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Salsified
Wednesday, April 07, 2004 at 5:56 am
I bought some Vidalia Onion Peach Salsa and some tortillas today. Let's just say...unique. I thought it was really good!!!
Another idea too late
Tuesday, April 06, 2004 at 7:40 pm
When will I ever come up with a great, patentable idea that hasn't been done before. More than 3 years ago, I thought of a chip bag design that involves two bags - an inner one with the chips, and an outer one filled with air. The idea behind it was to prevent crushed chips. After further thinking, I realized that on impact, the chips would still have just as much chance of being crushed - but it DOES prevent consumers from damaging them by squeezing them or by placing weight on the bag in the shopping cart. Today - I saw those chips. I was at the Greenville IGA store and saw Crane Potato Chips. It was actually a twin pack of two bags of chips inside a larger sealed plastic bag, it was still my idea. True, their outer bag was likely only to hold in two bags. More surprising, the double-bag of chips was only $1.29. On the downside, the barbecue chips I tried weren't that good. They were better than Lay's, but they were no match for Kitchen Cooked Potato Chips (a kettle-cooked brand made in my hometown).
The Case For Faith
Tuesday, April 06, 2004 at 5:02 pm
Ok - I'm about to go crazy here!!! I've picked up the Case for Faith again to read during lunch. And what am I doing now? I'm interrupting my lunch to post here about how awesome the book is. It covers many things I've dealt with in my own search - the existence of suffering in the world, biological evolution, the origin of life and more. It's a simply incredible compilation. It does not go in depth on some things - but it gives enough information to lead a reader to more in-depth sources. I like that - this book has no "clutter." Go get your copy now! At Amazon.com or wherever books like this are sold. If you still think that evolution is a good explanation of how life began (macroevolution), then you will find the words in the evolution chapter enough to make you research more. I mean, come on, the current evolutionists have to resort to alien seeding of our planet to explain how evolution started here - since the whole "primordial soup" thing is pretty much shot. It's a good book, but don't take my word for it!
Food for the Mind
Monday, April 05, 2004 at 5:30 am
Another long day at Wal-Mart. Today's long day was long enough that I got an hour-long meal break. I didn't eat, though. I got a bottle of the new Berryclear Sprite Remix (it's a new release) and read some more of The Case for Faith. In just the 20 pages I made it through that hour I saw what should be enough evidence for God for any Intellectual Nonbeliever. That isn't exactly necessarily true since I can only really see it from my side. This book has answered a lot of doubts that I used to have. Several of these doubts I had already resolved in my own mind - and wow enough, they use the same arguments that I came up with (except they know how to put it into clear words). It's so great to see a book that is the full expression of your own thoughts without actually having to write it. I still recommend it to anyone. At the Family Christian Book store, there was a sign under the book saying something like "We think this book is so important that if you cannot afford a copy, we will pay for it." Now I need to go to sleep so I can live out my day in full tomorrow.
Have 5 seconds to spare?
Friday, April 02, 2004 at 5:37 am
Life has been so ridiculously busy lately. Each day I have maybe 5 minutes that I can really afford for myself - still, I was up till 3 last night and 2 a.m. the night before. My parents haven't heard from me since spring break. I've been wondering today....how is it that my life is still working? Why haven't I - overloaded? lost my mind? stressed out? Here's what I've figured out - part of what I know to be true, part a fuller explanation. Knowing that God is in control means that I don't have to worry. Some people spend so many idle hours of their day worrying - lying in bed trying to go to sleep, during a shower, walking across campus, working. I've seen the wisdom in a quote from Jesus that has nothing even to do with God's help - "Who of you, by worrying, can add a single hour to his life?" Beyond that, I've seen with my own eyes that God is faithful when we trust Him. So then - when I've got idle brain time at work, or while walking to class or while in the shower, I can actually think about what specifically I can do to get things done instead of wondering how in the world I'll ever get anything done in time. As far as trying to go to sleep at night? I don't have to think - I can just go to sleep and rest. And so now...I'm going to go rest. Good night
