, nothing beats the cold, comforting refreshment of milk. Milk: it does a nominee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations good. (un-retouched photo from Reuters) |
Friday (04.15)
struggling with Form 1040 (Schedule 1) Table 4 Slot B. . . . ?
If you’re one of the thousands of taxpayers who are frantically trying to complete your Form 1040 before tonight’s midnight deadline, here’s some helpful advice. Quit reading this drivel!
- My anti-income tax platform in my 2008 Presidential campaign
- 'Watkins dives into political waters with Pool Party'
Thursday (04.14)
Frank Peretti creates a Monster
Christianity's answer to Stephen King releases his lastest novel this week. It's a frightening look at evolution theory and genetic engineering gone amuck. Here are some thoughts on the subject:
- Does DNA disprove evolution?
- Does genetic engineering promote life?
- Does DNA determine your spirituality?
Wednesday (04.13)
send 50 grand or the bunny dies!
NBC Evening News recently featured a hare-brained scheme: www.savetoby.com where the rabbit's owner will eat his pet if people don't send him $50,000. According to NBC, the owner has already netted $24,500! Meanwhile www.snopes.com labels it "false." Two things disturb me: one, that a major network would give this ka-wazy wabbit site free publicity and two, that people would actually pour over twenty grand down a rabbit hole. Okay, to be honest, a third thing: that NBC isn't featuring my site and people aren't sending me twenty grand!
Tuesday (04.12)
when life gives you lemons . . . sell 'em on Ebay
As of June 1, Lois and I will be jobless and homeless. We're working our network for job openings (click here for my resume) and, this afternoon, looking at houses to buy, but so far our future is more uncertain than usual. So, I'm trying to put the following articles I wrote into practice:
- When life gives you lemons . . . sell 'em on Ebay
- God is never late . . . but He sure is slow
- Why? Answering life's tough questions
Tuesday (7:30 pm)
We bought a house this afternoon!
Monday (04.11)
is Michael Jackson 'Bad'? (my totally unscientific poll)
As testimony continues against 'The King of Pop,' will he 'Beat It' or be proven to be 'Bad'?
- Memo to Michael: Grow up!
- He may be 'freakish' but is Jackson felonious?
- Click here for poll
Sunday (04.10)
these may be my last few days of sanity
Yep, I could become a grandparent any day now (Micah Gabriel is due April 14, Hannah Elizabeth April 18). So, please be warned there's a strong possibility I could suddenly mutate into one of those obnoxious, obsessive people you see mid-afternoons at Denny's showing total strangers pictures of their grandchildren.
- Is that 'Grandpa,' 'Alpha Dad,' 'G-Daddy' or . . .?
- Hannah's ultrasound pic (Arrrgh! I'm starting already!)
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