When people in China pray to the god of the household, it’s to the kitchen god, Zao-jun, which literally translates into ‘stove spirit’ or ‘stove god.’ Of all the Chinese mythological domestic gods, he’s one of the most important. Zao-jun is a god that protects the hearth and family. It is thought that on the twenty third day of the …
They say only a mother could love a slug: One of our kids asked me why I call Cathie ‘Crazy Lady’. Now before all you do-gooders bust out in protest and set up tents in our yard, this ain’t about mental illness, verbal abuse or damaged self-esteem. I call her Crazy Lady, because it’s her Indian name (which I gave …
Mr. George Bernard Dantzig, a doctoral candidate at the University of California (USC), Berkeley in 1939, arrived late for his graduate-level statistics class and found two problems written upon the blackboard. Not knowing that they were examples of ‘unsolvable’ statistical problems, he mistook them for a homework assignment, jotted them down and solved them. The equations that he solved are …
Pecker (so named for his attitude) is a squirrel who has graciously decided to let us share his territory. But it was not always so. It all began three years ago when we bought our house. The first indication we were not alone, was a scratching on the other side of the ceiling during the night, which, needless to say, …
For centuries people have believed that crop circles were caused, or created by UFO’s, or that they were hoaxes actually made by man. While examining satellite photos recently, technicians spotted some graphical anomalies in areas of Tasmania, which revealed the origin of Tasmanian crop circles. When they enlarged the photos several hundred times, they were shocked at what they saw! …
Will’s Thoughts On Interracial Children And Multiculturalism Is multiculturalism really racial profiling? In an honest effort to do the right thing, sometimes we still end up doing the wrong thing. It doesn’t mean that we’re bad people, it just means that we’re human. We become inhuman when we refuse to change things we know to be wrong, or chose to …
True of False? A renowned Christian hymn was inspired by a famous preacher and actor. Russ Hamblin was a Hollywood radio host/comedian/song writer during the 1950s, known for drinking, womanizing and partying. One day the station manager told Hamblin to interview a young preacher who was holding tent revival meetings. Russ went to a meeting. During the service, the preacher …
Kemorovo, Russia, also known as Kuzbass by the locals, is a region that rarely makes international front page news. Yet, strange lights in the sky, mysterious creatures, and unexplained phenomena rival coal as the primary export from the region. Now, a Siberian expedition is claiming that not only does the long lost legendary creature of the snowy wasteland, Yeti, exist, …
