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One of the claims made by anti-gay fundamentalists is that if we allow gay marriage, then that will give people permission to experiment in the gay "life style". This will in turn result in the weakening, or maybe even breakup, of traditional marriage. Is this really a possibility?
I just had my yearly physical today, and the worst part by far was the prostate exam. I mean, at no point did I say to myself, “Gee, that was fun. I think I’d like to try the gay prostate-exam-like sexual style....
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President Bush has said that America is addicted to oil. If so, then drilling for more oil would merely be the desperate act of an oil addict.
Much better solutions to high gas prices are at hand. Two years ago my wife and I bought a new high millage, near zero emission car. By doing so we reduced our gasoline consumption by over one half. Obviously, a huge reduction in oil dependance is possible by conservation alone.
Many smart companies are now researching "green business", energy co...
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Just sitting here at the Solar and Astrophysics Lab, where I work, and looking at today's views of the sun. This is a picture taken at about 2:00, I think, in the ultrviolet range. Right now we have 'quiet sun' conditions as the Sun is at a low point in it's 11 year cycle.
But when I look at this thing, when it's active, there can be enormous bursts of energy, shooting huge quantities material into space, sometimes right at us, equal in mass to a thousand Earths. And I wonder. This is the...
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Just finished this delightful book. Like most good science research, it suggests many more juicy questions and provides new material for speculations about why we are the way we are. The authors approach evolution of mind by comparing behavior of species alive today, like baboons and people, who's behaviors are thought to have evolved from a common ancestor. This is a fascinating read that makes me appreciate how special some people are who are willing to spend a career in Africa trying to tr...
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Imagine a fiery and animated Rev. Wright delivering these words:
"... but we cannot say that we are a righteous people.
We've sinned against you.
We've sown to the wind and are reaping the whirlwind of crime, drug abuse, racism,
immorality, and social injustice.
We need to repent of our sins and turn by faith to you."
These words were delivered to the nation at the first inauguration of President Clinton by Billy Graham.
Billy Graham CenterArchives
1993 Inaugural Invocation
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"It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves." -Sir Edmund Hillary. Conqueror or Mt. Everest
Help! I'm tempted to turn gay?
(blog entry)
One of the claims made by anti-gay fundamentalists is that if we allow gay marriage, then that will give people permission to experiment in the gay "life style". This will in turn result in the weakening, or maybe even breakup, of traditional marr...
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Oil addicts, we.
(blog entry)
President Bush has said that America is addicted to oil. If so, then drilling for more oil would merely be the desperate act of an oil addict.
Much better solutions to high gas prices are at hand. Two years ago my wife and I bought a new high m...
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The Source of Our Lives
(blog entry)
Just sitting here at the Solar and Astrophysics Lab, where I work, and looking at today's views of the sun. This is a picture taken at about 2:00, I think, in the ultrviolet range. Right now we have 'quiet sun' conditions as the Sun is at a low po...
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Do other species think, reason?
(blog entry)
Just finished this delightful book. Like most good science research, it suggests many more juicy questions and provides new material for speculations about why we are the way we are. The authors approach evolution of mind by comparing behavior of ...
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Imagine a fiery Rev. Wright, one more time...
(blog entry)
Imagine a fiery and animated Rev. Wright delivering these words:
"... but we cannot say that we are a righteous people.
We've sinned against you.
We've sown to the wind and are reaping the whirlwind of crime, drug abuse, racism,
immorality...
read more
about me
Go to work, come home, over and over again
Love my family
Searching for self in the rubble of time
Getting old, but I am what I am today no matter
what I was in the past. Dealing with it. Using it.
Being it.
Life is a gift. Thanks.
Love is a gift. Thanks.
My feet still work so I can walk. Thanks.
Best idea ever: Individual human rights.
Worst idea ever: War
Latest obsessions: Acting class, piano lessons, wanting to make nature documentaries with really down to Earth lay focus plus humor.
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Evolution,
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Geology,
indians of all colors,
Jazz Pianists Forum,
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