AAAAAHHH! My eyes! My eyes!

  I hesitate to put this image on my blog.  If you like shotguns, you might want to cover your eyes and skip to the text below the image.  Ready? If you’re so inclined, click the image for a larger view. That’s the “Impala Plus GP28A00CU Plus Urban 12GA. 3″ 28″ CT-5 Color Synthetic Shotgun“. … Continue reading AAAAAHHH! My eyes! My eyes!

Now there’s an interesting term – “bobbitises”…

  I had to laugh at the headline in this Times of India report. Woman bobbitises live-in partner for trying to rape minor daughter in UP’s Lakhimpur Kheri A 36-year-old woman allegedly chopped off her live-in partner’s genitals after he attempted to rape her 14-year-old daughter … Disclosing the sequence of events, the woman said,… Continue reading Now there’s an interesting term – “bobbitises”…

When the world evangelizes the church

  (For those who eschew religious faith, particularly Christianity, this article is going to deal with that subject, so you might want to skip it.  For those who don’t, here goes!) I’ve mentioned Bob Mumford before.  He’s a Pentecostal evangelist who once defined secular humanism as “what you get when the world evangelizes the church”. … Continue reading When the world evangelizes the church

A sickening prospect

  I’m sure many readers saw video of former President Obama visiting the White House two days ago, surrounded by throngs of admiring staffers, visibly popular, shaking hands with all and sundry . . . while President Biden slunk around the room, ignored by almost everybody, a nonentity.  It was a tragic sight.  I’ve said… Continue reading A sickening prospect

Headline of the week – maybe of the year

  I couldn’t believe my eyes when I read this headline: Indiana Egg Farmer Transported to Hospital With a Live Adult Chicken Stuck in His Rectal Cavity I mean . . . huh???  At first I though this had to be a parody or satirical “news” site – but no, it’s a serious news outlet… Continue reading Headline of the week – maybe of the year

Saturday Snippet: How our forefathers coped with everyday life

  Recently I came across a fascinating book titled “Lost Skills of the 19th Century: A Practical Guide to a Variety of Useful Arts No Longer Widely Known or Practiced“. The author has taken a common task for every year of the 19th century, and provided an excerpt from a contemporary source describing how to… Continue reading Saturday Snippet: How our forefathers coped with everyday life