Can’t stop watching Internet videos . . . skate-boarding doggie . . .

I'm not addicted to web videos . . . Really.  I don't think I am.  Am I?   Oh, come on!   Watch this skate-boarding doggie and tell me it didn't make you smile.   This video really makes me want to know how to train a dog to do these tricks. 

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How to grade exams

I know.  I'm getting a bit too habituated collecting and posting whimsical items these days.  But this one was just too good to turn down.   It's almost the end of the semester and this post is dedicated to all of those teachers out there who are busy grading all of…

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OT God versus NT God

How do people who believe the Bible to be inerrant reconcile the Old Testmament version of God with the New Testament's version?  They don't often try.  Rather, they cherry pick.  They tell the Noah story by focusing on God's "saving" of Noah's family, rather than firmly acknowledging God's decision to commit cold senseless genocide…

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What is the Far Side’s Gary Larson doing these days?

No, sorry.  He's not cartooning.   According to this article from USA Today, though, Larson has has recently released a calendar (of previously released cartoons), all of the profits going to help Conservation International for the organization's work to help end the illegal trade in Asian elephants, Indochinese tigers, Asiatic black bears,…

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