Monthly Archives: October 2003

Prince of Peace

By danieldyl | Published: October 30, 2003

No, this is not an early Christmas display but rather a permanent mural on the side of the new Prince of Peace Lutheran Church building in Fremont, CA.

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How Our Flimsy Walls Came to Be

By danieldyl | Published: October 29, 2003

Read “Why Your Fist Can Punch Out A Wall” in today’s San Francisco Chronicle.
Hehe, no one would would dare punch a hole in the hollow block-enforced houses in the Philippines (even when the blocks are made from alternative materials such as coconut husk or rice hull!).

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Watch What You Blog About

By danieldyl | Published: October 29, 2003

Poor Microsoft temp employee gets fired for posting a picture in his blog of a truckload of new Apple G5s being unloaded somewhere in the Redmond campus.
[via PhilMUG]
Update: Yikes! A few moments after I posted this entry, I get a visit from Redmond. Then another one a few hours later.

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Some May Hate Us, But Here We Stand

By danieldyl | Published: October 28, 2003

From guardian.co.uk:
The chattering classes – educated men and women who are comfortably off, rise with the Today programme and retire after some dinner-party philosophising – pride themselves on being tolerant, sensible and humane. Yet they share one prejudice that turns them into rabid persecutors: Christians. Christians are seen as creationist fundamentalists who are anti-women, anti-gays [...]

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Pastor’s Panther

By danieldyl | Published: October 26, 2003

Here’s a heartwarming story at the PhilMUG Forums about a youth pastor who receives a token of appreciation from the congregation.

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