The Happy Moron

Nothing much here, this caught my eye while browsing and I had some questions. [For those who don't frequent BBSpot, Brian Briggs mocks a random personal ad on a daily basis - he's not at his best here, but that's beside the point.]
1)What does she think the difference between a cynic and a pragmatist is? [...]

“But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” — Matthew 6:20 (NIV)
A long time ago I played a ‘Christian’ version of that old board game, the “Game of [...]

Like this:
“People still care about privacy because they care about control. Sure, many teens repeatedly tell me “public by default, private when necessary” but this doesn’t suggest that privacy is declining; it suggests that publicity has value and, more importantly, that folks are very conscious about when something is private and want it to remain [...]

A discussion, among programmers, that references Christianity but which does not devolve into vitriol.
This speaks volumes about the quality of the hosting blog and of the community built up around it. If you don’t believe this, just lurk on slashdot for a while

I do not understand the mindset that would put a scripture reference on a rifle sight.

At various times I’ve thought about the best way to play the autocomplete game. You know – autocomplete – when you search for something on Google, it drops down a list of the most common searches matching what you’ve typed so far.
It’s how I found Yaco Monti.
(I was searching for ‘yacht rock’)
My thought was to [...]

Great article from the BBC a couple days back.
Lots of good stuff in there.
A lot of links recently – I’ve got some topics for posts kicking about but no time to write them.

What’s the deal with trial by ordeal?

Good stuff.

Man mauled to death by pet tiger – CBC
Shouldn’t that be:
Man mauled to death by not so pet tiger?
Mind you, this is the first time I’ve seen the CBC comment boards unified and free of bile. They all think keeping a captive tiger is a bad idea, too.