Random Acts of Mind by Dones

Regardless of what one thinks of Obama, I think he was purposely mischaracterized by Dr. James Dobson the other day. I listened to Obama’s 6/28/2006 speech on religion & morality in politics, and I thought he was fair and accurate in his assessment of the relationship between the three subjects. I don’t know why Dobson […]

Here’s what I say:
The answer to high fuel prices must change from changing the supply to changing the demand. It starts at home, with gasoline conservation like James has outlined. We’ve got to start using less gasoline.
It continues from there to further investment and commitment for mass transit in urban and suburban areas. We’ve got […]

Barack Obama’s speech today was truly great. Hearing his words, I want to be led by him; I want him to be my boss, my friend, my president.
I’m tagging this post under politics only because of the source of the material. What I have to say below has nothing to do with my politics.
I have […]

Avid readers of this blog can attest to the fact that I don’t get into the celebrity worship very often here. (If I did, there’d be a ‘celebrity’ tag). However, watching E! news this morning has prompted me to address a certain celebrity issue from my high horse that is this blog.
Of course, everyone not […]

The first installment of a hopefully semi-regular video podcast. Feedback is always welcome!

PS - I know the lighting is dark. I tried fixing it, but there just wasn’t enough ambient light.
PPS - Alan Keyes was the other Republican I was thinking of.

Special thanks to Sithslayer for passing this on to me. He has posted a great explanation of why guns are civilized.

The Light of Knowledge
Originally uploaded by metamorphilia.

One of the many extra touches of class added to the KU Edwards Campus, this sconce in a stairwell of Regnier Hall shows a glimpse of the great learning environment I’m in this week-as well as the amount of donations that come to the university…

I’ve heard critics talk about Big Oil, Big Pharma, and Big Debt, referring to supposedly monolithic industries which are almost always doing something horribly rotten to Joe Consumer. I’m not quite that paranoid, nor do I use quite as broad a brush as those folks, but I will borrow their terminology here while talking about […]

It’s not that I don’t have sympathy for the lives Jerry Falwell touched in a positive way.  My prayers are that God will comfort them in this time of loss.
Mainly, it’s the fact that Rev. Falwell did so many disservices to the cause of Christ in a very public way, that I do not mourn […]

You know, I had my doubts about this theory when I first read it, but it’s starting to grow on me, and now I find it more and more compelling. Is there anyone out there who can bring me back to my senses? The conspiracy theorists are just ruining everything! I’ve lived serenely with the […]