Random Thoughts 10/23/09

• Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
• I'm sure there is some kind of commentary that should be made about American consumerism or perhaps the potential crazy-good jenga-skills of this Wal-Mart shopper, but in the end I'm just glad this was NOT my wife's cart.
  
• God bless those believers out there who can't tolerate anything but a King James Version, but surely this is based on ignorance and misinformation. If one would only read the preface to the King James Version, you'd see that they had the same goals and suffered the same criticisms as modern translators. But for lack of knowing this, sprinkled with a bit of egocentric traditionalism, people think any other translation of the Bible must be from Satan! Including this guy, a North Carolina pastor who is going to burn (non-KJV) Bibles on Halloween. Wow, that's sad.
• Old fashioned newspapers are dying… fast.
  
• Anyone out there upgrade to Windows 7 yet? How's that working for you?
• Have you ever looked to see if the unemployment rate goes up or down depending which party controls the Senate? I have now…
  
• The number of Americans who believe in global warming is down to 57% from 77% in 2006. The number who think it is man-made is down to 36%. Way to go, folks! Don't be suckered in my non-scientific scare-mongering! This is going to look flat-Earth-foolish in a few years. Be green for stewardship and conservation reasons; we're not big enough to change the climate. It changes just fine without us.
  
• If you don't like post-season baseball umpiring, blame the union?
• Why can't President Obama just make a decision already? The preceding link links to the brilliant clarity of one Victor Davis Hanson.
• Here's a picture of the church building this week. I call it WCCC in Autumn.