Miscellaney

We did some traveling this weekend and I got to go to Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga, TN with my father-in-law. The above photo was taken from Point Park, where the Confederate Army once oversaw the military movements in Chattanooga until they were overtaken in November 1863. It’s a breathtaking view and the weather was spectacular.

Since I usually fail so miserably in picking my bracket for the NCAA basketball tournament, I’ve decided to try a new approach this year. For March Madness 2004, my bracket is as haphazard as ever. With more upsets than a Benny Hinn crusade, my bracket is sure be at the bottom of ESPN.com’s Tournament Challenge. … Read more

Since my basketball team doesn’t fancy road games this year, I’ve done a little blog reading this weekend. Here are some posts of interest: Matt Hall has a report from some friends in Spain who were all but too close to the attacks this week. The Discoshaman has a though-provoking post on the morality of … Read more

The recent diet craze has reached epic proportions, and it is really having an effect on the culture. The other day I saw a local pizza chain advertising lo-carb pizzas. Subway restaurants (no, that’s another Jared) are now offering “subs” that look more like fajitas because they’re wrapped in a tortilla rather than a hoagie. … Read more

If you’ve never visited Jason Steffens’ blog, Antioch Road, take a few minutes to explore one of my favorite blogs. Steffens is an Iowa attorney who writes a very well-written blog on a variety of topics. He is especially good at keeping up with pro-life issues. Check him out. While I was searching for fellow … Read more

Since everyone else does this, I thought I would begin highlighting a few of my favorite blogs (that you need to be reading too) on Fridays. And yes, if everyone else jumped off a bridge, I would too. The Evangelical Outpost: If you’re an evangelical blogger, I don’t have to tell you to read Joe … Read more

If you’ve ever wondered about what goes on behind the scenes at a car dealership, this article is an intriguing read. The writer worked undercover at a dealership to find out how the process worked: What really goes on in the back rooms of car dealerships across America? What does the car salesman do when … Read more

A new study finds that sleep is essential for creativity: For the first time, scientists say they have proved what creative minds have known all along: that our sleeping brains continue working on problems that baffle us during the day, and that the right answer may come more easily after eight hours of rest. The … Read more

With all the buzz about tonight’s Iowa Caucus, I got to wondering where in the world the word caucus came from. Did it derive from caucasian, the term for white people? Probably not. One etymology for caucus gives this: Etymology uncertain. Mr. J. H. Trumbull finds the origin of caucus in the N. A. Indian … Read more

…and doggone it, nobody’s gonna listen!