In China a Mamal was found that was traced back to the same time period as the Dinosaurs. This leads scientist to the startling idea that perhaps at some point in history the two co-existed. Here is an article on the finding. I think its going to be really exciting to see the theories of evolution fall appart and make way for intentional design as science advances, and more and more evidence emerges to prove that the Earth began exactly as the Bible said it began.

Notice that evolutionists are not seeking to squash intentional design through scientific evidence and force of reason. They are seeking to squash it by declairing the debate illigitmate. The biggest danger to evolution is that both sides of the debate be presented.

I thought it was really interesting that of the google listing of articles on this current and breakthrough scientific discovery, only a couple of the news sources are from the US, and none of the US news sources are any of the major news publications. Most of the articles are from foreign newspapers. Maybe this is more evidence that the American media reports what it choses, based on how that news will support its ideologies.

This past Saturday Jillian and I got to go skiing/snowboarding yet again (3rd time in 4 weeks!) this time at Beech Mountain as chaperones for the middle schoolers in our church. I got another chance at snowboarding and had a lot of fun. By the end of the day I was doing slopes 3 or 4 times in a row without falling down. Something I didnt even believe was possible at lunch time. I got to ski with some of the kids from our group, and with my wife, and one highlight was a great conversation concerning the five points of calvinism with a nice guy on a ski lift. I am really excited to go again next year (maybe by then my bottom will be healed) and I can’t wait till Jillian and Karissa can join me boarding. It is gonna be a lot of fun!

Ok so every monday I get a column by Dave Barry in my email and most appropriately, here is todays. I enjoyed it very much especially given my most recent experiences. To read it I believe you need an account with the newspaper but its free and the account works with many other big newspapers as well so it is definately worthwhile. Here is an excerp:

For those of you who, for whatever reason, such as a will to live, do not participate in downhill winter sports, I should explain that snowboarding is an activity that is very popular with people who do not feel that regular skiing is lethal enough. These are, of course, young people, fearless people, people with 100 percent synthetic bodies who can hurtle down a mountainside at 50 mph and knock down mature trees with their faces and then spring to their feet and go, ”Cool.”

I was looking around and found a few places with links to outdoor blogs. Since its getting to be that time of year again when we start thinking about getting out and backpacking, hiking, kayaking, snowboarding, etc. then I thought you might be interested in knowing these are out there to help appease the call of the outdoors:
getoutdoors.com:
treknologies
twoheeldrive
simplehiker
yosemiteexplorer
cutter
gadling
ecotrend
utoutdoors

So there you have it. All the outdoor reading you could ask for, updated daily. Now you will never actually have to go outdoors yourself. Just spend your 4 day weekend reading about it. Hmmm. be sure and check out the Shamrock upclimb on the last blog listed. It looks like that would be a lot of fun. Reminds me of Monument National park out there in Utah.

Saturday we are going skiing up at winterplace in west virginia. James surprised us with a two week visit so he is going, and Jenny is comming along too. It’ll be fun because Jenny will be learning to ski while I’ll be learning to snowboard, so I anticipate spending the day learning with her. Weather forecast is for snow the entire day! It’ll also be great to be back on the slopes with James. Some of my best memories are of us skiing. He would also go straight down the mountain and I would be the more cautious one. We would have a lot of fun doing all the blackdiamonds though. Good times, and looking forward to tomorrow!

Man we had a really great time here. It was in the 20s and snowing the whole day, and conditions could not have been better. Since it was Presidents Day weekend and snowing and an olympic year, it was probably as crowded with people as it has been in 4 years, but the singgles lines went fast and its fun to weave in and out of people.

I did snowboarding for the first time and fell down a LOT. My entire body is wracked with pain right now, but it was worth it. By lunch time I felt like I had reasonable control of the board, and by the end of the day I was doing 1080s on the halfpipe and grabbing the board just to show off. Ok maybe not. But I was feeling confident with everything by the end of the day and having a lot of fun with it. I am looking forward to doing some more boarding at Beech Mountain this saturday, and I plan to start the day off with a lesson that might formalize some of the things I have learned so far and help me out for the future. Overall it was a wicked day of snowing and I am totally stoked man! (more snowboarding lingo here)

Jon Papeldon has a lot of promise, as this article underlines. I am very excited for the future of the Red Sox, and especially excited at the pitching/defense approach taken by management. Also they have refused to sacrifice the future of the club for the now, and their farm system is in great shape and will produce stars for Red Sox teams of tomorrow.

Why is this so important? When you have someone come up through your farm system you are guaranteed 4 years of their service without having to sign them to a huge contract. Teams like Atlanta are dominant year after year without having a huge payroll because they don’t often have to sign expensive free agents. Instead they plug holes with players from their farm system who are just comming into the best years of their career. The Red Sox are definately moving in that direction.

Now they are offering a Million Dollar bounty for the lives of the Danish cartoonist(s?). Further confirmation that Islam has no understanding of human rights and personal freedom. Here is a link to an article about it.

Here is to Jillian, my love now and forever. My best friend and companion, through all things and in everything. My beautiful and most precious. She’s so high above me and yet she stoops to take my hand. I who am but dirt, am loved by a flower. Thank you God for your gift of her to me. Jillian I love you dearly, truly and forever! Muuuuaah!

We sat side by side in the morning light
and looked out at the future together.
- Brian Andres -

Of cartons filled with chocolates newly pack’d?