Flowers Blooming

Spring weather is definitely here--the days are nice and the flowers are starting to bloom.

The dinosaurs are begging to be let out of their cages.

And the gardens are starting to look like the wonderful, colorful display they will be for several months.

~Matt

Snakes Alive

Today is another day of the Creation Museum's most popular workshop: Snakes Alive.



I've been coordinating this program for several years now. Unfortunately I'm usually to busy to watch any shows, but I've seen a few over the years. My fiancée likes snakes as much as my sister Erin (i.e. not at all) and she even sat through a show.

I do like walking past the presenters when they're advertising out in the museum and holding one of the snakes every now and then. I figure I might as well enjoy them at work as we'll never have one as a pet. (But I'm definitely okay with that. I love Amy far more than any animal.)

~Matt

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Eve

If you're near the Creation Museum today you should come see the presentation Eve Remembered at 3:00. It should be a great presentation (Geri is a wonderful actress), well worth your time.


~Matt

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Beautiful

One week from today I'll be spending the day with my beautiful fiancée, several days actually. I can't wait. :-)



~Matt

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Self-Sharpening Pencil

Okay, I'd really like one of these!

Finally a Self-Sharpening Pencil

The Kuru Toga works by continually rotating a piece of "nano diamond lead" thanks to a rotating gear system inside the pencil. The rotation and sharpening ensures that the piece of lead will remain at a point giving you the same precise pencil marks you would get from a newly sharpened pencil.

I don't use pencils that often, but I prefer mechanical pencils because they do stay sharper than regular pencils--but even they only stay nice so long. It looks like this pencil has solved that issue. I wonder where I can buy one (and if it is affordable)!

HT: Isaac Schrödinger

PS I found one on Amazon, it doesn't seem too unreasonable for such a cool product...

Absurd...or is it?

I thought this news story was absurd at first.

Chicago school bans some lunches brought from home
To encourage healthful eating, Chicago school doesn't allow kids to bring lunches or certain snacks from home — and some parents, and many students, aren't fans of the policy.
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-04-11/news/ct-met-school-lunch-restrictions-041120110410_1_lunch-food-provider-public-school

But in reality it is worse than that. This is the government trying to take over more parental responsibilities. It only gets worse from here. Food, healthcare, education--totalitarian states control them all. Are we headed down that road slowly or quickly?

~Matt

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An Amusing Card

I found this card while cleaning.



My grandparents sent it to me years ago.



I thought it would be fun to scan the barcode. When I did this product came up! ;-)



~Matt

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Location:Highland Ave,Fort Mitchell,United States

God is Present

I found something that I'm pretty sure I didn't write, but I have no idea of the source.  I must have copied it from somewhere.

I was regretting the past and fearing the future.  Suddenly My Lord was speaking.

"My name is I am."
He paused.
I waited.  He continued.
"When you live in the past with its mistakes and regrets, it is hard.  I am not there.  My name is not I WAS.
When you live in the future, with its problems and fears, it is hard.  I am not there.  My name is not I WILL BE.
When you live in this moment, it is not hard.  I am here.  My name is I AM."

Its an interesting piece.  I've always liked the name "I AM."  So much is contained within those two words that so well describe God.

Old quote

I just found an old quote I'd written down in college.  I'm not sure if it originated with one of my professors or if he was quoting someone else.

"It is God's responsibility to judge Osama bin Laden.  It is our responsibility to arrange the meeting."

I thought it was interesting to remember this.  A little more than nine years (I don't know exactly when the quote is from ) ago the world was a different place.  9/11 was fresh in our minds and most people who didn't know geography weren't thinking about Iraq, Iran, Libya, North Korea, etc...

~Matt

Strange Headline

Out of context this headline sounds very, very strange...

From the BBC: "Liverpool told to buy Asian stars"

~Matt

Signs of Spring

I snapped this shot as I was leaving work yesterday evening. It has been nice to leave while it is still light outside, and I'm definitely enjoying the warmer weather that comes along with the start of spring. I can't wait for the Creation Museum's gardens to be full of flowers and other summer plants. Of course the more things are growing the closer it is to June 25... ;-)

~Matt

Post Office Failure (again)

A few days ago I was checking the mail in my apartment building (since there are only four apartments it all comes into one spot) when I found this letter:

I live in Kentucky.  This letter was mailed from an address in Colorado to an address in Colorado.  I obscured the address details but I live on Highland Avenue at the same number this letter was mailed to--but of course it was sent to Highland Drive, in Colorado.

I have no idea how this letter made it all the way to Kentucky, but I couldn't resist snapping a picture of it before putting it back out in the mail.

Oh, and the title of this post includes the word (again) because this is at least the second time this has happened.  Read about the first adventure here.

~Matt

Idea for Google

Fridges today look quite fancy. This is the control panel from my sister's new fridge. Will Google have Android powered fridges soon? ;-)


~Matt

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UFO Truck?

I saw this truck on the way into work. From the right angle/distance it looked like it was carrying a UFO.


~Matt

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