Just in time for the July 4th celebrations!

WOW. We live in incredible times. The future is bright!

Tower of Babel

"At one time the whole world spoke a single language and used the same words. As the people migrated eastward, they found a plain in the land of Babylonia and settled there. They began to talk about construction projects. "Come," they said, "let's make great piles of burnt brick and collect natural asphalt to use as mortar. Let's build a great city with a tower that reaches to the skies -- a monument to our greatness! This will bring us together and keep us from scattering all over the world." But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower the people were building. "Look!" he said. "If they can accomplish this when they have just begun to take advantage of their common language and political unity, just think of what they will do later. Nothing will be impossible for them! Come, let's go down and give them different languages. Then they won't be able to understand each other." In that way, the LORD scattered them all over the earth; and that ended the building of the city. That is why the city was called Babel, because it was there that the LORD confused the people by giving them many languages, thus scattering them across the earth."


This story makes me laugh. Here is ancient mankind just beginning to explore and grow and populate. What an exciting time! Eventually they settle in a plain in Babylon and decide to build a city, and not just any city, but one that exemplifies their unity and power. I understand from Bible scholars that the tower was most likely a Ziggurat - a temple reaching as high as 300ft. A city with a skyscraper! So they get the city ready for the first inspection by the world's first Building Inspector. The LORD comes down to check out their wiring and engineering and thinks to himself, "This is incredible! These people have come such a long way in such a short time! I'm going to deny their permits and scatter these geniuses all over the globe." 


~*POOF*~ the creation of languages. 


Makes perfect sense.

Leon on Gastroenterology

AT LUNCH

Leon: Why do you cut it up in pieces and eat that?
Me: That's just how I eat. How do you do it?
L: Mommy cuts it up and I eat it.
M: Then what?
L: Then it goes all the way down into my big toe. Then it goes into my other toes. Then in my leg.
M: So all the food you eat just goes into your feet and legs?
L: Yep
M: So what is poop?
L: It comes out when you're full of food.
M: How about pee?
L: That's when you're full of water.

Makes perfect sense.

Sunshine

This solar prominence eruption happened yesterday over a period of three hours. Keep in mind that the bright point of explosion is about 20-25 times the size of the Earth.