At a kids party yesterday, the children were subjected to these humongous versions of their favorite cartoon characters. The frightened birthday girl wouldn’t let Dora, Stitch nor Spongebob Squarepants come near her. I don’t blame her.
Last night, I met none other than Mr. Starbucks-Coffee-for-Free himself, Ricky Manzano.
Here you can see Ricky having… Starbucks coffee for free! Hehe, I made sure I bought him the cup o’ joe.
Here’s a small world story. I pick up Rick at his cousin’s house and, lo and behold, I see Mr. Kyo Suayan, fellow Philweaver mod emeritus. He turns out to be married to Rick’s cousin, Anna. Last time I saw Kyo was at the Philweavers Bay Area EB at Macworld 2002. We surely can hang out more now that we’re neighbors.
Rick is flying back home to the Philippines tonight. Bon voyage, bro. It was great to have met you.
Thank the Lord - and the proofreaders at Peachtree Editorial and Proofreading - that the Bible refers to “our ancestors” instead of “sour ancestors,” and calls for an end to “factions” - not “fractions.” The proofreading service caught those typos and others before the latest edition of the Holy Book went to press.
Read the rest of today’s AP news article on how Peachtree, the only service of its kind in the nation, proofreads the Bible.
Now, some may say, “What’s the point? The Bible has been translated, re-translated so many times over in the last 2000 years, it’s impossible to have any confidence in its accuracy.” Proofreading the Bible now, put that way, does sound like an exercise in futility.
This article by Greg Koukl asks, “How can we know that the documents we have in our possession accurately reflect originals destroyed almost two millennia ago? Communication is never perfect; people make mistakes. Errors are compounded with each successive generation, just like the message in the telephone game. By the time 2000 years pass, it’s anyone’s guess what the original said.”
Read the rest of the article to “know for certain that the New Testament has been handed down accurately.”
Here is a picture I took of a Capybara at Happy Hollow Zoo in San Jose, CA this past weekend. It’s a small zoo with an impressive collection of exotic animals. I only caught a glimpse of the backside of their jaguar. I could have taken some cool pictures of my sons in the petting zoo but they thought the place was too stinky. *sigh*
More animal pictures here.
Spotted at Pier 1: Busha Browne’s Jerk Seasoning.
