Anyway, the person responsible for this story made a comment that led me to the following questions:
1. Why are good but unexplainable events so commonly refered to as miracles?
2. What's the opposite of a miracle?
3. What's the difference between a miracle and "a random event with a positive outcome"?
4. Is it just easier to place the "miracle" label on things we can't explain?
5. Doesn't the Catholic church have a specific definition of a miracle? I believe for sainthood consideration, it's necessary to have been the source of a miracle. True?
P.S. If you answered number two with "George Bush", not only are you right, but you also get an eHug.]]>
ok, how about this: "alright kids, it's time for bed. Go get your sneakers on."]]>
]]> The server was up and this was not a connection issues. Rather, it was a DNS issue. I battled this for about a week and had to "help" my registrar/DNS service. Everything is working properly now, but you might find this conversation interesting...
Hi,
Thanks for your mail.
There is nothing wrong at our end. We tried accessing all your sub domain site and there is no problem.
This may be just an isolated incident or you may wish to check with your local ISP regarding access issues.
Let us know if you require further assistance.
Hi. Thanks for the update. Could you please run the following check on your end:
1. Do an nslookup of "jay.kastnerfamily.net" using your primary DNS server.
2. Do the same nslookup using your secondary DNS server.
You will see that the secondary works, while the primary does not.
Hi Jay,
Upon further investigation, we found the problem to be due to the MX setting for "googlee81a3317314bf313".
It was configured to point to ".google.com.". The starting "." caused a problem to our DNS server and caused the primary to not load the dns entries properly.
I have removed the starting "." so that host googlee81a3317314bf313 points to "google.com.".
You may wish to change this if this is not the correct address.
Your subdomains should start resolving properly in a few hours after the propagation is complete. Thanks. ]]>
Photo credit (original): rbytes.net
Concept credit (original): fark.com wikipedia entry]]>
Jill’s current car gets 30 mpg. She’s trading it in for a hybrid that gets 45 mpg. Delta between old and new mpg: 15 mpg.
So which scenario is better from an environmental perspective? It’s actually Jack’s. The problem here is that measuring in miles per gallon can be deceptive. Instead, use gallons per mile. Let’s use a few examples:
All four cars get 100 gallons of gas. Jack’s old car will go 1000 miles. His new car will go 2000 miles. That’s a 100 percent increase. Jill’s old car will go 3000 miles. Her new car will go 4500 miles. That’s just a 50 percent increase.
All four cars have to travel 100 miles. How much gas will that require? Jack’s old car requires 10 gallons. His new car requires 5 gallons. That’s a 5 gallon improvement. Jill’s old car requires 3.33 gallons. Her new car requires 2.22 gallons. That’s just a 1.11 gallon improvement.
So it really is more important to swap out those Hummer H2s for Ford Explorers, than it is to swap out those Toyota Camrys for hybrid versions.]]>
Credits: Michael Ramirez, for Investor's Business Daily
If the linked copy goes missing, here's a local copy.]]>
Anyway, here are the top ten reasons why I am getting a concealed weapons permit:
1. Upon certification, I became an honorary republican, like Wendy.
2. Neither of my brothers wants to protect America from the terrorists like I do.
3. Unlike Erin, I don't hate the rights and freedoms afforded to American citizens.
4. This step was necessary to move from "semi-badass" to "full-blown badass".
5. Guns are loud and kick-ass. A concealed weapons permit just makes them super louder and kick-asser.
6. All the cool chicks dig guns and permits.
7. The permit gets me a two percent discount at WalMart, Denny's and the USPS (albeit in Texas, Alabama, Mississippi and Kentucky only).
8. Because Carsten, as a German citizen, can't.
9. It was a really tough course and I learned a lot about gun safety (see: LMAO).
10. Because Chris Obertin is a pussy and his wife would never let him get one.]]>
