I first really took a liking to Vivaldi when I was about 20 years old. So having a deep familiarity with this tune, you can imagine how stoked this video makes me. This kid really is doing something phenomenal...
It was so subtle; so sublime. I couldn't resist. I totally lifted this from a web page, so, in keeping with good blog ettiquette, I've embedded a link to the source. Just click the image.
[...]So here's some rather interesting data from a recent editorial in Machine Design magazine - one of my favorite trade magazines that I love to peruse.
' [...]So now it appears that the leader of France recognizes who is the real internationl wimp (follow the "best description" link -thanks, Max).
I can't help but say you gotta like Sarkozy. I think he's a man. I may not agree with his politics, but hey, he's French. They have' [...]
The video pretty much says it all. You just gotta love this couple's classy dress, don't you?
' [...]There's a reason he refuses to accept repayment of TARP money.
Stuart Varney, The Wall Street Journal, 04/04-5/2009
I must be naive. I really thought the administration would welcome the return of bank bailout money. Some $340 million in TARP cash flowed back this week from four small banks in Louisiana,' [...]
Barocky Road...
I laughed; I cried...
I dunno... It just hit me somehow.
Should I apologize? I don't know. I honestly don't know.
I'm still laughing.
' [...]You can find Shirah's other stuff at her blog, Ma vie, raconté....
Plato's Take on Politics
My Honors course this semester is entitled Ancient World, and appropriately so, because we are simultaneously investigating the development of culture through the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, Greece, Rome, and China. Most [...]
I ran across this video, and I have to say, It affected me. Here's the deal: I gripe a lot about the failed politics of our once great nation. I have issues with many of our post-modern materialistic Christian churches. I wish people were more aware [...]
I ran across this statement while perusing the Federalist Papers.
...The influence of factious leaders may kindle a flame within their particular States, but will be unable to spread a general conflagration through the other States. A religious sect may degenerate into a political faction in a part of the [...]
"I met a new girl at a barbecue, very pretty, a blond I think. I don't know, her hair was on fire, and all she talked about was herself. You know these kind of girls: 'I'm hot. I'm on fire. Me, me, me.' You know. 'Help me, put me out.' [...]
"I met a new girl at a barbecue, very pretty, a blond I think. I don't know, her hair was on fire, and all she talked about was herself. You know these kind of girls: 'I'm hot. I'm on fire. Me, me, me.' You know. 'Help me, put me out.' [...]
I gotta say this: I'm a Christian, and I think God hates Islam. Islam is a religion of hatred. Look at the Quran. It preaches hatred and violence. It is not a religion of peace. Sorry, but it's just not. Islam's prophet, Mohammed, was obviously a man [...]
I gotta say this: I'm a Christian, and I think God hates Islam. Islam is a religion of hatred. Look at the Quran. It preaches hatred and violence. It is not a religion of peace. Sorry, but it's just not. Islam's prophet, Mohammed, was obviously a man [...]
Okay, here we go.
The man's a fraud and a liar. He could never pass the test for the lowest level security clearance. He cannot be trusted with our nation's most loosely held secrets. It's doubtful whether his U.S. citizenship can even be substantiated. And now he's your [...]
Okay, here we go.
The man's a fraud and a liar. He could never pass the test for the lowest level security clearance. He cannot be trusted with our nation's most loosely held secrets. It's doubtful whether his U.S. citizenship can even be substantiated. And now he's your [...]
Say what you want about style, this man makes a fairly compelling argument. You have to admit he's passionate, and he's certainly not afraid to call a spade a spade. A white man could not preach a message like this.
I know nothing of this man's theology. I can't say that [...]
Say what you want about style, this man makes a fairly compelling argument. You have to admit he's passionate, and he's certainly not afraid to call a spade a spade. A white man could not preach a message like this.
I know nothing of this man's theology. I can't say that [...]
This is a YouTube-hosted series of videos of a lecture titled Revealing the Truth About Barack Hussein Obama. This is an absolute must-see for all peace-loving people who wish to harbour no ill will toward their peaceful Muslim neighbors. If you're like most Americans, you do not feel threatened by [...]
This is a YouTube-hosted series of videos of a lecture titled Revealing the Truth About Barack Hussein Obama. This is an absolute must-see for all peace-loving people who wish to harbour no ill will toward their peaceful Muslim neighbors. If you're like most Americans, you do not feel threatened by' [...]
I think so. I think they pay WAY BEYOND their fair share. I think that stealing from them in the name of CLASS ENVY is the most deplorable facet of our immoral tax system! I'm not rich, by the "standards" set forth by our socialist leaders, who seem to [...]
I think so. I think they pay WAY BEYOND their fair share. I think that stealing from them in the name of CLASS ENVY is the most deplorable facet of our immoral tax system! I'm not rich, by the "standards" set forth by our socialist leaders, who seem to [...]
