Author Archives: Mike Clark

No Newts, Please…

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Mike Clark

I do NOT want to see Newt run against Barack Obama.  For two reasons: Gingrich is the genuinely unprincipled man in this primary season.  Nobody running for President this time, and I mean NOBODY, is beneath him when it comes … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Leave a comment

Netflix redux: Just Kidding

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Mike Clark

Movie Availability/Visibility Solved One of my sons reports that he could find the movie 17 Miracles just fine using his Netflix account.  Well, I wondered, what could he be doing differently than I did?  It didn’t take long to figure … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | 1 Comment

Netflix: you gotta be kidding

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Mike Clark

I’ve been hearing about how great Netflix is, and I’ve resisted for a long time, but tonight I decided to give it a shot.  The wife said she wanted to rent the move “17 Miracles“, and I’m pretty sure whatever … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Leave a comment

Romney not a Christian?

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Mike Clark

Well, I was going to go into a grand disquisition as to the ridiculous notion that Mitt Romney is not a Christian, and while I could say a lot about it — and maybe I will later — I should … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Religion | Leave a comment

Is Romney in a cult?

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Mike Clark

I suppose this had to come up again in this campaign. Sigh.  Politics AND religion all at one go.  Could it get any more contentious? I will start out stating that I am not a shill for Mitt Romney. Given … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Religion | Leave a comment

Praise

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Mike Clark

Just got out of Sunday School, and as usual, the spiritual insights I received were well worth the time spent. I am so cheered by the fact that despite my flaws and my pitiful efforts to overcome them, my Savior … Continue reading →

Posted in Faith, Religion | Leave a comment

Saving Lives One Life at a Time

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Mike Clark

On one of the technical blogs I follow, written by Brad Abrams, he wrote of becoming a bone marrow donor.  He described how his donation (described in this post here) would give a 44-year-old woman, unknown to him both as to … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Leave a comment

Poisoning the Well: More Logical Fallacies

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Mike Clark

From Wikipedia: “Poisoning the well (or attempting to poison the well) is a rhetorical device where adverse information about a target is pre-emptively presented to an audience, with the intention of discrediting or ridiculing everything that the target person is … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Leave a comment

One Decade Later: September 11, 2001

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Mike Clark

I remember that morning very well.  Living on the West Coast, things were well along by the time I woke up, and I woke up to one of the kids proclaiming loudly in the hallway that one of the towers … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Leave a comment

Straw Men and Other Logical Fallacies

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Mike Clark

If you pay attention to political rhetoric, you’ll see a lot of this.  I have to admit that I find myself shaking my head in wonder waaaay too often over it.  But it’s inevitable. For those of you who don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | 1 Comment