WASHINGTON – Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was bashed for her pricey wardrobe, but now she’s getting a lethal accessory.
The National Rifle Association Foundation will present Sen. John McCain’s ill-fated running mate with a military-style assault weapon next week.
The all-white “Alaskan Hunter” – fashionable until Labor Day – is the civilian version of a modified M-4 rifle carried by U.S. troops overseas.
Alaska’s feisty Republican governor, who is weighing a potential 2012 presidential bid, will receive the rifle made by Templar Consulting at a May 14 NRA banquet.
It’s engraved with Palin’s name and adorned with a map of the state on the collapsible stock – made legal after the expiration of the assault weapons ban in 2004. The Big Dipper from the state flag is etched on the magazine well behind a vented barrel guard.
John Voelz isn’t trying to brag, but it’s fair to say he was down with Twitter before most people knew it was a proper noun.
Last year, Voelz, a pastor, was tweeting at a conference outside Nashville about ways to make the church experience more creative — ways to “make it not suck” — when suddenly it hit him: Twitter.
Voelz and David McDonald, the other senior pastor at Westwinds Community Church in Jackson, Mich., spent two weeks educating their congregation about Twitter, the microblogging site that challenges users to communicate in 140 characters or less. They held training sessions where congregants brought in their laptops, iPhones and Blackberrys. They upped the bandwidth in the auditorium.
As expected, banter flourished. Tweets like “Nice shirt JVo” and “So glad they are doing Lenny Kravitz” flashed across three large video screens. But there was heartfelt stuff, too.
There’s a time and a place for technology, and most houses of worship still say it’s not at morning Mass. But instead of reminding worshippers to silence their cell phones, a small but growing number of churches around the country are following Voelz’ lead and encouraging people to integrate text-messaging into their relationship with God.
The term ‘geek’, once used to label a circus freak, has morphed in meaning over the years. What was once an unusual profession transferred into a word indicating social awkwardness. As time has gone on, the word has yet again morphed to indicate a new type of individual: someone who is obsessive over one (or more) particular subjects, whether it be science, photography, electronics, computers, media, or any other field. A geek is one who isn’t satisfied knowing only the surface facts, but instead has a visceral desire to learn everything possible about a particular subject.
A techie geek is usually one who knows a little about everything, and is thus the person family and friends turn to whenever they have a question. If you’re that type of person and are looking for a few extra skills to pick up, or if you’re a newbie aiming to get a handhold on the honor that is geekhood, read on to find out what skills you need to know.
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It appears to have been the world’s shortest sea trial for the car carrier DYVI PACIFIC. The ship apparently capsized shortly after leaving the builders yard in Shadong, China on 23 April 2009. The 6,200 car capacity (ceu) ship had just been recently christened at a ceremony on March 16, 2009 at Samjin Shipbuilding Industries. The ship was departing for trials and was scheduled to be delivered to its owners.
Rush Limbaugh’s new pet project — fighting animal cruelty for the Humane Society of the United States — is riling sportsmen from coast to coast, prompting fears that the talkster typically supportive of gun rights is aiding a group they say has a secret agenda to end all hunting in America.
Twenty-eight groups representing millions of hunters and sportsmen are demanding that the conservative radio commentator end his collaboration with the HSUS and stop “helping them to mainstream their image in the minds of reasonable people.”
Art student Sara Watson has found the ultimate way of avoiding traffic wardens – by making her car invisible.
The 22-year-old student at the University of Central Lancashire spray painted a battered Skoda Fabia to match the car park and entrance to her art studio.
Her work, created as part of her drawing and image making course at the university, creates the illusion that the car is see through.
CBS Sunday Morning had a very interesting story about that painting above, Washington Crossing the Delaware. It’s being restored and will get a new frame, an elaborate frame that it was intended to be in. But I had no idea how huge of a painting it is until I saw them working on the new frame.
Last week I asked a male friend at work what was his plans for the weekend. He told me that he and some friends were going to go to Baby Dolls (a local gentleman’s club) until one of his friends seriously objected because he didn’t want to be in a confined space with the swine flu going on.
I would say about 75% of the time when I hear about the Supreme Court either in news or social circles it in someway relates to abortion.
I made a major mistake of grabbing some lunch at Church’s Chicken on the northern part of Harry Hines Blvd on Friday. A few of us at work stopped by a camera store during our lunch break, and Church’s was the most convenient place to grab some grub on the way back to work. Only problem was the homeless folks panhandling outside and inside the restaurant, and boy were they aggressive. At one point I offered to buy one of them lunch, but he wanted money instead. If I buy them lunch, then at least I know my money went to a meal instead of drugs.
I’ve noticed that a lot of burger places like to use a lot of red and white tile.
On Friday night WifeGeeding and I went to the Galleria to try a highly recommended burger place, 5 Guys Burger and Fries. Definitely a great burger, and even better fries. Speaking of fries, they have a dry-erase board in which they write the location the fries came from, in our case, the fries were from Indiana.
While we were eating, a man and his wife and their two girls entered. The man looked really familiar, and we both thought it might be the new morning anchor on our ABC affiliate. When I went over to get a refill, the man’s wife was getting drinks for her family, and I asked her if her her husband worked in television. A big smile appeared on her face and she said yes, and said I should say hello to her husband. I told her that although I appreciate the invitation, I don’t want to disrupt their night out with the kids. She then said that was not a problem and then called him over saying I was someone he needed to meet. We all had a real nice 15-minute conversation with Chris Flanagan and his wife, one of the nicest couples we’ve ever met.
In our conversation he asked were I was from, and of course I told him Mineral Wells, and he mentioned he was actually in the Big MW recently doing a story.
He also mentioned that he wakes up at 2:00 AM every workday. When he tries his best to sleep in, he can’t sleep past 4:00 AM.
There’s a team on the Amazing Race that does nothing but complain about people who don’t speak English when they are in a non-English speaking country.
60 Minutes did a piece over the Antinori wine company. What I found most interesting is that it has been a family owned business since 1385! The family member that is the head of the business works on a family desk that was built during the Renaissance.
A new phone book arrived the other day – what a waste of paper. It went straight to the recycle bin.
The death of Danny Gans scares me – the man simply died in his sleep. He was only 52 and appeared to be a very clean cut and healthy guy.
I think about death, my death in particular, daily.
Sad aftermath of the Cowboys practice facility collapse – a 33 year old scout is now permanently paralyzed from the waist down. And our new special teams broke isn’t paralyzed, but does have a broken vertebra.
With the roof coming down and the combination of a wet ground and broken electrical wires, I’m amazed no one was electrocuted.
Anyone else watching Survivor? If you did, you heard Coach talk about Stephen being stoned to death in the temple and saying “God, forgive them for they know not what they do.” You’re right, there isn’t such a story in the Bible.
John Voelz isn’t trying to brag, but it’s fair to say he was down with Twitter before most people knew it was a proper noun. 
“JCMATCH.COM offers the most dynamic suite of features in the Christian online dating marketplace and is an affordable, safe environment,” explains Yuri Gorzey, CEO and Founder. “Together with our members we will be empowered to donate millions annually to charitable projects of ECFA-approved organizations that apply for financing through the JCMATCH.ORG website. The company contributes one dollar from monthly fee towards worthy causes. Members will vote at the end of every month to determine which project receives the grant,” says Gorzey. JCMATCH.COM members will also have a monthly opportunity to win Christian cruises, participate in mission trips and will receive annual charity recognition certificate.
