• Sir Alex let criticism fly in half-time talk• Mourinho says United have good chance of clean sweep Manchester United may have safely navigated a route into the Champions League quarter-finals, but Sir Alex Ferguson was disappointed with his players, accusing them of losing possession "frivolou...

In the process of seeking your area of servanthood, strive to render service in hidden ways. A number of years ago, I chaired the planning committee for a church convention. It involved 200 churches. It turned out to be an extraordinary event. People left excited. The positive feedback was almost un...

[This was shared during Midweek Lenten Worship in the sanctuary of Saint Matthew Lutheran Church in Logan, Ohio, this evening. It was presented as part of the congregation's '40-Days to Servanthood' emphasis.] Acts 9:36-43 Occasionally, I receive emails from Wesley Paul, an evangelist who lives in L...

Apparently I’m a militant. [Myki] has been slagged by public transport militant Daniel Bowen by reference to the hideous early 1980’s hit ‘Hey Mickey’ recently revived in cheerleader films of dubious repute. — Vexnews — news for patriots (?!) Hmmmmm. Interesting t...

Federal courts in the United States hear over 50,000 appeals a year and state courts hear approximately 300,000. Over 250,000 of these appeals are duds. Certainly a great amount of resources are wasted in these losing appeals, many of which likely had little chance of success. Professor Steven Shave...

This is a guest post by Jackie Jackson. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. Around six months ago, Daniel touched upon ratio analysis for bloggers. Basically, he came up with two very interesting formulae for analyzing the capabilities of a blog. The first one was ...

Their T&Cs say you can’t do it. Oops. Wonder if they’ll sue me? Come and have a go if you think you’re hard enough, Telegraph lawyers!* Apparently you’re not allowed to ” modify or attempt to modify all or any part of the Content or the Site” either. I guess t...

Today I put a new thing on the Internet: Demolition Hold List, Chicago, IL: A place for info about architecturally significant buildings in danger of being demolished (or are already gone). Please take a look at all of the great buildings and, if you can, contribute photos, text, and memories of the...

I had every intention of serving these awesome braised short ribs over some penne or fusili to soak up all that gorgeous gravy. But it's either early onset senility or the cold that's coming on gangbusters. Whatever the reason, the sweet potatoes were cooking before I realized that I had wanted to d...

From The Estate of Marriage. Part One. … From this ordinance of creation God has himself exempted three categories of men, saying in Matthew 19[:12], “There are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have ma...