The rain is cold and very wet. It is also much needed. And, perhaps the cold and wet day has also dampened other things. Hopefully I can be vague enough to not reveal identities and yet specific enough to speak to the issue. God himself knows that there are certainly enough examples, so protecting i...

Holy Cow! If we were to bestow our "Ignorant Dolt of the Week" , on Chuck Norris, Glenn Beck, and the gang at Restore The Republic , we would have to retire it. Or, otherwise, endure crippled fingers, being fed intraveniously, while writing a never-ending post. Norris, in his "I may run for presiden...

I rather enjoy sitting in from of our cute little stove (wood-burning for heat) in the evenings, after the work day is done, watching the flames flickering around the logs. I must say, however, that I didn't at all enjoy watching the flames leaping out of the vents of my brand new oven. I never did ...

If you have some vintage plastic items that are yellowed with age, they're not always destined for the curb. Retro-obsessed geeks have created a cheap, homemade solution for restoring old plastic. Manufacturers add various chemicals to the ABS plastic used in most electronics to act as flame retarda...

by Michael D. "Mike" Greene "Upon these principles, my dear son, I fear you will wear many a ragged coat," said Thomas Campbell to his son Alexander. Of what principles was the father speaking? Alexander, having been in America only a short time, had just refused a salary of $1,000 a year to take ch...

Many of our cherished computers and consoles from the past have not stood up well over time. It’s not the hardware as much as the color. From Commodores, Apples, to Super Nintendos, the machines have slowly drifted towards a sickly yellow and even brown. The culprit appears to be the fire reta...

One of our main interpretive principles in the church of Christ is to speak where the Bible speaks and be silent where it is silent. I think that is a wonderful concept to try to attain. I respect our heritage and the overarching respect for scripture that our forefathers have brought to the table. ...

I first began to come across writings of a mysterious S.R. Cassius in the late 1990s when doing research on a term paper at Harding Graduate School. I was caught off guard by this man's bold and even daring pen. I began amassing a file on him and then discovered later my friend Edward Robinson, now ...

I'm restoring an upright piano and need a good online source for parts. I've googled for some piano part suppliers and the sites that I've found so far set off my "Don't deal with this business" alarms. I really don't want to trust a site that looks like this with my credit card informatio...

Novelist Mary DeMuth just posted a fantastic review of As We Forgive: Stories of Reconciliation from Rwanda over at RelevantBlog. Check it out: As We Forgive by Catherine Claire Larson is one of those life-changing books that will linger with you the rest of your life. It’s not for the fainthearte...