Remembering C.S. Lewis

His death went unnoticed, as he died the same day John F. Kennedy was shot, but his works are some of the most widely read in English literature. Originally an agnostic, he served in World War I and became a professor at Oxford and Cambridge. He credits his Catholic friend and fellow writer, J.R.R. Tolkien, author of "Lord of the Rings," as being instrumental in bringing him to faith in Christ. Among his most notable books are: The Screwtape Letters; Miracles; The Problem of Pain; Abolition of Man; and The Chronicles of Narnia, which include The Lion, Witch and Wardrobe.





His name was C.S. Lewis, born NOVEMBER 29, 1898. Over 200 million copies of his books have sold worldwide and, 40 years after his death, continue to sell a million copies a year. In Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis wrote: "All that we call human history - money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery - is the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy." C.S. Lewis wrote: "Christianity...is a religion you could not have guessed...It is not the sort of thing anyone would have made up. It has just that queer twist about it that real things have."

Man in Netherlands builds Noah's Ark to the exact scale given in the Bible

Working Replica of Noah's Ark opened In SCHAGEN, Netherlands.
Man Builds Noah's Ark to the exact scale given in the Bible.

PayPal Notice —watch out!!

Friends,

Never thought I'd be the author of an email like this... But today I just got an email from a site that claims to be paypal, asking for me to verify my paypal information. The Subject of the email was "Slight error - [PayPal Notice #7728814471] - Urgent Action Required" so if you get an email looking like this, don't even bother to open it. They're just trying to get you to give them personal information. When I looked closely at the email sender, I discovered that it was "dcvcqm@intl-paypai.net" —not even paypal...they're trying to get you to see and L instead of an I.

If you receive an email like this, go ahead and report it by sending it to spoof@paypal.com. They also have a lot of information on fraud protection on the website.

—Daniel

Civil Disobedience (featuring Dr. Timothy George)

Civil Disobedience (featuring Dr. Timothy George)

Farting and Pooping

Sooo... For those who don't know yet, we have a new baby in the family. She's an adorable black and brown Chihuahua :-)

Well, the other day we somehow managed to overfeed her... And her belly was about twice the size it normally is. I was a little worried, I'll admit, but after her pooping a few times, we gave her a bunch of water and put her to sleep.

The next morning, she was normal sized again - she must have been farting all night!

And the moral of the story is... If you stomach is ever twice as big as it should be, poop and fart it all away :-P

Gurtner's Theory

Recently, I was asked an interesting question:

"If you would be able to dig a straight tunnel from here (San Diego) to someplace in China, and there wouldn't be any of that magma etc. that they say is on the inside of the earth, and if you were to jump down into that tunnel, would you come out the other side?"

My theory is that no, you wouldn't come out the other side, but rather get stuck in the middle, since that's where the gravitational force on the earth would be the strongest. You couln't "fall" out the other side, since gravity would be pulling you right back into the tunnel.