Well, I wasn't there, but I saw it on TV. Most of it, anyway. Don't feel like I missed much, though. Snooze...
The real exciting part: My daughter was there, live, in person. Pretty cool, I think. Here's the back story:
I was actually one of the first [...]
Well, I wasn't there, but I saw it on TV. Most of it, anyway. Don't feel like I missed much, though. Snooze...
The real exciting part: My daughter was there, live, in person. Pretty cool, I think. Here's the back story:
I was actually one of the first [...]
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US Navy officials today announced the release of a senior Al Qaeda terrorist after questioning him extensively for 27 days aboard a US aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea. As a gesture of good will, the terrorist was given US$50 in cash and a 1962 Ford Fairlane [...]
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US Navy officials today announced the release of a senior Al Qaeda terrorist after questioning him extensively for 27 days aboard a US aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea. As a gesture of good will, the terrorist was given US$50 in cash and a 1962 Ford Fairlane [...]
I've been reading a lot on Global Warming, so I'm pretty much of an expert on the subject now, especially having studied a lot of science and stuff in school. For instance, I've taken classes in Natural Science, Social Science, Political Science - you name it; I've probably had a [...]
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Well, our oldest is now away at college. Her leaving wasn't directly traumatic for me, though I really do like to pal around with her, so I do miss that. But after first leaving home two years ago at age sixteen to spend a year in [...]
Sorry,
It's just that I've had enough of this, and I'm kinda T.O.'d right now, so I've got to rant for a minute.
Windows Vista blows. That's all I can say. And, sadly, it's only because of what is probably a minor technicality -something that could be easily overcome by someone who [...]
So, finally we have conclusive proof that the Apollo missions were all staged in an elaborate studio somewhere in the Nevada desert. Yeah; Studio 51, wasn't it? Yeah. I think I've heard of that place.
[...]
I was just having some fun with this thing tonight, and thought, Hey, Why not enrich others' lives with the music that reflects my impeccable taste...
Wow. The economy is so bad! Minimum wage hasn't gone up for over six months, now. Your typical high-school kid has to work nearly all summer -full time, even - just to be able to buy one quad or dirt bike! All three of my cars are over five years [...]
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States [...]
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States [...]
I'm sorry.
I'm just so sick and tired of this liberal whining, complaining, sophomoric attitude against the wealthy... Like someone owes you something just because they have more than you. Honestly, folks. You liberalists who think it is somehow noble to preach that OTHERS SHOULD BE REQUIRED THROUGH LEGISLATION TO GIVE [...]
I have it on supposedly good authority from some of my friends who are tuned into what might be called the "ultra-conservative special knowledge" camp that, even if you hold the title deed to a piece of real property, you don't really own it -the U.S. goverment may still take [...]
Someone has asked:
"So, why do leftists just seem to adore governments and hate corporations?"
My answer:
I think the answer points us to the primary and primal difference between the liberal and conservative mindsets: Conservatives believe that, whereas God is the rewarder of the faithful and the caregiver to the feeble [...]
[...]All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind are convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth.
-Aristotle
But they do abound.
Okay, after reading some of my stuff here, you might be thinking, "Gee, Eric, what is this big gripe you've got about teachers? Why the big chip on your shoulder? Teachers are people too, you know."
Alright, then, perhaps I should clarify. I think that many teachers are [...]
It's show-off time. Every now and then, your kid does something so cool, you just gotta tell people about it.
So the other night my seven year old son, Raam, says, "Hey Dad. Dad. Hey Dad. Did you know that the sun takes up 99 percent of [...]
Just before turning off my TV, as a means of restoring sanity and a sense of reality in my household, I happened to catch a glimpse of Mrs. Bill's interview with Tyra Banks. When quizzed about how she mustered the strength and composure to carry on in [...]
It seems nature just never ceases to astound us with its paradoxes. Mt. Shasta's Whitney Glacier is bucking the global trend. Scientists, quick with an answer, and slow to give up the good fight, are blaming - you guessed it - Global Warming. Well if this isn't proof that [...]
The following story comes from the German Spiegel Online news magazine. I have repeated it here, not as a sensationalist ploy, but to try to clarify and make obvious the fact that other people in other cultures don't think the way we think. We like to think that when [...]
Uhh... yeah. Right, then.
Okay, so... today's topic is, "Words that are just wrong."
We hear them every day. Hundreds, if not thousands per day. They go by without catching our notice. I'm speaking, of course, about verbs that aren't verbs, but everybody uses them as verbs, and, hey, we know [...]
The monumental moronity of our governmental leaders never fails to amaze me. Our government, on every level, just has this uncanny knack for coming up with entirely stupid and useless ways of measuring and rewarding performance. What is it about people given administrative power without having [...]
