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My wife is afraid of stray dogs.  Almost every night when we go out for our nightly walk, we see a stray dog and she freezes up no matter what the size of the dog.  (I try to point out to her that the dogs always leave me alone and go straight for her because they sense her fear).

The other morning, a stray dog was outside when it was time for our son to go to school.  He has to stand at the bus stop alone.  There was a dog walking around the outside of our house.

I did not want our second son to pick up his mother’s fear of dogs so I wanted him to walk to the bus stop alone with me watching at a distance.  I told him if he doesn’t freeze up the dog might sniff him but would probably leave him alone.

My wife insisted on driving him to the bus stop and staying with him until the bus picked him up.  (My wife wants you to know that the dog was barking too).

Is the fear of a stray dog a rational fear?

Is it me, or does xanga have more than its share of people with mental health issues?
                                             
 

The University of Miami has banned freshman from using cars during their first year at the school.

The reasons are to “encourage public transportation, ride sharing and biking.”  It is also part of the effort of the University to go green.  Here is the link:  Link

Do you think freshman should be banned from having cars their first year of school?
                                                                

Imagine for a second that you are starting school in either high school or college.  Imagine that your parents offered to let you have the extra family car to drive.

Now imagine that the car looked like this:

Would you drive the car to school?

Which of the following is correct?

A. 
The Olympics has come to an end.

B.  The Olympics have come to an end.

Did you typically look forward to the start of the school year?

Volunteer Chaplains will begin riding on ambulance rides to help those in need in one community.

The chaplains will be there to help the medical technicians, the patients and the families during the crisis.  Here is the link:  Link

If you were in an ambulance, would you want a chaplain in the ambulance with you?
                                                                      
                                                                                  

A woman who weighs approximately 1000 pounds is accused of killing her two-year-old nephew.

The problem is that they can’t get her out of her front door and to court.  The sheriff has said they can’t keep her in jail because of her extensive medical problems.  So she is currently just staying at home.  Here is the link:  Link

Do you think the government should spend the extra money to jail the woman when she can’t move anyway?
                           
                                             

I want you to take a careful look at the watch below.

I think the watch is a direct result of evolution.  A “big bang” happened and then it slowly evolved into a watch over millions of years.  I wasn’t there but you were not there either. 

I have heard the creationist theory of the watch but only a bunch of religious people believe it.  The only intellectual position is that the watch evolved.  The pieces will naturally come together over millions of years.  (That is just the way it works).

I believe that the evolution of the watch theory is the only theory that should be taught in schools.  I don’t want the religion of the “creationist theory” to make its way into the classrooms.  We all know there is a separation between church and state and the creationist view is so outrageous that it doesn’t deserve classroom time.  Besides, all the leading scientists tell us that the watch came from evolution and we don’t question the scientists.

Look carefully at the watch.

Is the watch the result of evolution or intelligent design?