Breaking news just out of Rome this morning... Vatican Adds Seven New Deadly Sins Including Abortion, Contraception and Drug-Dealing [ link ] Just 14 deadly sins? And here I was foolishly thinking that scripture states all sin is deadly and that the penalty for all sin is death. Boy am I glad this has...

I am continually amazed at cell phone talkers and their inability to recognize that 1. they are in a public place carrying on a private conversation 2. the technology has advanced somewhat in recent years so it is not necessary to yell into the phone and 3. no one and I mean no one cares to listen in...

12 days left until Christmas and I can't get that song out of my head. Have you ever wondered how much a maid milking would run you? Or what about just one lord a leaping? Wonder no more. PNC [ link ] has done the math for you. 23rd Annual PNC Christmas Price Index UP 3.1 % Rising Wages For Milkmaids...

Necessity is the mother of invention so they say, whoever "they" is? Why is it that we give so much credibility to "they"? Anyway, most major inventions like the microwave, the internet, and Tang all evolved out of a desperate need. The microwave out of man's need to cook his...

Evolutionary biologists, cultural anthropologist, and devout Darwin followers everywhere have searched for years for the "missing" link, that one piece of evidence that would clearly show and prove a transition from one specie to another in the evolutionary chain. I believe I have found such...

Ours is a society filled with wussies, wimps, softies, touchy feelies, people who can't stand confrontation, adversity.....wait just a minute, I need to adjust my seat cushion, my tushy hurts.....where was I? Oh yeah, we are a people who don't want trials, can't stand trials, and when we...

My wife was working her way through one of the magazines we receive here at the bjnotbk compound when she stopped, "Come check this out." She motioned me over. Together we read through a multi page advertisement for cleaning products that are certified "green." Yep, a whole new category...

I am a parent of two wonderful children. I understand many of the challenges parents face regarding discipline. You have to understand each child, their strengths, their weaknesses. You have to be able to read cues, is my child acting out because of surroundings, lack of sleep, or are they hungry? Or...

I don’t get mail much. No one writes personal letters or cards much anymore. Sure, there are the Christmas cards, but nothing overly personal, nothing to make you feel really special, cared about, thought about. I don’t know what it is but there is something exciting about the mail. Maybe it is the possibilities...

If you are a pit bull owner then this post is not for you. If you are a pit bull breeder then this post is not for you. If you know someone who once owned a pit bull then this post is not for you and if you are a pit bull then this post is not for you. All pure bred dogs are just that...bred and certain...