In the Old Testament of the Bible, Isaiah 35 prophesizes a “highway:”
It will be called the Way of Holiness.
The unclean will not journey on it;
it will be for those who walk in that Way;
wicked fools will not go about on it.
Is it possible the 2500 year-old text correctly predicted the creation of the Eisenhower’s interstate [...]
There’s no question, Thanksgiving is a great holiday. You get to down piles of food with friends and family and be thankful for all the opportunities that made it possible. But I wanted to address some common Thanksgiving “legends” to see if they were true or not.
1. The tryptophan in turkey makes you sleepy.
This is [...]
I finally went to The Rock after 2.5 years of living in the Bay Area.
On a side note, we went to Blockbuster to rent The Rock the night before but they didn’t have it. Not that it was checked out already, but they didn’t have it all. They did have Robocop III, though. Interesting business [...]
During UNC’s NCAA basketball tournament win last night, the question came up, “what exactly is a Tar Heel?”
According to wikipedia, the term has its origins in North Carolina’s colonial history, when tar production was an important local industry. It wasn’t the most glamourous work, and “tarboilers” or “tar heels” were derisive nicknames for NC residents. [...]
