Image Separation! It took four hours and a few minutes. After that I watched 8 thirty-gallon garbage sacks ride away in a car never to return again. They were from a pile called “Donations.” The four hours and few minutes weren’t at all what I expected. I had spent them with a love...

After I blogged recently about Identity theft, I received a note from a representative of Uni-Ball, the pen company, who pointed out their contribution to fighting Identity Theft: "As it becomes more difficult to get new lines of credit, identity thieves may be drawn more to commit check fraud....

Interesting that ClaimID (my current OpenID provider) are considering a subscription model, ClaimID nears 75k users.  As they say in their blog post: Unfortunately, running ClaimID is not cheap, so we’re going to strive for a model that is both sustainable and secure. I find myself increasing...

These sublimely clueless musings from Lisa Schiffern at the Corner illustrate the strange belief system of the GOP's true ideological base, which is made up mostly of the American version of what Orwell called "the lower upper class." Axioms which are key to that system include: (1) The hardest-work...

My daughter spends a lot of time on LiveJournal, where writers both professional and fan-fictional tend to hang. Today, on the way to our respective homes after watching the Watchmen, she told me about a long...rephrase that, loooooong...cross-blog discussion that came to be called Race Fail 2009. T...

This is gonna get complicated, and I’m not gonna get to the bottom of this right now, but I’ve been thinking about writing about this for a while, and recent events have made it more relevant so I shall have a go even if it is a bit of a false start. Before we do start though, check this...

Consumer watchdogs warn that hard times have created a target-rich environment for scammers eager to pick your pocket and steal your identity....

Last week, Tom Ascol expressed his concerns about the vision of Baptist Identity and in particular, their rejection of theological triage using a chapel message delivered by Dr. Malcolm Yarnell on October 30, 2008 at SWBTS chapel.  The message Dr. Yarnell preached was entitled “The Essentials...

Non-Orthodox Jews frequently seem concerned that Orthodox Jews are judging them about their lack of Jewishness. On JewishJournal.com, Jason Lipeles writes: "Although he had a long beard, I wasn’t nervous or thinking that maybe he was judging my lack of Jewishness." Why would they car...

The Cardinal Newman Society reports: Half of the 26 Catholic activists, scholars and theologians who signed a statement publicly supporting President Barack Obama’s selection of pro-abortion Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius as Secretary of Health and Human Services are professors employed by Cath...