Bible Perspective

An interesting way of viewing the Bible.

[via cre8d]

Songs of Hope

The Passion Worship band has released a special free album in light of the tragedy at Virginia Tech. According to their web site, their desire is to:
“encourage anyone at Tech or anyone around the world who is looking for sure footing…”
Some good songs from artists Chris Tomlin, Matt Redman, David Crowder, and Charlie Hall.
[via Cory [...]

New Local Singles Scene

Locally, they’ve introduced a new way for singles to meet new people. Go to Walmart.
That’s right, on Friday nights it’s “Singles Shopping”. Just tie a red ribbon on your shopping cart. And it just so happens that our Walmart is the very first to try it in the United States.
My favorite quote [...]

Gmap Pedometer

Use Google Maps to plot a course around your neighborhood and find out how far you’d walk. [via Lifehacker]

U-G-L-Y, you ain’t got no alibi

[via CBS News]
The winner of the World’s Ugliest Dog contest. I present to you, Sam:

Ok, so I’ve got an animal theme going here, first bats, then beetles, now dogs. I’ll try to change things up a bit…

Synchronized Fireflies

We went down to Tennessee over the 4th of July weekend. Had a great time and learned something new about the stomping grounds of my youth. There is an area in the Smoky Mountains called Elkmont which has synchronized fireflies. All the fireflies blink in unison. Not only that, this phenomenon only [...]

Update on German Homeschoolers

WorldNetDaily posts this update on the German homeschoolers that risk losing custody of their children to the state. It seems that Bruce Shortt, an American homeschool advocate, received a similar letter from Thomas Wriessnig. Some of the wording appears to be identical. Could it be a form letter response from the German Embassy?

Stuck on the Spot

I first saw this incident in another local paper, but it seems that a local boy got national attention without even the triple-dog dare that it took for Flick to stick his tongue to a flagpole.
One thing that holds true in both cases is that if you stick your tongue to a pole, they do [...]