Posts tagged as "religion" - Chris Hardie

If you've visited Richmond, Indiana via interstate 70 recently, it's likely you've seen a new addition to our most prominent landmarks: a 110-foot vinyl-sided cross right next to the highway exit on our east side.  The cross was erected at a cost of US$150,000 by New Creations Chapel, Inc., which has a website dedicated to the project's history and progress.  Their hope is that it "will give hope, direction, light from above, and encouragement to all those people traveling Interstate 70 and passing...

Quick reviews of three books I've taken in lately: Spycraft: The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs, from Communism to al-Qaeda by Wallace, Melton and Schleshinger Fascinating, scary, and geeky. With great diagrams and photographs explaining how spy devices were constructed and worked, and with interesting stories about various successes and failures, all told from the perspective of the "techs" working behind the scenes to support operations. For someone interested in geopolitical history,...

For some strange reason, the Church Sign Generator fascinates me to no end. I guess that, living in the midwest where there are seemingly church signs every block but where I dare not dream of having my own church sign, this new found power is intoxicating. Thanks be to...people with too much time on their hands.