Today is the Winter Solstice (technically, it occurred at 1747 UTC, but let’s not be picky). Simply put, today supposedly had the shortest number of daylight hours out of any day during the year. I’m not so sure about that, since I’ve spent the past three days indoors due to the freakin’ blizzard and haven’t seen [...]
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August 23rd, 2009
Dear readers, I have always found the concept of hiding in plain sight fascinating. That’s why I occasionally like to use BMD as a venue for sending hidden messages to people. FNORD! lla·ma (lä‘mə), n. A domesticated South American ruminant mammal (Lama glama) related to the camel, raised for its soft, fleecy wool and used as [...] August 17th, 2009
I don’t have to tell my readers about the novel Influenza A (H1N1) virus. Everyone has heard of the Swine Flu. Alert readers will even be aware that the World Health Organization has declared the Swine Flu a global pandemic. Some readers may even be a little bit scared. The early media coverage was a pandemoniacal [...] August 14th, 2009
For those of you who do not follow sports news, Michael Vick has signed a deal with the Philadelphia Eagles. For anyone who doesn’t know who Michael Vick is, click here. Since most of you won’t read THAT, here’s a summary in my own words. Basically, Michael Vick was the quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons. In 2007, [...] August 10th, 2009
I have discussed my opinions regarding the treatment of animals previously in this blog. Just to recapitulate, I believe anyone who mistreats an animal is beyond redemption. To show cruelty to a human being is wicked, but humans can be cruel back. However, to be cruel to an animal, which is incapable of cruelty, demonstrates a [...] March 30th, 2009
When I was a teenager, I was taught a valuable lesson by a man named Roy Buck. Roy was the youth leader at my church. I learned a lot of things from him, but the one the lesson that I’ve taken with me and applied more in my life than any other was this one: “If [...] March 29th, 2009
I love writing this blog. I REALLY do. I know that you probably would never guess that considering the fact that I’m not very dedicated or consistent. However, I really do like to write and hope to continually improve so that some day I’ll be “pretty good” at it. In order to give myself motivation, I’m going [...] |
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