Attacks on Aid Workers and Foreigners in the Sudan

Are those countries most in need driving away those who want to help? 
A few days ago I read the “Muhammad Bear,” story on Confessions of a Closet Republican. Then this morning I read this CNN article indicating that the teacher in question was convicted of the crime of “insulting Islam.” The Sudanese Government sentenced her to 15 [...]

Confessions of A Closet Republican v.s. The Golden Compass

My dear friend Incognito has written an excellent post on her blog regarding the prevailing influence of Secularism in our society, and specifically the Disney movie The Golden Compass. This movie is based on Philip Pullman’s novel “Northern Lights” which is the first part of the trilogy, “His Dark Materials.” Pullman is an avowed and [...]

Guitar Blogs Discovery Project

Atomic Guitarist has put together the Guitar Blogs Discovery Project which is meant to catalog and draw together the guitar blogosphere. The intention is to discover the great guitar blogs that are out there and to provide one (OK, several) locations where they can be found. Its a great idea and I’m glad that someone [...]

Final Sean Taylor Post; Apology

I apologize that this blog has concentrated on the tragedy of Sean Taylor’s death, and nothing but for the past few days. I hope you will understand that this was my favorite player on my favorite team in my favorite sport. I still remember the day that the Redskins drafted him. I remember exactly where [...]

Sean Taylor Tribute….you’ll be missed!!!

Sean Taylor Dies

24 year old football star Sean Taylor died as a result of his wounds this morning. 
Every major media outlet is going to report this fact and then follow it up with a detailed account of the mans past.  What they will likely fail to mention is that he was a devoted father, and humble teammate.  [...]

Redskin’s Sean Taylor Shot at Home; Responsive

I just received news that Sean Taylor, the starting Free Safety for the Washington Redskins was shot at his home today.  Word is that this was the result of an attempted burglary.  Taylor was shot in the leg and is in critical condition, presumably from loss of blood. 
Information from this horrible article and from The [...]

Starting with the Right Hand

There is a natural tendency for beginning guitar players to concentrate on the fretting hand. The thought is that this is the hand that does the work and therefore needs to be improved. Additionally, since most people pluck the strings with their dominant hand they tend to forget about it and concentrate on the “weaker” [...]

The United States of Islam

What a wonderful and strange find!
Check out this map from Strangemaps.wordpress.com. 
My favorite is the little green map in the lower right-hand corner that indicates what the Islamo’s think the world will look like in 100 years.  You’ll notice that its all one color!   I wish I had permission to post it here.  But be sure [...]

The Technorati Test

According to what I will call the “Technorati Theory” if I write a post that has all of the top search terms and tags, then I should get huge hits.  Right?  Or will I get banned from search engine results?  We will see.  Because I’m going to include all the terms and tags from the [...]