Archive for September, 2008
The real ‘Temple of Doom’
Are there real booby traps protecting the long deceased occupants of ancient tombs thousands of years old? Most scholars would say no, that there is no evidence to suggest there were any such traps, and if there were, they would long have become useless through time and dust. Imagine the Indiana Jones movies with no [...]
Evolutionist, explain this…
Last night I attended a creation/science meeting with guest speaker Taz Walker. It was extremely interesting, but what fascinated me the most was how intricate a single living cell is. I had always believed a cell was a rather simple organism (so my 6th form biology teacher taught me). Boy, was I was decieved. Click [...]
I was hit by a grey van
It was a sunny Saturday morning in 1990. I was riding my bike home from the video shop when a little boy ran in front of my bike. I swerved and luckily only clipped him with my leg, unluckily though, I was on the footpath at the time. I stopped to check if the boy [...]
Burton… Symon Burton
For the first month of my life I was nameless. My brother (9 years old at the time) came home from school one day and suggested that I be called Simon. I was Simon from that day on. SimonWhen I was 9 years old I decided to change the ‘i’ to a ‘y’ (because Simon [...]
I killed an endangered animal
I ran a youth leadership retreat eariler this year (the same one where Fifi had her mouse episode). It was held at an isolated location in the middle of native NZ bush, here in Northland. Late one night a few of us (led by the legendary bushman Mr JG) ventured out to see the wildlife [...]
1978 Galactica in 2008
Paisley Jade left for the Sistas conference yesterday, so I’ve become ‘Mr. Mum‘ again for a few days. Last night I put the girls to bed early and us guys (my two sons and I) transformed the lounge into a home theatre by placing the sofa right up close to the TV (to make the [...]
40 days without caffeine
July 31st was the last time I drank coffee, coke or energy drinks. 40 days ago. Partly because I was horribly sick at the time and partly because I was horribly addicted to caffeine and needed to do something about it (read the story here). A good friend of mine had just read a book [...]
Incy wincy White Tail
Back in July I confessed that I had a fear of spiders, but was determined to overcome it by forcing myself to handle them. Read the post here. Last night I was relaxing on the sofa, when I noticed a rather large White Tail walking on the curtain close to my head (adrenaline spike now). [...]
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