Weapon of Mass Distraction

Not bored with the blog, honest!

Derek — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:37:57 +0000

It was a bit surprising to see that I haven’t posted here in months. This blog is actually in its 11th year now, but it’s fair to say that I’ve put less effort into it this year than I have …

An Old Leather Case

Derek — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 04:47:55 +0000

Saturday night, I received what I consider to be the greatest honor I have been awarded in the course of my 51 years on this Earth. A group of 35 men with whom I share a love of four-part a …

Goodbye, Lovie?

Derek — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 02:18:12 +0000

Well, the Vikings take the final NFC playoff spot ahead of the Bears by beating the Packers 37-34 on a last-second field goal. Disappointing, after the Bears’ 7-1 start this season, but maybe it’s better to head to the offseason …

Oh, the weather outside…

Derek — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 01:42:09 +0000

Well, the National Weather Service backed off its Winter Storm Watch last night and downgraded the alert to a Winter Weather Advisory. Around lunchtime today, they backtracked and issued a Blizzard Warning for East Central Illinois. Haven’t seen one of …

China calls for American gun control

Derek — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:51:33 +0000

They should tend to their own house before claiming the moral high ground. Take away guns, as the Chinese government has done with its people, and evil men use whatever weapon is at hand. A series of attacks at schools …

Transhumanism and Human Exceptionalism

Derek — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 07:12:51 +0000

Sharon and I were honored to participate with Wesley J. Smith of the Discovery Institute and National Review Online in the Q & A session after this screening tonight via Google Hangout. People of faith can see where the transhuman …

Pre-Crime

Derek — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 16:47:02 +0000

The response to the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut was a predictable jerk of the knee. We don’t own a gun, although I took the training course to qualify for a concealed-carry permit when we lived in mid-Missouri five years ago. …

A small but annoying detail

Derek — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 03:55:51 +0000

On a whim, Sharon and I decided to watch episodes from our boxed sets of the late, lamented Fox series Millennium. A bleak way to spend a holiday weekend, to some; the series was a grim look at the battle …

Pink = Green

Derek — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 13:40:26 +0000

My “seemer” (as in, “Something doesn’t seem right about this”) is apparently right again — this time, about the flood of pink at NFL games this month: It is Breast Cancer Awareness month, and the NFL is doing its part …

“The Taliban is on the inside of the building”

Derek — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 04:56:54 +0000

That’s the money quote from this bit of testimony at last week’s congressional hearing on the Benghazi attack: