My cataract surgery went well, as far as I know. (I go in for my post-op exam later this morning.) Usually it’s done with local anesthetic, but my eye-muscles and reflexes were such that they put me completely under, which was nice, actually. Instead of
After my cataract surgery, I was told that reading might be hard, but that I should be able watch TV. As if that was supposed to make me feel better! So while convalescing I caught up on Netflix and then finally slipped back into my
Things started looking kind of blurry, so I figured it was time for some new glasses. It turns out, I have cataracts! I have surgery this morning. I had assumed that they just peel the cloudy film off. It turns out that they take out
If you have a smart phone, can you pinch your fingers together while touching the screen to make the images smaller? And move your fingers apart to make the images bigger? Well, that so-called “pinch to zoom” technology was invented by Apple for its iPhones,
Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon, has died. Another Lutheran with an interesting vocation. UPDATE: It appears he was NOT Lutheran, identifying himself at one point as a “Deist.” Thanks to you factcheckers in the comments section.
Pastor Douthwaite gave a great sermon on Sunday, on Mark 7:1-13, in which Jesus chastizes the Pharisees for replacing God’s word with the “traditions of men.” The whole thing is very much worth reading, but I would like to focus on a curious fact that
Which do you think is more effective in a political campaign? Having lots of campaign workers and volunteers organized in key districts, knocking on doors, working the phones, handing out flyers, and getting out the vote? Or running lots and lots of television ads? We’re
Filmmaker Spike Lee has a new movie out, Red Hook Summer, about a middle-class black teenager from Atlanta who spends the summer with his grandfather, a no-nonsense preacher in poverty-stricken Brooklyn. Both comedy and social commentary ensue. The movie sounds quite good and very pro-church.
Many public schools are chafing under the “No Child Left Behind” requirements passed by the Bush administration, which mandate that schools meet learning standards, an effort to ensure that all students are taught how to read, write, and calculate. Because so many schools are failing
Which do you think is the stronger evidence for guilt or innocence? Eyewitness accounts or scientific forensic evidence? The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency stripped cycling great Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles and banned him from the sport for life on the basis
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