Reason without a prayer
• • Thursday was the National Day of Prayer.
• • Thursday was the National Day of Reason.
According to Google Trends at www.google.com/trends, the National Day of Prayer ranked third in national "hot trends."
The National Day of Reason "did not have enough search volume" to show up in a comparison.
GoogleDuel.com showed at midday 14 times as many hits for the National Day of Prayer as for the National Day of Reason.
For some reason.
Speaking of which, AnswersinGenesis.org says this about evolution theory:
"The more we train generations in the truth right from the earliest age (even at 2), the more they'll easily distinguish truth from error. Yes, the truth that God created as the Bible states is so obvious, even a child gets it!"
QT is reminded of a conversation it had with its older son one December when the older son was a child:
"Daddy, do you believe in Santa Claus?"
"Well. What do you think about Santa Claus, Bryant?"
"Oh. I believe in Santa Claus. . . . But I'm starting to have my doubts about the Easter Bunny."
QT Internet News You Can Use (Especially These Days):
The outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas now offers a free Internet manual on "How to Find a Job in an Economic Downturn" at www.challengergray.com/press/Challenger_Guidebook.pdf.
Good luck.
QT Early Warning System:
Dan O'Shea, a Copperas Cove, Texas, reader, wants you to know that according to SpaceWeather.com, solar winds are now gusting to 1,072,800 mph.
The Robert Reich blog at Robertreich.blogspot.com points out in its April 21 entry that the best thing that has happened during the Bush administration is something that did not happen.
Blog item: "Oprah Winfrey, who just might be the antichrist . . ."
Blog item: "I think my neighbor is the antichrist . . ."
Blog item: "There used to be a joke among my friends in our younger days that my husband Mel was the antichrist . . ."
Add the antichrist to the list of things that aren't what they used to be.
We Have Seen the Present, and It Does Not Work:
According to a Time.com online poll for the 100 Most Influential People of the Year, John McCain is more influential than Britney Spears, but less influential than Brad Pitt.
For Every Internet Action, There Is an Equal and Opposite Internet Reaction (cont'd):
• • www.comcast.com
For Those Who Still Think There Is Anything Out There There Is Not a Blog Regarding (cont'd):
• • Ronald Reagan campaigning for the Democrats at www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJDhS4oUm0M.
• • A bicycle accident captured by Google Maps Street View at www.bagofnothing.com/?p=16049.
Internet Quotation of the Week (John Kenneth Galbraith at 77trombones.blogspot.com):
"Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite."
NewScientist.com wants to know: Why is the U.S. Patent Office processing as Patent Application 20060014125 a "training system that enables a human being to acquire sufficient hyperspace energy in order to pull the body out of dimension so that the person can walk through solid objects such as wooden doors?"
Interested investors can inspect the application at www.newscientist.com/backpage.ns?id=mg19826542.600.
Schneier on Security at www.schneier.com reviewing Playmobil's Security Check-In plastic toy set, which includes an airline passenger figure, two armed security guard figures, luggage, a metal detector, a conveyor-belt luggage scanner, a security wand and an extra gun:
"Every bit as effective against terrorism as the real thing!"
Playmobil.com meanwhile announces it has discontinued its Grandma and Grandpa with Cat.
Rumors are that the Playmobil Security Check-In shipped them off to Playmobil Guantanamo . . .
