Bill Kinnon talks about a video he shot a couple of years ago with Eddie Gibbs In an interview I shot with Eddie Gibbs a couple of years ago (no longer available online, I’m afraid), Eddie talked about the present seminary model that leads to students incurring huge debts in pursuit of their Masters Degrees. [...]
November, 2009:
The Fat Darrell Sandwich
Last Thursday I was watching Rutgers play football and I saw a segment on the Fat Darrell Sandwich. It was stunned and amazed by a sandwich that is made from chicken fingers, mozzarella sticks, French fries, marinara sauce, and assorted lettuce and tomatoes. Yes, that’s what I said, a sandwich with all of that fun [...]
links for 2009-11-15
After Going 1-59, N.J.I.T. Basketball Team Expects to Win Yet another article about a team moving from Division II to Division I for no apparent reason and it turning out disastrously. We'll see how it turns out but I don't have a lot of high expectations. (tags: NCAA basketball) State Finance Directors Warn of More [...]
Christmas Gift Ideas for Your Wife (and mother of your kids)
Update: The 2010 editions of the Christmas Gift Guides for Your Wife / Girlfriend is now online. Follow the link for more 2010 Christmas Gift Guides. Wendy is the world’s hardest women to shop for and the suggestions from Amazon Gift Central just inspired sarcastic mocking comments. Wendy asked me to put together a short [...]
links for 2009-11-14
The future of the Saskatoon Health Region In the end it will involve a lot of bureaucrats making plans. (tags: Saskatoon healthcare) 2nd Opinion: Emerging church: Threat or ally? A good summary of the how the emerging church see's Biblical inerrancy. (tags: Bible emergingchurch) Got a spare $6 million? Run a NASCAR race in your [...]
Lost in the Waves
Jason Kottke points to this incredible story of a father and son who are washed out to see by a riptide. Swept out to sea by a riptide, a father and his 12-year-old son struggle to stay alive miles from shore. As night falls, with no rescue imminent, the dad comes to a devastating realization: [...]
links for 2009-11-12
Is Wikipedia dying? The low hanging fruit is taken care of which means that the number of new articles being submitted is decreasing. (tags: wikipedia) Destroying al Qaeda Is Not an Option (Yet) Like it or not, keeping a battered al Qaeda intact (if weak) is the world's best hope of funneling Islamist fanatics into [...]
links for 2009-11-11
Penalty! Unnecessary Blandness! Redesigning the Worst NFL Helmet Graphics Wow, the redesign of the New England Patriots is absolutely horrible. It looks like something from… well I don't really know. (tags: NFL football design sports) City Council Meeting Could Prove a Must Watch Not a lot of excitement at most city council meetings but Monday's [...]
Warren Buffett’s $26 billion gamble on the next big thing
This is huge Most investors looking for the "next big thing" seek out whiz-bang investments like alternative energy, lifesaving biotech drugs, handheld Internet devices and, for doomsayers, hard assets like gold. Railroads, which had their heyday in another era, are rarely mentioned as a must-have investment for those looking to get rich. So why is [...]
links for 2009-11-09
Today's Berlin Walls Sadly there are too many of these in the world today, including the ridiculous growing one along the Mexico/US border (tags: USA Mexico history) Notre Dame football: A program in turmoil Even the players are frustrated with the program. (tags: NotreDame football sports NCAA) Monday with Mike: Weis' seat heating up Notre [...]
