The towering vistas, the hiking trails, quaint towns, waterfalls and natural waterslides can make you feel like a kid again. ...more

October 6, 2008

In one of my college philosophy courses the professor told us that the God of the Old Testament was a different one than the God of the New Testament. After all, he had pointed out, in the old books there was an awful lot of smotin' going on. Plagues were being unleashed, cities were being destroyed and the curious risked being turned into pillars of salt. But in the New Testament sinners were forgiven, people were fed and the lame made to walk. And if your wine supply ran a bit low maybe the son of one of your guests could lend a hand. It was a book of hope. God had learned to smile. But I think the old God, the Creator, had a sense of humor, people just didn't have the tools recognize it. ...more

February 16, 2008

A casual look at the Earth's geologic time scale shows a planet in flux, with the oceans, atmosphere and land masses revealing both subtle and dramatic changes over eons. ...more

February 10, 2008

I was offered a piece of cake recently that a friend had confiscated from an office soiree. Not knowing the name of the decadent dessert or who baked it, she told me, "You have to try it." ...more

February 6, 2008

I was offered a piece of cake recently that a friend had confiscated from an office soiree. Not knowing the name of the decadent dessert or who baked it, she told me, "You have to try it." ...more

February 6, 2008

If you ask me, cosmologists' new "Big Brain Theory" is proof positive that they've lost theirs. ...more

January 18, 2008

Teach Evolution And Intelligent Design To believe or not to believe. This will always be a question of faith for mankind. ...more

January 6, 2008

In the great channel shake-up that is going on with Bright House Networks today, Hillsborough County subscribers don't get a break when it comes to getting E! separated from C-SPAN2. ...more

December 11, 2007

Back in the days when man first ventured out of the caves and celebrated the occasion by giving thanks to the Great Spirit the people vowed that the preparation time for their holidays would be limited to some reasonable amount of time. Like perhaps the cycle of one moon, which many eons later was called a month and many eons after that they were given a name: As in October which is what the moon cycle before the one when thanks was given to the Great Spirit and out of which our country's first displaced inhabitants evolved. And many eons after that first giving of thanks the Great Spirit returned the recognition of his people by rewarding them with a special gift of his own. A man-child. The appearance of this gift held such significance for the people that they name a day after it. They called it Christmas. Now when the two things are considered – limiting preparations to no more than on a lunar cycle and the acceptance of the gift of the Great Spirit – it would appear that the preparations for Christmas should occur at the earliest around the time that the feast of thanksgiving is celebrated. And for many years this is how it came to pass. ...more

October 20, 2007

Older people are sticky. That is the latest view from Silicon Valley. Technology investors and entrepreneurs, long obsessed with connecting to teenagers and twentysomethings, are starting a host of new social networking sites aimed at baby boomers and older people. ...more

October 5, 2007