cuil v. google?

I just saw this new search engine (hat tip Danny)…

I must say I enjoyed the ‘test search’ I did.  Good layout.  And I like their privacy policy.  Google knows too much…?

Thoughts?

pain bears a message

This post over at ‘Just Thomism‘ is short, sweet and very thought-provoking.

I’m thankful for pain. Not generally at the moment I experience it, but when I think about it, yes I’m glad (for example) that my body tells me when I’m burning my hand on the stove-top. It’s a painful message that my body sends, but it’s one I . . . → Read More: pain bears a message

interesting people in america

A Screenplay (from a friend back in Missouri – relating a work story, which made me giggle… ) :

Int: Starbucks coffee shop. Very slow. Nothing happening.

(phone rings) (Wes answers phone) Wes: Starbucks on Sunshine, this is Wes… Gary?… Yes, we have lemon loaf and banana loaf… Caitlin(in headset): Welcome to Starbucks, this is Caitlin, what can I get . . . → Read More: interesting people in america

immoral eating?

I saw some footage tonight from a hot-dog eating contest…

Disgusting…

Utterly disgusting…

Yet somewhat amusing…

But later I thought…

“Hey, isn’t that shocking? All these people cramming down (and I don’t know how long they stayed ‘down’…) dozens of hot-dogs each, while food is scarce for most/many in the world!!??”

Is this utterly immoral?

Am I too idealistic?

Now, . . . → Read More: immoral eating?

is anything significant?

This question (‘Is anything significant?’) can be fleshed out a bit…

We could ask, “Is everything equally in-significant?”, or we could ask, “Is everything equally highly-significant?”

What makes something (an event or object [which can quite rightly be said to be 'events' in themselves]) significant, and another thing not so?

. . . → Read More: is anything significant?

baptised in the hip-ness…

By the way, this is NOT me…   And they’re (hopefully) kidding…