The site for ranting and reporting by John Masters
If human skin comes and goes like dust in the wind, why do tattoos stick around? The explanation is simple. The top layer of skin is called the epidermis. This page from A Moment of Science explains that while the epidermis is always regenerating, a tattoo needle actually penetrates through to the dermis, the second level of skin. It’s here that the tattoo makes its home for the rest of your natural life.
Read moreChoose the way of life. Choose the way of love. Choose the way of caring…Choose the way of goodness. It’s up to you. It’s your choice. –Leo Buscaglia
Read moreYou cannot do wrong without suffering wrong.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Some years ago an old high school friend had a southern food and cooking column he was marketing. To help him, I built him a small website to showcase some of the columns and post some recipes. It’s now grown to over 400 pages, and recently showed up briefly in an Ask Jeeves commercial.
Read moreIt is Easter. Last year I wrote a reflection on Holy Week, and decided I wanted to write something this week. The thoughts for this reflection come from the topics that will be discussed today in the Sunday School class I?m leading on the Social Principles of the Methodist Church.
Read moreWell, the water temp was still in the 70s, but Lay’s nephews insisted on coming swimming yesterday (Good Friday). I’ve
Read moreToday’s Smart Thought is by an anonymous author. It speaks of the power of ideas. The ability of an idea to change the world is well known. Most recently, think of the internet. It was designed for the government to be able to communicate in the event of nuclear war, but it has managed to change society and business forever.
Read moreWe started our series on Smart Thoughts with Mark Twain, so it shouldn’t surprise you that I love many of his writings, and have lots of his sayings on this site. On of my favorite writings by Twain is his “The War Prayer.” It’s a short essay, and if you have never read it, you should.
Read moreWells is the president and, if I?m not mistaken, founder of the Family Values Party. He is currently attempting to qualify to run for both houses of Congress from Florida for the 2006 election. Where he gets real interesting is when you check out his homepage. His site shows all the hallmarks of an extreme right wing page that has little or no budget. But if you click on the link entitled ?To find out who can and who cannot give money to the Family Values Party or to Tom Wells? Campaign,? what you get is what appears to be a basic html web form with check boxes. It isn?t actually, since the closing sentence is: ?If you qualify and want to contribute to The Family Values Party, or to the Tom Wells campaigns you must download this web sight, fill it out, sign and date the completed form. Remember all applicable Federal and State laws concerning federal campaign laws apply.? So what looks like an interactive web form is actually a ?sight? that you have to print out and mail if you want to use.
Read moreAfter reading of a Marine Reservist placed on TSA’s no-fly list because gun powder was found on his boots, I wrote the following to my congressional delegation. I would invite you to take action as well.
Read moreI’m not sure if you have noticed, but in the upper corner of the sidebar there is a random saying
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