Poor Lobster Boy. Still a month short from the end of his performance art project, his house has been dismantled as a fire hazard. Now we will never know what the point of the performance was — or if there was ever a point at all.
What Earthquake?
Eh? An earthquake in the Northeast? I didn’t feel anything, but then, DC is farther south.
Parentally Oriented Ego Surfing
Perhaps you’ve tried Ego Surfing for yourself, but have you tried doing it for other people in your life?
So far I’ve turned up this photo of my Mom (an active recreational open-sea angler), several racing articles which mention my Dad (an avid yacht racer), a Getasia article about my brother Francis (a professional-level photographer), and a class profile on my younger brother Raymond (an athletic hunk-a-dude). My youngest brother Javi doesn’t seem to have anything yet.
By Farther Steps
Speaking of Reformed Baptists, I’ve encountered Tim of “By Farther Steps,” and his blog. I will link him in my blog list as soon as I have a decent internet connection. (This 14.4 modem refuses to transfer a file the size of my blog menu.) Interesting articles on Covenant Theology and Paedobaptism, very much worth studying for this vaccillating Baptist. If that’s too heavy for the moment, then you can read an amusing parable about Christians at Starbucks. Hallelujah.
Protest Weekend
Today is April 20, and crowds of people are flocking downtown for numerous demonstrations on just about every available issue under the sun: the IMF and globalization, the Mideast conflict, the war in Afghanistan, military operations in Columbia, taxation without representation, and probably a few other causes which I missed.
Meanwhile, as rallyists gather for their march to the Capitol, clouds are gathering for a possible repeat of yesterday’s violent thunderstorms. Not a good day for outdoor demonstrations, I would think. As I told the guys at the office yesterday, either God supports globalization, or the CIA has developed secret weather control devices to activate during these rallies.
Add to that the vague terrorist threats against local banks, and you have the recipe for a fun Saturday huddled indoors, blogging news links all morning.
On the bright side, it looks like they won’t be drilling more holes in Alaska’s Arctic Wildlife Refuge. Personally, I think the money is better spent on researching a workable matter-antimatter warp drive.
Hail and Thunder
Whoa, we have some pretty fierce weather outside right now. The windows are being pelted by grape-size pellets of hail and the thunder is one long continuous rumble.
I wonder how those protesters are doing.
Update: Now it’s bright and warm and sunny again.
PHP XHTML Validation
You think it’s hard writing valid XHTML markup? Try coding PHP pages which will produce valid XHTML markup when parsed. Argh.
So that’s what “anarthrous” means.
Reformed Baptist scoffed at?
Why do conservative Reformed Christians view the concept of a “Reformed Baptist” with scorn? Is there some quintessence of being Reformed which the Baptist denomination is missing? I’m sincerely curious: what is it about Baptists that makes an oxymoron out of “Reformed Baptist?”
Magnifying Lens Effect
Instructions for a Magnifying Lens Effect in Flash. Too cool. Will try it now.
Plane crash in Milan
A Piper tourist plane has undergone uncontrolled contact with the Pirelli Bulding in Milan. Accident or terrorist attack? I’m leaning more towards “accident” right now, seeing as how the pilot radioed in about technical problems before crashing.