So, sometime early last week I woke up and looked at the TV to notice that the time on the cable box was missing. In the middle of the night the cable box had apparently lost its signal. I got up, turned the cable box back on, and then got into the shower and got ready [...]
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April 28th, 2008
I would like to thank my friend Angela for visiting. So far it’s been a great visit, not only is it nice to have a pretty girl to look at, or a great friend to talk to, but now I have hot water as well! I haven’t had hot water for about two years. It’s a silly story, [...] April 26th, 2008
Ok, so this blog has officially been up and running for just over two months. I figured this would be a good time to do an informal poll of the readers and see what they really think. I am explicitly soliciting feedback on everything from content, layout, grammar, spelling, you name it…. If you think there is [...] April 24th, 2008
The “fair and balanced” journalists at Foxnews.com are reporting on a new study that links frequent masturbation to a decrease in risk of prostate cancer. The article at Fox News can be found here. Interestingly enough, Fox News is only quoting an article from a Gay and Lesbian Website (I’m not really sure why the Lesbians [...] April 23rd, 2008
I generally make the (often incorrect) assumption that most people have at least a cursory (if not skewed) understanding of Islam. This assumption is made based on two reasons. The first reason is that I spent a few years of my military career as a chaplain’s assistant where I was exposed to the basic tenets of most of the world’s major monotheistic belief systems. The rest of my military career was spent working with large groups of soldiers who studied the Arabic language and culture. It is almost impossible to study the language without picking up at least a small understanding of the religion. The second reason is due to the war. A large amount of time, effort, and money has been spent on “educating” us through the media sources about the “danger” of “Militant Islamists” (AKA “Terrorists”). Now, I’m not saying that all muslims are terrorists, I’m just saying that’s what the news would have us believe. During the past decade, the media has done a good job of documenting and propagating misconceptions and generalizations about the “noble faith” of Islam in a way that is, quite frankly, ridiculous. Still, as slanted as western media portrays Islam, there are still many educated and knowledgeable people in our society who do have a basic grasp of some of the interesting quirks about Islam. Most people who received their Islamic Jurisprudence degree from CNN can tell you that muslims generally frown upon translating the Qur’an. In fact, one of the first things that a muslim will point out to a christian is that they only have one “book” while christians have multiple “versions” of the gospel. This claim by muslims is actually true. There is only one Arabic version of the Qur’an. There are multiple translations, but none of them are considered “the word of Allah”…that is reserved for the Arabic version. How convenient for the muslims that Allah spoke Arabic, else the prophet (peace be upon him) may not have known what Allah was saying. I have often wondered if the fact that Jesus and the Hebrew prophets didn’t understand Arabic may have led to the “corruption” of their religions? April 22nd, 2008
Dear Readers, I have recently come to the realization that writing is like working out. the more that you do it, the more compelled you are to continue. However, once you take a day off, it gets harder and harder to start again. I will try harder. That [...] April 16th, 2008
For anyone who may be questioning my existence…I am indeed still alive. I have been a little bit busy, and have not had time to write anything for the blog in several days, but I hope to correct that soon. However, In honor of the 50th birthday of the Mad Lib, I have decided to allow the [...] |
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