God Loves Sinners

Paul wrote to the church in Rome,
But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Humbling words to be sure, what is more, the Truth therein is one more glorious testimony of the love of God who sent His Son to die for creatures whose best [...]

The Puli

I have a soft spot for Chows (blogged about it here), but I’m not a dog lover. Like mentioned in the aforementioned post, my fondness for Chows stems from actually having known one.
The same cannot be said of my fondness for the Puli (below) since I have not had the privilege of having known [...]

The Associated Press and Mitochondrial DNA

Caught the following piece on the AP,
“Study says near extinction threatened people 70,000 years ago”
Interesting findings to be sure, but one thing in the article caught my attention,
Previous studies using mitochondrial DNA — which is passed down through mothers — have traced modern humans to a single “mitochondrial Eve,” who lived in Africa about 200,000 [...]

Is Cosmology a Science?

The following excerpt is from the article (”A Singular Conundrum: How Odd is Our Universe?” found in the respected journal Science [317, 1850 (2007)],
“Cosmology may look like a science, but it isn’t a science” says James Gunn of Princeton University co-founder of the Sloan survey. “A basic tenet of science is that you [...]

Chris Seay Tries to Clear the Air in Montrose

I have heard great things (from great people) about Ecclesia, a local church which by all accounts caters to the younger set who are ________ (verb) with church as usual, whatever that means.
The church is located near downtown Houston in an area known as Montrose. The area is progressive (so-called), and reminds me of [...]

World Oldest Tree Clocks in at almost 10K

Caught the following story and it piqued my interest:
“Swedish researchers find world’s oldest living tree”
Prior to reading the story I felt sorry for the (forgive the phrasing) poor sap that had to count all the rings. But little did I know that carbon dating was used to date the 9.550 year-old spruce (I wonder [...]

New Favorite Line: “The Pudding May Have Been Over-Egged”

In light of recent revelations that American Idol finalist David Cook currently has an album out, I thought I’d drudge this story out from the proverbial archives.

“Is the Britain’s Got Talent choirboy REALLY a bullied kid from a sink estate? His mother admits: ‘The pudding may have been over-egged’”
Forget the story, which is almost inconsequential [...]

Will Rogers on the Income Tax

Today, April 15th, many Americans will rush to the nearest post office to drop of their completed tax returns, which detail just how much is owed to Uncle Sam. That at some of these government offices they will be greeted by a cadre of local TV reporters along with their satellite vans is almost [...]

If you found $140,000 would you turn it in?

Eli Estrada, a California landscaper, sure did according to this story,
“Man Finds $140,000, Turns It In To Cops”.
Despite the fiendish temptation to think of him as “stupid”, this gentleman did the right thing. We all would certainly see it this way if it was our $140K.
A question which arises is: Whould we do this [...]

And this is why I will never dye my hair…

Though the temptation is great to rock Clemens’ frosted tips (below),
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stories like this one (not to mention pride),
“Teenage girl left looking like alien after hair dye causes severe allergic reaction”
have kept me away from the baldness-inducing chemicals and the sieve-like shower cap.