You know, even though I'm not religious, that article resonated with me. I've noticed that the more I focus on money, the less I seem to get the opportunities to do what I really want in life. What I think I want is to build things of utility, durability, and beauty, which right now I can only do w...

Bye now, I'm going to get ready for the Maundy Thursday church service now.  I'll play more later.  Be sure to read Xan's post on Maundy Thursday in the Religion thread.  Very interesting.

.... Mountaineer

It's interesting watching a very devout Christian and an atheist anarcho-capitalist debate morality, and completely strattle my opinion on the matter.  Normally, I'd be MUCH more inclined to agree with the person using logic than scripture, but Xan is a lot more humble about the simple universal ap...

Have you considered our subjective "built in" moral compass, appreciation of nature, happiness, knowing that humans have intrinsic value, desire to think of future generations, and the gift of logic just might come from ...... drum roll ...... drum roll ..... drum roll ..... God the Father, God the...

Now I just have to break the habit of typing " g - o - o" into my toolbar Yep!  Depending on what browser you are using, there are a couple of extensions you may find useful:  Ghostery - allows you to block all kinds of tracking, AdBlock - blocks annoying ads, and WOT (web of trust) - indicates how...

It's interesting watching a very devout Christian and an atheist anarcho-capitalist debate morality, and completely strattle my opinion on the matter.  Normally, I'd be MUCH more inclined to agree with the person using logic than scripture, but Xan is a lot more humble about the simple universal ap...

pugchief wrote: How disappointing to find, upon reading the first post, that this topic was about retirement accounts...   
Interesting topic either way though.

And you were wondering if it was how to ensure or prevent all those potential little pugchiefs! 

Alright, I need to find a new search engine.  I've been wanting to jump off the google bandwagon for some time anyway.  What are people here using for search engines? ixquick and startpage.... i tend to use ixquick more but they seem almost identical ixquick and startpage are the same thing accordi...

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technovelist wrote:

Benko wrote: Sounds like we should all add learn Spanish to our things to do before we retire.

Probably. I believe Spanish is the first language in more countries than is any other language.

And here I always thought "the language of love" was the first! 

It was not exactly a close "overflight" (nothing nearly as exciting as Maverick buzzing the tower in Top Gun).  Close enough for weapons release (but that could have been almost a hundred miles) but not close enough to see a coordinated "flip-off" without good cameras.  I am definitely not a militar...

Fellow Christians, R E J O I C E ! ! ! This is our week.  Holy week from Palm Sunday, to Maundy Thursday, to Good Friday and culminating with Easter Sunday when Christ rose from the dead to assure our gift of eternal life.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.  As it was i...