Quarterly Results
For the quarter "2009 July to September"
Seventh Grader Announces Open Source Book Report
Stone Clements, a seventh grader at Washington Middle School, has launched a new open source book report project, and is looking for qualified readers, documentation specialists, beta testers, and editors to participate in the collaborative venture.
(more)Fixing Government, Hold the Swiss Cheese
Our founding fathers established a nation based on the principles of individual liberty, guaranteed God-given rights, and the elimination of government tyranny. Unfortunately, that country was captured by the Swiss during World War I.
(more)Genesis 1 For Atheists
In the beginning nothing created the heavens and the earth. Now the nothing was dark and void; it was really nothing. But then there was something hovering right in the middle of it. How about that!
(more)Muscle Memory
The Charles Atlas cartoon-panel advertisements from my youth featured a 98-pound weakling getting sand kicked in his face by a tough beach bully. Fortunately, the puny youth signed up for Charles Atlas’s body-building course, and in no time he was able to confront the bully. Unfortunately, the bully was actually Charles Atlas himself, who pounded our hero into a heap of broken bones and sore muscles.
(more)Outsourcing Prayer
Many congregations, looking for quick and effective solutions to their spiritual communication needs, have found the answer by partnering with the business sector. It’s called “prayer outsourcing,” and it’s quickly becoming the business of choice for entrepreneurs looking for the next big thing.
(more)Microsoft Envisions Weather Modification System
No matter what the Mac enthusiasts and twelve-step programs tell me, I’m proud to be a user of Microsoft products. Still, I was a little surprised to learn that upcoming versions of their products will be used to control the weather.
(more)Please Krispy Kreme, Take My Money
There are many reasons for Krispy Kreme’s business woes: the general downturn in the American economy, the increased popularity of “low-carb” diets, the difficulties in selling a product that shows what you will look like if you eat it.
(more)Cash-for-Clunkers Expands to Include Elderly
The House of Representatives today announced passage of an expanded “Cash for Clunkers” program. The revised legislation allocates an additional $2 billion to the program, and allows cash-strapped households to turn in aging family members for rebates of up to $4,000.
(more)God Signs Kyoto Protocol, Goes Green
Mother Nature and her earthly domains rejoiced in a collective “Hallelujah” today as God signed the landmark 1992 protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the so-called “Kyoto Protocol.”
(more)Meltdown Linked to Global Warming
State health officials were called today to a downtown Madison, Wisconsin TCBY yogurt shop in what is being called the latest tragedy in the era of human-induced global warming.
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