Customer support success stories. (2004/04/28)
I just wanted to share a couple of positive stories, since all we ever hear about is trouble.
[read more...]Sometimes, too much spam is funnier than too little. (2004/04/27)
One of these diet plans is 2.2 times as efficient as the other.
[read more...]Cheap TV, redux. Advent turns out to be a zombie. (2004/04/16)
As I mentioned previously, my Advent TV sucks. A month or two out of warranty, it lost the ability to power on. This behavior has been noted by other people. I took it in for service, based on the suggestion from the Advent people that it wouldn’t be very expensive.
[read more...]Giving up food for Lent. (2004/04/13)
I didn’t really give up food. I just fasted during the day. During Lent, except on Sundays, I didn’t eat food during daylight hours. (The picky reader will doubtless observe that this is more like Ramadan than Lent. I figure, they weren’t using it, so no harm done.) After some consideration, I drew the line at “things with calories” - I could drink iced tea, but not caramel latte.
[read more...]Photoshop Friday, eat your heart out. This one's real. (2004/04/12)
I saw this sign. I refuse to believe that this is not intentional. This is from the HarMar theatre in Roseville.
[read more...]Religious holidays and history. (2004/04/01)
A recurring theme in apologetics debate is the cycle of claims that Holiday X, whatever X may be, was originally a pagan celebration, only recently coopted by Christians. We’re told that Easter was originally the Equinox Festival, or originally Oestre, and celebrated the rebirth of a goddess. We’re told that Christmas was a winter solstice festival. Saint Nicholas was originally some other godling. And so on, and so forth.
[read more...]Hennepin County offers discounts on traffic tickets! (2004/03/26)
I overpaid a traffic ticket. I don’t get a refund. Hennepin County traffic tickets, it turns out, can be overpaid by up to $5 and there’s no way to get a refund. The computer, you see, is willing to approximate. If you pay anything within $5 of the ticket price, either way, your ticket is closed out.
[read more...]Religion and the Pledge of Allegiance (2004/03/25)
Okay, time for another hot button issue.
[read more...]More shop stuff! (2004/03/17)
Milo posters and Zander t-shirts.
[read more...]Christian beliefs you'll never see on television. (2004/03/16)
Whenever you find someone frustrating or difficult, consider that the most perfect judge possible evaluated this person fully, and decided that this person was worth dying for.
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