http://www.pleonast.com/user/dr_worm recent pleonast.com entries by user dr_worm en-us http://www.pleonast.com/user/dr_worm?l=5&entryID=603940 2008-11-27 http://www.pleonast.com/user/dr_worm?l=5&entryID=603710 We have our new baby boy. Joseph Alan was born about 3 hours ago. He and Rachel are doing well. I'm sure at least one of us will have pictures later. 2008-11-27 http://www.pleonast.com/user/dr_worm?l=5&entryID=602999 No, not Garfunkel* A friend of mine, Tatum, has recently started putting some of her artwork online. The picture above is of one of her charcoal drawings. It's probably my favorite. She does other sorts of things too though. They're pretty good. You can check them out at revampedart.com. And in case you're looking to buy a present for someone who likes original art, she's selling some of her pieces too. ;) -- -------------------- -- Speaking of websites, I've been working on overhauling Parkway's website. There's still more to do to it, but we've got a decent start on adding material. In the past couple days I've added about 25 articles and the audio from our recent Gospel Meeting. Parkway church of Christ -- -------------------- -- But wait, there's more. Some time ago I bought the domain - AndySochor.com - figuring I'd do something with it someday. Well, now I've done something with it. It's basically just a page to link to all my other sites and display the feeds from my o... 2008-11-25 http://www.pleonast.com/user/dr_worm?l=5&entryID=602056 After a 14 year wait, the new Guns N' Roses album - Chinese Democracy - will finally be released. Aren't you excited? No? Actually, I'm not either. I don't think I've listened to my one GnR cd since college. Honestly, I don't know if I still have that cd. But there is reason for excitement. Not for the cd. But for a special offer made in connection with the cd. Dr. Pepper is giving away free 20oz. bottles on Sunday to correspond with the release of an album that no one thought would come. They'll have coupons available for 24 hours on their website. So Sunday, celebrate Chinese Democracy and get your free Dr. Pepper. 2008-11-22 http://www.pleonast.com/user/dr_worm?l=5&entryID=600802 Came across this story today: Gremlins Thought Extinct, Found After 85 Years Here's part of the article: Since pygmy tarsiers can turn their heads 180 degrees, this process [placing a radio collar on their neck for tracking] can be dangerous, as Gursky-Doyen found out. "I have the dubious honor of being the only person in the world to have been bitten by [a pygmy tarsier]," Gursky-Doyen told LiveScience. "My field assistant was holding the tarsier and I was attaching a radio collar around its neck and while I was attaching the radio collar he bit me [on the finger]." The female has since been eaten by a hawk, Gursky-Doyen said. -- -------------------- -- My immediate thought when I read this: Was it the gremlin or the field assistant that was eaten by the hawk? 2008-11-18 http://www.pleonast.com/user/dr_worm?l=5&entryID=596364 Now that I've had a little more time to think, I feel better about writing about the election. I was genuinely ticked off at the American people last night. So I needed to step back and wait. Hopefully the 24-hour delay is enough. -- -------------------- -- About 75 days from now, Barack Obama will be inaugurated as the next President of the United States. (Unless of course some good evidence comes forth before then that verifies the rumors that he does not have the proper citizenship status to be President. But I don't expect that.) As much as I hate to use the ridiculously overused phrase, this was a historic election. The United States elected a (half) black man to the highest office in the land. Even though I believe many of Obama's policies are foolish and dangerous, it is at least good to see that an American of any racial background can ascend to this office. Some have suggested that Obama's election indicates that the racial problem in this country is a thing of the past. U... 2008-11-06 http://www.pleonast.com/user/dr_worm?l=5&entryID=595789 Like it or not, one thing is sure - change is coming. Scanning through the recent entries page, it's amazing to me how many people on pleonast are talking about the election and what could be in store. I've got my own long list of things to say, but I figure I should sleep on it first so I don't end up saying something I probably shouldn't. So maybe in the next day or two I'll write more about it. Let's just hope the next four years are not as bad as I expect. -- -------------------- -- On another note, something I forgot to mention in my last post, I updated Plain Bible Teaching for November. Hopefully that provides more encouragement than the current events. 2008-11-05 http://www.pleonast.com/user/dr_worm?l=5&entryID=595169 Go vote today. Pray for our country. That is all. 2008-11-04 http://www.pleonast.com/user/dr_worm?l=5&entryID=594626 It's not a bad job. But any job you have where you have customers to deal with, there are days that are more frustrating than others. These days make you wish you were doing something else. No matter how much you like your job, you have days like that once in a while. On these days, we joke that we're going to quit making signs and make donuts instead. So on Friday, since it was Halloween, we wore these shirts to work: We surprised our boss. He didn't know about it until he came in and saw 6 out of 8 of his employees wearing Signature Donuts shirts. Plus, his son who comes in to work after his classes and his daughter who gets dropped off at the shop after school were wearing these shirts too. Fortunately, he didn't seem too annoyed. He may have even thought it was a little funny, I don't know. But I'm sure he didn't think it was as funny as we did. 2008-11-03 http://www.pleonast.com/user/dr_worm?l=5&entryID=592832 Barack Obama is a socialist. That may or may not be a bad thing to you, depending on your political views. (I believe it's a bad thing.) But regardless of your opinion about it, the statement above is a fact - Barack Obama is a socialist. This has long been suspected by his opponents and downplayed by his supporters. But recently it has come out. It began with Obama's own words in a conversation with now famous "Joe the Plumber." In case you missed the story, Obama told this prospective small business owner that his plan will tax Joe's company (a small business, not a large corporation) more to give the money to those "behind" him. He said he wants to "spread the wealth around." This was not a misstatement on Obama's part. It revealed his true intention and economic philosophy. Then today I noticed a story about Obama's socialist/Marxist leanings dating back at least to his time in college. In one of his books, he said he "chose [his] friends care... 2008-10-29