Necessary Roughness

two kingdoms, hundreds of thousands of miles

Archive for May, 2005

Pataskala Social Gathering
Tuesday, May 31st, 2005

Kroger Gas Run While Speedway was selling gas at $2.194, Kroger offered unleaded gasoline at $1.874. Kroger Plus card holders got an additional 3 cents off per gallon.

Memorial Weekend
Sunday, May 29th, 2005

Took the twins, the wife, and the babysitters to see Madagascar with the twins’ grandmother and cousins. We had secured about three-quarters of a row in the movie theater. The movie was cute. Ben Stiller’s character did not sound like Ben Stiller at all. The voices of Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, and Jada Pinkett Smith [...]

Lobby at the Marriott
Thursday, May 26th, 2005

Marriott Houston Westchase Halliburton has a negotiated deal with this plush hotel on Houston’s west side.

Pretty ritzy living for a roach.

SCP Article: When the State Becomes God
Thursday, May 26th, 2005

Lee Penn has posted a lengthy article (hat tip: lewrockwell.com) in Spiritual Counterfeits Project magazine. I had never heard of this magazine before, but the article’s title is catchy to me. I’m still working on a Biblical basis of civil liberty. The answer may come in Luther’s “Two Kingdoms” theology, but I need to research [...]

Odds and Ends
Wednesday, May 25th, 2005

I killed a roach that was hiding out in the bathtub in my hotel room. I would have taken a picture, but he’s one with the newspaper now.
If at first you don’t pass an EU treaty, try, try again.
Jerry Rice joins the Denver Broncos for a year. Good for him; if someone’s willing to pay [...]

Let's See if Pres. Bush Will Veto THIS One
Wednesday, May 25th, 2005

Above the fold, USA Today reports that the House (pro-life Republicans, right?) passed a bill that would federally fund research with stem cells to be received from the destruction of embryos.
President Bush’s modus operandi when legislation he doesn’t like hits his desk seems to have been to sign it anyway and let the courts worry [...]

Rogues Gallery
Tuesday, May 24th, 2005

I'm in Houston this week. As it is Tuesday, we made our pilgrimage to the Buffalo Wild Wings at Royal Oak mall, where I saw a 2' x 3' poster of people who ate 12 Blazin' wings in 6 minutes.
If I entered, they would have to take pictures twice. I'd need the next day [...]

Airport Report Maintenance
Monday, May 23rd, 2005

Updated dates on Houston-Hobby and St. Louis. East Terminal in St. Louis hasn't changed much in a couple of years, but the Houston-Hobby concourses have been reworked since my last visit. They are using the same style of signs as IAH now, owing I'm sure to the City of Houston's serious financial commitment to the [...]

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