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Need to know what the terror level is.  Here is the forcast.

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I have started a new book just for fun and I suspect that my son Mark will be talking about it too.  It is one of those book for real men (or some would call them boys).  It is titled Backyard Ballistics by William Gurstelle.

Though the book is technical in nature focusing on how to build a bunch of cool stuff, the introduction has made me reflect on what I am doing as an engineer and has got me to thinking.

Here is one of the quotes:

The creative oart of being and engineer happens only in those moments when engineers lay their practiced, detached professionalism aside and behave like amateurs.  Invention, by its nature, lies outside the professional’s mind-set of established knowledge and moves into limited and reasoned risk taking.

Well, I have that opportunity finally, in my current job.  I now have a gas turbine (AKA jet engine) to play with!

This one got me laughing.

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Heard a very interesting thought on the radio today and it was in Our Daily Bread for today:

“Despite our efforts to keep him out, God intrudes.
The life of Jesus is bracketed by two impossibilities:
a virgin’s womb and an empty tomb.
Jesus entered our world through a door marked “No Entrance”
and left through a door marked “No Exit.”

– Peter Larson

God is truth and light his shadow.
Plato
(427 BC-347 BC)

Discussion on this one open!

Had a little note in my email that I thought would be good to ponder and puts a little different spin on thankfulness:

Continue reading Thankfulness

I am listening to Christmas music from a radio station in Springfield, MO 88.3 The Wind and there was a small story of a young boy who is going through the stage of believing that God made EVERYTHING.

Continue reading God did a good job….

To open this up, I am in no way condoning this practice, but I think that terms need to be defined.

In a BBC article today,  Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch, said that knowingly putting civilians in harms way is unlawful. Continue reading Unlawful?

Was sent a link to the following article.  Seems that this past year many “renowned scientists” have defected from the belief in Global Warming.  Sorry Mr. Gore, An Inconvenient Truth is that there are less scientists supporting global warming than there was a year ago. Continue reading Global Warming Defectors

Interesting research from Cornell and Indiana/Purdue Ft. Wayne on Autism shows that TV may be a strong contributor to autism. Continue reading TV associated with Autism