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My name is Jeff, and I write this blog. I work as an interface designer in Denver, CO. I am also an amateur musician and an atheist.
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Dying woman forgets to mention God
Donald Douglas at American Power read Elizabeth Edwards’ statement on ending her cancer treatment and found it very interesting that she didn’t talk about God. When people who are dying neglect to give a shout-out to the man upstairs, it is nihilism.
Clearly Elizabeth Edwards wants to put her faith in something, be it hope or strength or anything. But not God. I wonder if it’s just bitterness, that’s she’s been forsaken by more than just her estranged husband — that’s she’s been forsaken by Him. And imagine if she’d have become First Lady. Americans generally expect outward expressions of faith in our presidents, Christian faith especially, and thus in our First Ladies as well. The Democratic base obviously doesn’t care, as we can see in the “wow factor” expressed by the author at the American Prospect. Being anti-religion is cool, so Edwards’ non-theological theology gets props from the neo-communists. Still, at her death bed and giving what most folks are calling a final goodbye, Elizabeth Edwards couldn’t find it somewhere down deep to ask for His blessings as she prepares for the hereafter? I guess that nihilism I’ve been discussing reaches up higher into the hard-left precincts than I thought.
Because when Poochie isn’t on screen, all the other characters should be asking, “Hey, where’s Poochie?”
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Notre Dame student dies filming football practice
Poor Declan Sullivan’s job was to stand on a 50 foot high scissor lift and film Notre Dame’s football team practicing.
At 3:22 p.m., just before the start of practice, he posted [to Twitter], “Gusts of wind up to 60 mph well today will be fun at work … I guess I’ve lived long enough.”
At 4:06 p.m., “Holy (expletive) holy (expletive) this is terrifying.”
Forty-four minutes later, the portable tower, which stands about 50 feet above the field, tipped over.
The fall killed him. Awful.
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Lovely octopus
I dedicate this re-post to World Cup-predicting Paul the Octopus, who has died.
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Heavy drinkers outlive nondrinkers
According to a new study, heavy drinkers outlive nondrinkers. Their sample was 55-65 year-olds who had had some kind of recent outpatient care. They followed them for 20 years.
But even after controlling for nearly all imaginable variables — socioeconomic status, level of physical activity, number of close friends, quality of social support and so on — the researchers a six-member team led by psychologist Charles Holahan of the University of Texas at Austin found that over a 20-year period, mortality rates were highest for those who had never been drinkers, second-highest for heavy drinkers and lowest for moderate drinkers.
One possible explanation is that non-drinkers are likely to be less social and more depressed.
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All my friends are dead
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Computer virus may have killed 154 people
Authorities investigating the 2008 crash of Spanair flight 5022 have discovered a central computer system used to monitor technical problems in the aircraft was infected with malware.
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