Carolyn and I saw Luther yesterday. It is an excellent movie. If you are interested in the origin of the Protestant branch of Christianity, this is a must see. And, it is a gripping story. Some disturbing pictures of the results of violence so it would not be suitable for very young children. Plus, they wouldn't find it all that interesting.

It is still playing in theaters, but probably won't be there long.

:::LUTHER:::

"There was nothing decent on so I just threw the thing out the window."

Veronika Kay, German woman bored to tears by TV throws it out the window, BILD October 21st, 2003

Quoted on dickstaub.com

I resonate with her frustration. Of course, she could have just turned it off.

"Amiable agnostics will talk cheerfully about 'man's search for God.' To me, as I then was, they might as well have talked about the mouse's search for the cat." (1955)

C.S. Lewis Surprised by Joy January 1st, 1955

Quoted on Dick Staub's web site.

Very interesting new development in science.

Let water power your mobile phone: scientists discover new source of electricity

Let water power your mobile phone: scientists discover new source of electricity

QotD: Psalm 4:4 "When you are angry, do not sin; ponder it on your beds, and be silent."

An interesting mediation by Dick Staub on the meaing of the Matrix for Christians in todays world.

Dick Staub

Yahoo! News - 80-Year-Old Woman Knocks Rat Unconscious:

"80-Year-Old Woman Knocks Rat Unconscious"

Go Grandma!

QotD: "Progress in physics is achieved by denying the obvious and accepting the impossible." - Robert A. Heinlein

From Matt Simmons

An interesting essay by Dick Staub.

Dick Staub

This is an unbelievable statistic.



Fool.com: Scorched by Consumer Debt [Motley Fool Take] October 9, 2003: "As of August, total consumer debt levels stood at $1.956 trillion, or $18,600 per American household. These numbers do not include mortgages, which are considered separately from consumer debt. This number breaks down into two components: (1) non-revolving (includes automobile loans) and all other loans not involving revolving credit (such as payments for mobile homes and trailers), and (2) revolving debt, primarily composed of credit card and merchant card balances. 



Non-revolving debt comprises 62% of all consumer debt, or $11,500 per household. That leaves $7,100 per family in revolving (mostly credit card) debt, 29% higher than in 1998. This reverses a trend from 2001 where credit card debt slightly declined. These numbers include, for the first time, debt taken on to finance education, though the past numbers have been adjusted to reflect debt held by such groups as the Student Loan Corporation (NYSE: STU)."

A review of the movie, "Luther" by Dick Staub

Dick Staub

QotD: "One of the blunders religious people are particularly fond of making is the attempt to be more spiritual than God." Frederuck Buechner in "Listening to Your Life, 28 December

Oh My. No coment needed.

Dick Staub:

"We are no longer a niche market. Overweight people are the majority in this country. Businesses that don't cater to us are stupid. There are a lot of us, and we have a lot of money to spend.

Mindy Sommers,324-lb woman referring to the 64 percent of Americans who are overweight, Reuters, October 7th, 2003
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Another sign that the apocalypse is upon us. At least there are some French educators who aren't going along. I wonder about American educators??

Dick Staub

U.S. Life Expectancy, Health Spending Rise (washingtonpost.com):

"Overall life expectancy in the United States in 2001 was 77.2 years, an increase of nearly four months from 2000, when it was 76.9 years. The rise continues an upward trend broken only once in the last decade -- a slight dip from 1992 to 1993 -- and nearly unbroken for the century. In 1900, a newborn American could expect to live 47.3 years. In 1950, life expectancy had grown to 68.2 years. "

That is amazing. 30 years in life expentancy in 100 years. What will it be in another 100 years?

From the wierd mind of the creator of Captain Underpants.

When Hamsters Attack!

QotD from the Yancey interview.

The Dick Staub Interview: Philip Yancey, the Rumor-Monger - Christianity Today Magazine: "

G.K. Chesterton: '"The worst moment for an atheist is when he feels a profound sense of gratitude and has no one to thank."

Another great interview by Dick Staub, this time with Phillip Yancey. Yancey is another of my favorite authors.

The Dick Staub Interview: Philip Yancey, the Rumor-Monger - Christianity Today Magazine

An interview with on of my favorite authors. Plus, the interviewer is a friend and an interesting man.

Dick Staub

This is very funny.

Into Thick Air - April 1998 Expedition to Mt. Sunflower, Kansas