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Monthly Archives: January 2005

Nominated but deRandomized

Monday, January 31, 2005

Evangelical Underground seems to have nominated me for a weblog award in design. Yay! The thing is, I just killed the CSS randomizer to overhaul some of my code, so I’m not sure the design for which I was nominated is the same design that’s up right now (01/01).
Why’d I kill the randomizer, you ask? [...]

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On the Elections in Iraq

Monday, January 31, 2005

Um, what Gideon said, pretty much.

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Snowy Sunday: Followup

Monday, January 31, 2005

I have a big Snowy Sunday Photo Album coming up, complete with panoramic shots of various DC landmarks, and I also wanted to write about today’s reading on The Beatitudes, and about the wondrous hidden corners of the National Air and Space Museum, and about tonight’s wonderful performance of 17th Century Dutch popular music by [...]

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Snowy Sunday

Sunday, January 30, 2005

It began late last night as a wintry mix of snow, rain, and ice pellets, but by morning it was steady snow: huge, damp flakes falling into early afternoon. After church and choir practice, with the snow still falling, I walked to the White House, down to the National Mall, Constitution Gardens, the World War [...]

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New Metro Signs

Saturday, January 29, 2005

My resolve to skip the Metro has, of course, dropped with the temperature, so I’m back to taking the subway almost every day now. I’m glad to say that their service has improved greatly since the horrors of last year, and they continue to improve, now with a new sign format announcing train arrival times.

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Passing a Cold Capitol

Saturday, January 29, 2005

I walked by the Capitol this afternoon on my way to the nearest walkable Safeway. (SW Waterfront Safeway.) Clear, but gray and cloudy, temperature hovering just around freezing, with a light breeze bringing windchill down below.

A photographer pauses to snap the Robert A. Taft Memorial near the Capitol. More on Robert Taft and his [...]

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The Gathering Shadow

Friday, January 28, 2005

The Star Wars Episode III scrolling intro is out, for you Star Wars fans who just can’t wait for the next crumb to drop from Lucas’ table. Here’s the first half of it:
It is a time of uncertainty. The empire’s ambiguous tariff statutes mandate close reexamination of galactic import quotas. Interim Princess Agoomba has co-chaired [...]

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MiniTru: Here For You

Friday, January 28, 2005

Here you go, Mr. Cheney. Please have a care for proper attire next time, but in the event such a doubleplusungood indiscretion reoccurs, we at MiniTru are at your service.

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Aviation Disaster Movies

Thursday, January 27, 2005

Want to rubberneck at videos of plane crashes and other aviation disasters? Then check out:

AirDisaster.com Movies.
The Ultimate Plane Crash Site. Broken links all over this old, long-abandoned page, but still lots of action-packed content, especially the CNN videos.
BCIT/PFC Airline and Flight Operations Program Bonus Material. Not strictly plane crashes, but the A319 and B747 videos [...]

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Unforgiven

Wednesday, January 26, 2005

Roy Jacobsen on the “Unforgivable Sin.” (See Matthew 12:22-32 for the pertinent passage.) I’ve always figured that the unforgivable sin of speaking against the Holy Spirit had direct reference to the sin that leads to death, and the irredeemability of he who falls away. My Bible Baptist pastor back in Parañaque, when talking about these [...]

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