Archives for May 2013

The painting above was done by artist and comedian Craig Mahoney. I had not realized that there is fan-art out there that focuses on the theme of Calvin and Hobbes growing up. I like the painting above and the one below. Though the one below is done by a different artist, it pairs up well […]

This is a photograph from three days ago, from the funeral of a 9-year old Moore, Oklahoma tornado victim. On 20 May 2013, the Westboro Baptist Church tweeted that they were planning to picket the funerals of the tornado victims. On Thursday, morning, 23 May, they tweeted: Westboro Baptist Church to picket funeral of Xxxxxxx […]

I tend to watch a blog sited called Welcome Home Blog. It features reunions of loved ones after long months of military service. I had always assumed that this was because I am an emotional Latino. However, I recently realized that the emotions portrayed on that blog were identical to mine. No, I did not […]

OK fellow geeks, look at the comic above. To what field of science is the comic above referring? Who are the famous scientists mentioned? To what principles/thought experiments is the above comic referring? This has been a geek pun moment.

There has been much ado about the fact that Lois Lerner has refused to resign. Who is Lois Lerner? Well, she is the IRS official who headed the unit in Cincinnati that excessively investigated any group that had “Tea Party” or any of several other phrases used by conservative causes. Various Congress members and media […]

I read a very good blog post on Internetmonk today about the Oklahoma tornadoes. You can find it here. What struck me about the post was a quote from the Book of Job that is found toward the middle of the post: Now when Job’s three friends heard of all these troubles that had come […]

In a sermon earlier today Pope Francis preached: “They complain,” the Pope said in his homily, because they say, “If he is not one of us, he cannot do good. If he is not of our party, he cannot do good.” And Jesus corrects them: “Do not hinder him, he says, let him do good.” […]

Today the “Run for the Wall” arrived at the Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center in Tuscaloosa, AL. As you can see from the photograph, I was there. Standing next to me was my boss, a retired Lt. Col. (nicknamed a “Light Colonel”). We had a chance to talk. I mentioned to him the Viet Nam Memorial […]

Well, I will just comment that I am old enough to remember when the team that won the post-season playoffs on a regular basis was Chicago. In fact, I can even remember the Los Angeles Lakers being the team to beat. And then there were the Celtics … You get the idea. Teams rise up […]

Here is a quote from the AP concerning a talk that Pope Francis gave recently: VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has denounced the global financial system, blasting the “cult of money” that he says is tyrannizing the poor and turning humans into expendable consumer goods. In his first major speech on the subject, Francis demanded Thursday that […]