30 December 2010

Christian Persecution? Yeah. Right.

I just got back from my annual vacation down to Florida.  My in laws are good people.  And the drive down and back is, well, interesting.

This morning found us cruising up the beautiful Cumberland Valley in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania.  That valley is my vote for one of the most beautiful valleys in the country.  The mountains to the northwest and southeast.  The non-existent mountain down the center of the valley (Massanutten Mountain (think about it for a moment)).  Of course, we were driving it in the dark, so the sheer beauty of the valley was not visible. Unfortunately, it is infested with fundogelicals -- and they have discovered electricity (not in the Bible, but they are willing to make exceptions I guess) so all the crosses are illuminated.

06 December 2010

Megacat Redux

I realized after posting the picture of our large cat that, without something to compare him to, it is difficult to get a sense of scale (actually, my wife pointed that out).  So, here is Dust, our large cat, next to KC, our normal sized cat (Dust is the one on the left.  With his face stuck in the food bowl):

04 December 2010

Civil War-Themed Propaganda Chapel Burns

This morning, I caught a headline in the local paper: "Fire guts Gettysburg Civil War chapel".  Which worried me.  After all, there are some historically significant churches associated with Civil War battlefields -- the Dunker Church at Antietam National Battlefield comes to mind.  I didn't remember one associated with Gettysburg, but the Civil War is not really my forte when it comes to military history. 

Then I read the article.  A "Civil-War themed wooden chapel" founded to "tell the story of Christianity during the Civil War."