Here’s a nice little video from Military.com about the Dillon M134 Gatling Gun. I’m glad the guys using this thing are friendlies!
Category: Mark's stuff
Marines get a new workout program
August 21, 2008 – 8:08 am
I didn’t know this was possibly, but apparently the Marines are getting a little too fat and lazy, so they changing to a new, tougher physical fitness test. It sounds like quite a workout. Maybe this should be an event for Survivor: Benchley 2009. If you complete it in time, you get a trophy and celebratory deployment to Iraq.
Survivor: Benchley 2008 - First event footage
August 20, 2008 – 2:56 pm
I’m not anywhere near being done with the DVD, but I put up the first event on Vimeo. Enjoy!
2008-08-08 - John Lasater - Service to God
August 16, 2008 – 2:30 pm
Service to God
By John Lasater
Benchley, August 8, 2008
- Romans 6:1-23 - we must put away the old sinful man and fill our lives with the good works God demands of us.
- II Samuel 23:14-17 - the attitude of the three mighty men is the same attitude we should have towards serving God.
- John 7:17 - we must will to know and do the will of God.
- Colossians 4:2-4 - Paul asked for prayers for opportunities to spread the Word.
- What do we do when these opportunities come?
2008-08-07 - John Lasater - Faith
August 16, 2008 – 2:25 pm
Faith
By John Lasater
Benchley, August 7, 2008
- Romans 10:17; II Corinthians 5:7; II Corinthians 4:14 - We must understand the difference between opinion, knowledge, and faith.
- Hebrews 11:8ff - The faith of Abraham
- God asked him to leave his comfortable surroundings and move. Abraham did so without even knowing where to go.
- God gave him the three promises that he never got to see, yet he believed that they would be fulfilled.
- Hebrews 6:6-10 - Some get weary waiting for God’s promises. Don’t let your faith dwindle but have patience to the end.
- Genesis 22:1ff - God asked Abraham to offer his son.
- We may not be asked to do this but will be faced with trials in our life. We’ll know what God expects but it will be hard and take a lot of intelligent (Hebrews 11:17-19), moral, and emotional strength.
- You have to be willing to do whatever God asks you to do or believe.
- Hebrews 11:13-16 - Abraham was a spiritually minded man.
It’s hard to believe these people are still out there…
August 15, 2008 – 8:21 am
FoxNews has an interesting little story about the Flat Earth Society, which is a group of people who still believe the earth is flat. They think it’s just a huge disc. I guess none of them have ever taken the time to get to a high enough elevation where you can actually see the curve of the earth. Bizarre. I wonder how they think they are getting their DirecTv?
Singing puppies to sleep
August 13, 2008 – 10:20 am
Watch out! Cuteness overload coming your way! (And this one doesn’t even involve Owen!)
Computer-controlled waterfall
August 13, 2008 – 9:09 am
Wow, I could watch this all day. Originally from Gizmodo.
Olympic BSOD
August 11, 2008 – 2:04 pm
Anybody catch this on the DVR? Apparently one of the computers used for projection during the opening ceremonies of the Olympics crashed, which put a Blue Screen of Death up for a second or two. Ouch. Another good reason to use Linux for mission critical applications. Gizmodo has the full story.
