You may have noticed my site was down for a bit. Or maybe you didn’t because you don’t visit my site often enough. If that is the case, then shame on you. Anyway, hopefully the downtime has been resolved. I also have a new header up. Hope you like it. Thanks to Caleb for creating it.

I took the plunge and upgraded to WP 1.5. It wasn’t too difficult. Everything seems to work fine, except for Spam Karma. I’ll take a look at that this weekend. Also, you may have noticed the new look. I like this layout, and the top image might be changed. I’m thinking something Cardinals, Baseball, or Cardinals Baseball related.

The House on Wednesday approved a job-training bill that would allow faith-based organizations receiving federal funds to consider a person’s religious beliefs in making employment decisions.

Under current law, religious groups that receive federal money for job-training programs must obey civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination in hiring or firing. Read more

Finding the Ultimate Theory of Everything

Could two lookalike galaxies, barely a whisker apart in the night sky, herald a revolution in our understanding of fundamental physics? Some physicists believe that the two galaxies are the same – its image has been split into two, they maintain, by a “cosmic string”; a San Andreas Fault in the very fabric of space and time. Read more

MSU! That is right. Southwest Missouri State University will now be known as Missouri State University! This has been a long time coming. I’m glad it finally passed after 19 years.