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The Price of Atheism

The Root of All Evil

Just wanted to announce the new addition to the family (and the reason I have been away so long), Carson Alexander Helbling. Stay tuned…. Much more to follow.

I heard about Sketch It from Ben and thought I would give it a try. A local artist, Kelly Newcomer, did a sweet sketch of Bipin. The results are perfect…maybe better than perfect. I’m going to have it framed and hang it over Bip’s bed. Everyone should have a sketch done, and for only a dollar, how can you afford not to?

This morning Erin and I had the ultrasound for the baby. It was so amazing to see the little guy/girl?! wiggling around inside Erin. We are 19 weeks along and it is really starting to sink in that in less than 5 months I am going to be a daddy. Wow! Have fun with the photos… The first three are aggregate photos with about 4-6 individuals on one page. All the rest are broken out individuals. “baby_individual_2006.03.06_06.jpg” seen below is a cool image where you can see him/her yawning… or … insert random alien screaming joke here.

Small photos
Large photos

This dude is pretty funny and has a great newspaper clipping that you have to read.

planetdan

Scientists may have found meat link to colon cancer – Yahoo! News

Ice Rocket – Celeb Blogs

The runs went rather well, Erin and I both finished… some people just call me the 2 second guy since my chip time was 3:59:58. Seriously, talk about cutting it close. My legs are still very sore and I grimace every time I stand up. Hopefully the lactic acid goes away soon. I have some video footage of the death trot that I would like to post in the upcoming days. It is pretty funny to see such a fatty running next to all the skinny little “professional” runners. I’m sure you will all get a kick out of it.

A newly invented anti-rape device has caused a stir in South Africa where an estimated 1.69 million rapes occur each year (one every 26 seconds). The device is basically a female condom that is internally lined with sharp microscopic barbs that “latch on” to an attacker’s penis when he withdraws. Once the device is “latched” it is only removable by surgery signaling authorities of an incident.

I say more power to the women who wear them. If a man doesn’t want his junk caught in the device, keep it out of where it doesn’t belong. Others surprisingly disagree.

Remember that one time, in Brueggers… this was the invention I was talking about…. And you thought I was on crack.

Great for the business traveler who misses the Mrs.

Salon Article
Google results – Teledildonics
www.teledildonics.com

With cases like this, it is no wonder why recruitment numbers are plummeting. Why anyone would want to devote a life to the military, have an outstanding unblemished record, become a four star general, only to be booted out three months before you could retire. I wonder how many other soldiers have had extramarital affairs that have gone unpunished? How come when you torture and kill people it falls under service to your country but when you sleep around it is criminal and against the “Code”? How come one president can fix intelligence around the policy to get us into an illegal war it goes unmentioned, but when another president has an extramarital affair he gets a special counsel Ken Starr giving him the fifth degree (ultimately leading to an impeachment trial)?

WTF – Apparently adultery is a family value on a whole higher level than lying, torture, war, needless death and suffering. I guess I really need to get my priorities straight.

(Source Washington Post – 4-Star General Relieved Of Duty)

This is very enlightening. It breaks the world down proportionally to 100 people and describes the remaining statistics.

http://www.luccaco.com/miniatureearth/miniature_earth.htm

Photos of our house for sale – 1201 Yale Place #311 Minneapolis MN 55403

Photos from trip to NY and DC.

Hourly Car Rental in the Twin Cities.
The Nicollet is the new condo going up in downtown mpls.
The $100 laptop project at MIT.
Treo 650 Sprint ROM Update

And to think I ate green curry chicken last night … coincidence?

When is the “media” actually going to start reporting the news?

Top story today, “Schiavo Autopsy Shows Massive Brain Damage.” Once again they successfully covered up the real news. If you carefully look deep inside cnn.com you can find it “Restaurant bombing kills 23 Iraqi soldiers.” Yesterday the Jacko verdict covered up “19 Killed in Blast Outside Kirkuk Bank.”

It’s been so long since I’ve seen some real news that I don’t even know what the hell is really going on in the world. Are we still at war in Iraq? Oh we are?! I thought that was over a few years ago. I had no idea. So then what is the official body count? Huh, who would have thought. Well at least I can surely tell you that Shiavo’s brain was officially mush — ’cause that is pretty damn important.

Now considering:




I can’t call it in the bag yet since we are still working out financing. To Be Continued….

PS: If you don’t understand what I mean by “In the Spirit of Dack.com’s In the Bag” please visit Dack.com and take a look at his shopping ideas. I hit Dack about once a day and enjoy it everytime I do.

Just killin time http://www.space-invaders.com/sominv.html. Surf sweet pictures from around the world while finding the “invaders.”

Bidding starts at $1,000 to put your company’s logo on a triplets stroller. Crazy or ingenious, only time will tell.

http://cgi1.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?MakeTrack&item=5584531258

I want one of these http://www.geospatialexperts.com/ricoh.html

from http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2005/05/digital_camera.html

The next pizza I eat will be from Galactic Pizza http://www.galacticpizza.com/default.html

This is basically an encyclopedia aggregator search tool. http://www.factbites.com

I’m considering starting a new category in which I take conflicting bible verses or just plain crazy verses and “expose” it. This could be a ton of fun and a great exercise in just really how wacky Christianity is.

Here is my first attempt – “An Eye for an Eye”.
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http://webaccelerator.google.com – I haven’t tried this yet but for browsing on a highspeed line this could be pretty slick.
Patterns of Software Craftsmanship: From Apprentice to Journeyman – The guys at ThoughtWorks always have interesting ideas.

Well… Snipsnap as a bliki is just a little too immature and I am attempting to move all my content to Movable Type this weekend. Hopefully, things will be back up and running with the look and feel you have known and loved for the last year.