Here is a press release from NSA that many of you may find interesting: NSA offers homeschoolers day-long Field Entomology Science Camp Parents can choose option that turns Oct. 10 camp into unit study Homeschoolers in the Pacific Northwest now have another option when it comes to teaching biology to their juniors and seniors. This …
In Case You’re the Kind Who Likes to Keep a Joke Around
I put the Dalai Bama image on a few t-shirts and mugs here. I am not sure, but I think Frank Turk made his millions this way.
Not the Kind of Pic Usually Seen at This Blog
My daughter Bekah offers a timely reminder of the kind of thing that can happen on a playground, starting next week sometime.
Pretty Funny
Heh.
Why the Horse Isn’t Dead
I have mentioned before the atheism jag that I have been on, and even if I hadn’t mentioned it, it would have been obvious. Just last week I posted covers of some of the new titles coming out. One thought that has occurred to me is that a number of Christians may be thinking, “For …
Can’t Tell the Players Without a Scorecard
Over the next few months, you will hear a goodish bit about all of these, four small books which have been the result of debating-the-atheists jag. Because I have already had to explain various confusions about which was what, I thought I should mention everything here, straight in a row. Sam Harris wrote a bestseller …
Next Act in the Goon Show
As Chesterton put it, people who don’t stand for something will fall for anything. In a time when murky thinking reigns supreme, it is not surprising that we have gotten to this . . . what? travesty? outrage? goon show?
UK Rapid
One of the cool features of Google Analytics is that I get to look at what countries contribute visits and hits to this blog, and I have to say that I have been very pleased with the UK. Their June visits worked out to 1,635, just behind Canada. Anyhow, we have a lot of friends …
Ad Copy from the Nether Gloom
We are really looking forward to the release in book form of my debate with Christopher Hitchens on the topic “Is Christianity Good for the World?” The release date is September 2, and you can get the book from Canon, Barnes & Noble, or Amazon. The image below is the ad from the back cover …
Grand Kids in a Row
The Merkles got back from the UK for the summer, and so we had our first unified sabbath dinner since last October. Afterwards, we lined them up on the deck in birth order and took some pics.