Gilgamesh and the Bible
I called this website sparkplug9.com mostly due to my fascination with the Gilgamesh epic. And my fascination with that epic is mostly due to Robert Silverberg’s amazingly great book Gilgamesh the King.
So I was quite interested to see a link my dad shot over entitled Noah’s Flood and the Gilgamesh Epic. Click here to take a look …
Very interesting!
Part of the fun of having a blog is …
What do the following phrases have in common? (And yes, there is a common link.)
Ethiopians make their gods black and snub-nosed, Thracians red-haired and with blue eyes; so also they conceive the spirits of the gods to be like themselves.
The contents of the world are not just there for the knowing but have to be grasped with suitable mental machinery.
Who can refute a sneer?
Science is built up with facts, as a house is with stones. But a collection of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true.
The Schizophrenic Austin Mini Aesthetic: Retro outside; Jetson’s Inside
Can someone please tell me what’s up with the Austin Mini?
I love the exterior of the Mini with it’s vaguely retro multi-color styling. I hate the interior of the Mini with it’s Jetson’s bulbous plastic futuristic styling.
Seeking Peace in a World with No Peace
I happen to be a Christian, and I also happen to publish my church’s bulletin. Occasionally I write a devotional thought or two, and I plan to also publish those here from time to time.
The following was originally published in the bulletin of Emmanuel Free Reformed Church, a member of the Free Reformed Churches of North America.
May the Lord bless you, and keep (protect) you, and cause His face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you. May the Lord lift up his countenance (face) upon you, and give you peace.
Six Gmail invites to give away
Hmm … interesting. People who had Gmail used to only have 3 invites to give away.
However, I was notified that I now have 6 invitations to give away. Interesting!
Who wants ‘em? Let me know!
Hitler’s Secret Partners … Why WWII happened the way it did
I just finished reading Hitler’s Secret Partners, by James Pool. While being interesting for all the usual reasons - interesting topic, well written, fascinating details - the book is particularly interesting for insight into why WWII happened the way it did.
In Pool’s analysis, WWII happened mainly because Hitler was running a pyramid scheme. If that sounds completely crazy to you, read on before you judge.
John Nash: A beautiful mind; an ugly man
I just finished reading A Beautiful Mind, by Sylvia Nasar, which formed the basis of the recent movie of the same title starring Russell Crow.
Yikes!
Jumping on the Firefox Bandwagon
Mozilla, the organization that builds the open-source web browser Firefox, is having a download-fest, trying to get 1 million downloads in the next ten days.
It’s the best browser for Windows, Linux, and for some, Mac OS X as well.
If you don’t know why, here’s why:
- tabbed browsing
- pop-up blocking (can you imagine people actually paying for this?!?)
- security, security, security (Explorer is a powder keg on your desktop)
- Google search built-in
- faster
- cleaner look and feel
- smaller, leaner, and still better than IE
World Cup of Hockey: Canada Wins, the Trophy is Very Ugly
Wow. Excellent, wonderful, great, happiness, joy, peace, and light.
Canada won the World Cup of Hockey, everything is well with the world (for one night) and Canada is celebrating one more confirmation that hockey speaks Canadian.
But isn’t that trophy butt-ugly?
Today’s Kids Names Are Driving Me Nuts
I’ve been meaning to write about this for some time, and never have been able to summon up the passion for it. But yesterday I heard two kids names: Parker and Peterson.
Now I have the passion.
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