2008

Everybody’s doing year-end wrapups and posting resolutions.  I got nothin’.  I did check to see how the year at Pursuing Holiness went – what did I write about the most?  It’s one way to spot-check my spiritual life; I write about what I think about, and what I think about reveals my spiritual condition.  So I listed my top-level categories and number of posts in Excel where charts are a click away and here’s the result:ph2008

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Charles Barkley Wasn't Kidding About Not Being A Role Model

Remember when Charles Barkley insisted that athletes aren’t role models?  At least now he can’t be charged with hypocrisy or letting kids down.  Because he is being charged with DUI -

Loudmouth liberal Charles Barkley was arrested last night in Arizona. … Barkley is talking about running for governor of Alabama, as a democrat, possibly in 2010.

I’d say so much for running for office, but politicians have not been sanctioned by voters after doing far worse.

Such a deal!

My favorite – and oft linked – writer from Wizbang, Jay Tea, now blogs at Commentary as J.G. Thayer.  His latest sums up Israel’s failure to accept a truce:

In other words: if Israel stops the bombing and ends the blockade, Hamas will think about stopping the rockets.

Can’t imagine why they’d pass up an offer like that!

Another year of global warming?

homepageglobalwarmingWell, 2008 was another year of global warming, err, cooling.  Watts Up With That has covered it extensively.  The ice in Greenland is growing.  And while anecdotes do not equal data, the anecdotes are piling up.  Baby, it’s cold outside.  It snowed here in New Orleans!  And the Worst Climate Predictions of 2008 is not to be missed.  [Read more...]