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Seeking Enlightenment

By Dennis E. Powell | Aug 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Those who missed the early-ish days of Linux will one day be like Vietnam and Woodstock: far more claiming to have been a there than there ever were or could have been.

Get the Church Out of the Political Dump

By Timothy R. Butler | Aug 20, 2025 at 11:07 PM

Some piles of garbage are better than others. But if you asked me which one I’d like to lie down in, I’d say, “None of them.” The answer should be the same when answering about which sort of politics should influence Christianity.

Demon Vampire Bug

By Dennis E. Powell | Aug 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM

If one is observant he gets used to spotting things that oughtn’t be there, even if they are fairly small. I guess I’m observant, because the other night, as I sat on the dark brown couch in the dimly lit living room I noticed an inch-long mostly very dark brown insect on the couch a few inches away from me. Before I sent it to its eternal reward I looked at it, and was filled with dread.

No Actors Were Harmed in the Making of this Video

By Timothy R. Butler | Aug 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM

My congregation got a preview of a new show set in Biblical times. By the look of the clips, it could be a spinoff of The Chosen. There’s just one peculiar difference that makes all the difference, for good or ill.

Extremes

By Dennis E. Powell | Aug 06, 2025 at 2:05 PM

Nuclear war was invented 80 years ago today. It was tried again three days later. Perhaps unfortunately, it worked.

NHK, Japan’s equivalent to our PBS, makes much of the American atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As you would expect, it is unreservedly condemned.

A Catholic Revisits the Five Solas

By Jason Kettinger | Aug 05, 2025 at 9:20 PM

In fairness, Sola Fide is precisely “Justification by faith alone.” We have to be careful as both advocates and opponents of Protestant theology can misstate what the Solas mean. It doesn’t help me or others to help them misstate their own position.

When Humor Was Clever

By Dennis E. Powell | Jul 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM

When we learned Sunday of the death of Tom Lehrer, my reaction was that I suspect was that of many: He was still alive?

Vortex’s Take on the Model M: Cover Band or New Legend?

We test the Model M SSK Triple Mode WK (TKL)

By Timothy R. Butler | Jul 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM

What would happen if you took the classic layout and look of the Model M and rebuilt it with modern mechanical guts? Vortex decided to find out and the result is a unique keyboard with one foot in two different decades. Passed up the Legend itself because it lacks too many modern comforts? Then read on for the Remix.

Dinky Computers

By Dennis E. Powell | Jul 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM

Were a list compiled of my manifold sins and wickedness, near the top of that very long list would be my affection for gadgets that I imagined I needed and therefore purchased. Usually it turned out I didn’t actually need them at all. Sometimes they did end up being useful, though none of them will be mentioned here.

Wimbledon 2025: The Future is Now

By Jason Kettinger | Jul 16, 2025 at 9:08 PM

This year’s version of The Championships still had the shadow of The Big Three (Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic) lurking over it, though only Djokovic remains. Indeed, Djokovic made it all the way to a semifinal, before succumbing to his opponent, and an injury sustained in the previous round. The manner of his dismissal suggests the future of men’s tennis is now.

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