] Paul and the prophets like to compare Adam and Christ. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. Christ is the New Adam. (more…)

Using a string o’ horses is jist common sense, it ain’t every critter has Widowmaker’s stamina. But only a dadgum fool plugs his cayus when it gets a mite winded.

Lately I’ve been thinking about the Hebrew notion that water represented formlessness, chaos, and by extension sin, the devil, and mortality. The notion has some currency in modern scripture. (more…)

To allow a firstborn girl to become Queen. The present rule is that the monarch’s daughter becomes Queen only if she has no brothers.     (more…)

An important factor is pessimism about the economy.

I myself like Dr. Yankovic’s explanation.

Though I should add in passing that I’ve known a number of female astrophysicists, and while most were very nice people and many were friends, none comes to mind when I ask myself whom I’m anxious to see in a bikini.

But then there are very few women who look good in a bikini. Natalie Portmann, maybe, but her field is psychology and physiology, not astrophysics.

Michael Otterson demonstrates.

It’s amazing what trivial feature of a complex weapons system can bring it down.

For fans of a Plat for the City of Zion, this article about how our souls are shaped by our setting is an extremely good read. (more…)

Doesn’t seem consistent with his personality to let himself be used.

He is an entertainer. Republicans can wait till fall to send in the A team. By then, President Obama will have dropped himself down to Donald Trump’s level. Already it has begun.

On the other hand, being rich and successful doesn’t preclude being clueless. It may, in face, blind oneself to one’s cluelessness.

Driving home, the interview linked below came to mind, connected somewhat with my last entry. (“Spirit of Elijah Strikes Again!”) Something about the mellowness of age looking back fondly on the extravagances of youth. Is it with satisfaction or regret that Alan White tells us, “I never wore a cape”?

I could use one of these: (more…)

Do evangelicals really think Jesus was omniscient as a 30 year old? As a 15 year old? As an infant? As an embryo? Foolishness. (more…)

Fort Sumter.

Altered Carbon is readable–even very readable–but not a book I’ll want to reread. (more…)

I’m a big believer in the more kids, less parenting philosophy. (more…)