So you’re at Wal-Mart on Black Friday getting your high quality, Chinese made presents for your kids, pondering the hilarity of a store built on the principles of only selling American made products, a “fact” which old naive stupid people still cite to this day while eating their green peas imported from Thailand. You’re still feeling… Continue reading Christian Holidays – The War On Christmas: Black Friday
Devil’s Night – Origins
I posted a fairly in-depth set of articles on the origins of Halloween back in 2013. Hopefully that convinced a few people the holiday is not a Satanic holiday but a Christian one and most the stuff you read about it is anti-Catholic propaganda that has nothing to do with reality. During that time I… Continue reading Devil’s Night – Origins
The Techno Survivalist – Earbuds, Headsets and Audio
I’ve been thinking about Every Day Carry lately as it relates to this idea of what I’m calling Techno Survivalism. So I started going through what I carry around every day and what I need to do every day so I can adjust my “EDC”. I know many IT guys carry a lot of crap around… Continue reading The Techno Survivalist – Earbuds, Headsets and Audio
Origin of Christian Holidays – Halloween Myths – Part 5 of Several
So now that I’ve gotten some traditions and history of Halloween out of the way I think we can get into some of the propaganda and garbage that is inevitably floating around about Halloween. Is Halloween/Hallowmas “The Devil’s Holiday?” Certainly not. This is ridiculous. It does not now, nor has it ever had anything to… Continue reading Origin of Christian Holidays – Halloween Myths – Part 5 of Several
Emergency Smart Phone Preparedness In the Urban Landscape
Thought I’d diverge from the Geeky Faith stuff for a while. Stuff depresses me sometimes. Get back to good old geeky electronics and techno-survivalism. Thought I’d relate a story that my fiance and I went through about a year ago in Edmonton, Alberta. I was up there visiting during the winter and we decided to… Continue reading Emergency Smart Phone Preparedness In the Urban Landscape
Thoughts on Recent News Stories in the Middle East
(Photo: Reuters/Ahmed Jadallah) I read a story this week where a group of people from a foreign country invaded their neighbors and started killing the infants and children because they felt God had commanded them to do so, for no other reason than they had an opposing religion. It’s was widely posted all over the… Continue reading Thoughts on Recent News Stories in the Middle East
Guns, Flags, and Sacred Texts
So this stupid picture has made rounds on the ol’ social media feeds lately and I can’t help but look at the sheer stupidity of it all. I’m your average mostly libertarian Christian with HEAVY gnostic and deist leanings. I stress this because I don’t want anyone to think this is going to be the… Continue reading Guns, Flags, and Sacred Texts
Blood Moons! End of The World! Oh No!
I’ve been posting a lot of sort of religious stuff here lately and for those who read my blog and are a bit turned off by this, I apologize. Book reviews forthcoming! I am kind of a religion nerd especially where traditions, ritual and odd beliefs are concerned. I find it endlessly fascinating. Sometimes, something… Continue reading Blood Moons! End of The World! Oh No!
Katy Perry – Satanic Grammy Performance?
So Katy Perry stirred up a storm of crap at the Grammy’s with her “Dark Horse” performance. There have been a lot of accusations about it being a “Satanic Ritual” and so forth and so on. I watched the video because as someone who gets a good laugh when the fundamentalists go off on things… Continue reading Katy Perry – Satanic Grammy Performance?
Resetting the Maintenance Required Light On a 2007 Toyota Corolla S
Not really a computer tech subject but something I had to deal with recently. The maintenance required light came on my car and I was about to take it to the mechanic. Luckily I did not and decided to check it out on the internet to make sure it didn’t mean something else first. Apparently… Continue reading Resetting the Maintenance Required Light On a 2007 Toyota Corolla S