Gotta hand it to the sailors of the USS Greeneville, they know how to stay in the news. Leave it up to the guys who killed several Japanese sailors while showing off, to run into one of their own ships while they were trying to pick up what I guess were two naval uppity-ups. I’m not in charge of course, but the first thing I am doing is checking the front-end alignment on that sub.

My favorite part of the entire article is near the bottom, where the author nonchalantly mentions that

“In the summer, the Greeneville scraped the bottom of the harbor in Saipan, a Pacific island in the U.S. commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, while trying to maneuver.”

I’m sure this problem, like anything can be traced back to television. These guys are watching way too many reruns of McHale’s Navy.

One of my favorites of all time:

A little education

Is a dangerous thing

- John Milton

I am reminded of this quote by all the talking heads I see on the news programs these days. If you have ever been to Afghanistan or anywhere east of Iraq, you can be an expert on TV. And if you have even sang the Marine Corps Hymn, you are elevated to almost god-like status when CNN comes a-calling.

*Note: I guess no one noticed, but I misquoted Milton yesterday. It should be correct now.

The International Bible Society announced Monday that America’s best-selling modern Bible is about to get an update using gender-neutral wording, despite past criticism of that idea from conservatives.

Some changes include: “sons of God” to “children of God” in Matthew 5:9, and “a man is justified by faith” to “a person is justified by faith” in Romans 3:28.

Also, these changes will be included: “Jesus blessed him, though he would have blessed him even if he were a her because giving blessings have nothing to do with gender.”

“And God created Adam, not because he thinks men should be first, but because Eve wanted to be fashionably late.”