Latest EntryFeb 8, 2010 My thoughts on... Leave a comment
In my opinion, Beulah Land is one of the most beautiful gospel songs ever written. Featured in the video below, the legendary Squire Parsons did a wonderful job singing Beulah Land in front of an appreciative audience at Heritage USA back in 1987. I hope you enjoy hearing it as much as I do.
Feb 8, 2010 Sponsored Posts Leave a comment
Shopping for car insurance is about as much fun as watching the sun rise high into the desert sky, but AmericanCarQuotes.com makes it fast and easy to find the best policy for you at a competitive price. In addition to their easy to use quote forms, they also offer a primer on automobile safety as well as information that can help you determine your precise auto insurance needs while helping keep your car related expenses to a minimum.
As in the real world, the Internet is replete with companies selling automobile insurance, and at first glance they all appear to be pretty much the same. This means of course that you’ll really need to to do a bit of research in order to find a car insurance policy that meets your unique needs without breaking the bank. A great place to start it AmericanCarQuotes.com. And while you’re there, be sure to read their excellent article explaining the cost of insurance coverage.
Feb 6, 2010 Things I like Leave a comment
Although I’m not that fond of cold weather, I do enjoy the beauty of a good snowfall. Cheria and I have taken and published many photographs of wintry scenes over the years, but we enjoy seeing the fine work of others as well.
Today’s “Picture of the Day” on TodaysPhoto.org features a spectacular winter scene captured in the mountains of western North Carolina by photographer Bonnie Reynolds. It is quite beautiful, and if you would like to check it out for yourself you can simply click here.
Feb 6, 2010 Sponsored Posts Leave a comment
If you have ever dreamed about learning to play the piano but are unsure of your ability to do so, piano master Yoke Wong has created a series of intuitive, easy to follow and highly entertaining lessons that you can take in your own home, and at your own pace. These self-taught piano lessons are available both on DVD or as online courses, and Ms. Wong offers a number of online beginner courses absolutely free.
Traditional piano lessons are often dry, boring affairs, but according to a number of glowing testimonials the lessons available on YokeWong.net are engaging, entertaining and easy to follow and understand. I have taken traditional piano lessons in the past with decidedly poor results, but after checking out the multimedia lessons offered by Yoke Wong, I feel inspired to give it another try.
Feb 4, 2010 My thoughts on... 1 Comment
Back in the 1970’s those of us who were blessed to live in the Appalachian Mountain region endured some pretty harsh winters. It seemed like we received a major snowfall at least once a week, and since the daytime temperatures rarely made it above freezing the snow we got never seemed to melt. In fact, the 70’s was such a cold, snowy decade that many prominent scientists began predicting the impending return of yet another ice age.
Now, fast forward to the turn of the century. All of a sudden the same scientists who were predicting the arrival of a veritable global deep freeze just a few short decades earlier changed course and began warning a gullible population that we should scrap the notion of cooling temperatures and prepare to bake as the earth heated up like a gigantic greenhouse.
Many of these scientists (along with a few sleazy politicians such as Al Gore) quickly discovered that they could become incredibly wealthy by instilling into the average folks an intense desire not to burn up, and they began to deliver stern, never-ending warnings that it would indeed happen, and fast, if we failed to take immediate action to stop it.
But now the folks have caught on to the hoax thanks to a plethora of hacked emails that show that climate data have routinely been altered (and in some cases deleted) in order to show a pattern of global warming where in fact one does not exist. Oh, and the fact that a large percentage of the earth’s population can look out their windows this winter and see snowfall after snowfall reminiscent of those back in the 70’s didn’t help their cause either.
Now I’m not one to become overjoyed when I see another round of the white stuff hitting the ground or watch the mercury drop to rock bottom, but I do get a little chuckle every time I see another blizzard hit pretty much any locale where Al Gore’s private jet touches down on a runway.
Jan 30, 2010 Technology, Things I like 2 Comments
Have you ever wished that you could own your very own radio station? Just imagine, you could program the station to play only the kind of music you love best. Hear a song you don’t like? Since it’s your radio station you can instruct the “DJ” to never play that song again – ever! Like a song but you’ve heard it one time too many lately? Simply tell the “DJ” not to play it again for a month. What’s more, would you like to be able to listen to your station virtually anywhere in the world on your PC or smartphone? Guess what? Now you can!
Well, you won’t really own a physical radio station, but you can “own” the next best thing. A wonderful service named Pandora lets you create your very own Internet radio station where you pick the music genre, the performers and the songs that you want to hear! In fact, you can create several radio stations, each of which plays a different genre of music. Say for instance today you really feel like listening to some Bluegrass. Just “turn on” your Bluegrass station. But if you wake up tomorrow wanting to hear some Classic Rock, just “turn on” your Classic Rock station. Want to hear some gospel on Sunday morning? Well, you get the picture…
I first heard about Pandora while listening to a weekend talk radio show that I tune in to on occasion. The host was describing the site to a caller, and it sounded rather interesting so I made a mental note of the URL (I was driving at the time). Then I promptly forgot about it. But a few weeks later the URL popped back into my head so I clicked over to Pandora to check it out. Within five minutes I was completely hooked.
You can check out Pandora for yourself at www.Pandora.com. The service is absolutely free, and signing up takes all of about 20 seconds. Within two minutes you can have your first radio station set up and playing your favorite music over your PC or smartphone!
Jan 30, 2010 My thoughts on... Leave a comment
The U.S. Constitution requires every sitting President of the United States to deliver an annual address to the Congress and the American people expressing his opinion about the current “State of the Union”. Over the centuries these addresses have changed from little more than a two page written “letter” to a full-blown speech delivered in person to both houses of Congress, the President’s cabinet, the members of the Supreme Court and the American people (via live television).
Presidents of all political persuasions have followed a certain protocol for delivering the State of the Union address throughout our nation’s history, and that protocol demands that the President not directly attack or scold either of the other two branches of government in the speech. Well, that protocol has now been thrown out the window by President Obama and his leftist speechwriters.
During this week’s SOTU address, the President looked squarely at the members of the U.S. Supreme Court who were seated before him and scolded them as a group for making a long-awaited decision that he happens to disagree with in a high profile campaign finance case. For the first time in history, a U.S. President has openly disparaged a Supreme Court decision live, and in front of much of the entire world. Even Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor who actually dissented in the decision clearly appeared to be revulsed by the shameless attack.
Unfortunately this isn’t the first “first” of Mr. Obama’s Presidency, and it is unlikely to be the last. But as damaging as his policies have been for our country, the most atrocious “first” of all is the way he has completely trashed the sense of decorum and mutual respect that used to be exhibited in formal speeches regarding the other two branches of our government.
Jan 21, 2010 Technology Leave a comment
Last September I wrote a post announcing the impending arrival of devices using the new USB 3.0 communication interface standard, and now they are finally starting to hit the market. First out of the gate is Buffalo Technology, which has just announced the release of a brand new line of USB 3.0 hard drives.
Buffalo’s initial USB 3.0 offerings include drives with capacities of 1 TB, 1.5TB and 2TB. These drives are backward compatible with USB 2.0 which means you can buy and use the drives now and upgrade to a PC supporting USB 3.0 later. But to streamline the switch to the new protocol ( and sell more 3.0 drives quickly), Buffalo is also releasing a 2-port USB 3.0 PCI card for upgrading older PC’s to the new standard.
Other companies also have USB 3.0 products in the pipeline, so look for plenty of the faster devices to hit store shelves in the near future.
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