Vengeance Rising – Once Dead
Vengeance Rising – Destruction Comes
Poison Planet – Demo
Praise – Growing. Changing. Healing.
The Moshketeers – The Downward Spiral
Hour of Penance – Sedition
Born Blind – One for All
Dogwood – Seismic
Marillion – Season’s End
Marillion – Clutching at Straws
Mortification – Scribe of the Pentateuch
Mortification – Hammer of God
Rush – Counterparts
Leaders – Now We Are Free
Switchfoot – Nothing Is Sound
Mindset – Time and Pressure
Common Cause – s/t
Common Cause – Statement of Purpose
REACT! is a pretty rad label. Check it out!
This is from an email I sent this morning to the NAGW listserv. It’s a little narrative from real life to illustrate why we should avoid making websites that require weird plugins whenever possible.
My daughter is in a ballet program and her recital tickets went on sale this morning at 10:00. I sat here refreshing the page like a madman until “NOT YET” turned into “BUY NOW”. I clicked in to start the process. I selected 4 tickets (the max per order) and then went to choose my seats.
BANG! ”Your Java plugin is not the correct version. Go update it.”
A few four-letter words later, I was on the Java site trying to get the plugin to update, but the download was creeping. I guess every other SCAA parent using Chrome was trying to do the same thing. So, I opened IE really quickly and went back to the site. By the time I got to choose seats, all the good ones were gone and the mediocre ones were filling up as quickly as I could click them. And so continued my silent tirade of colorful metaphors.
Now, thanks to a plugin requirement, I get to watch my daughter’s dance recital from a distance of about 12 AUs. Parents will understand my frustration.
So, next time you are considering technology for a CORE FEATURE of your site (for a box office, buying tickets is probably a core feature), think about this bummed-out father who had to fight his way around a plugin to buy tickets to his daughter’s dance recital.
On that note, I need a chocolate milk.
And in case you don’t know, an AU is an astronomical unit: the distance from the sun to Earth.
Slaughter – The Wild Life
Shinedown – Amaryllis
Rachel Barton Pine – Beethoven and Clement Violin Concertos
Corydon Singers et al. – Duruflé: Requiem
Led Zeppelin – Presence
Peace – s/t
Mindset – Real Power
Terraphobia – Evilution
The Devastated – Devil’s Messenger
Mortification – The Evil Addiction Destroying Machine
Deliverance – Stay of Execution
Mass – New Birth
Azaghal – Nemesis
Azaghal – Omega
Steve Reich – Different Trains/Electric Counterpoint
Pact – The Dragon Lineage of Satan
Impending Doom – Baptized in Filth
Caveat and disclaimer: This thought was inspired by a Law and Order episode. I have not been debating with myself about killing abortion doctors. Also, I only got a good grade in my God, Meaning, and Morality class at JMU because I was put in groups with smart kids. Anyway…
What is murder?
Murder is the willful termination of another person’s life for some cause other than immediate self-defense.
When does a person’s life begin?
At conception.
What is an abortion?
In the case of a woman whose life is not in danger, termination of another person’s life for some cause other than immediate self-defence; therefore, it is murder.
If I were to see another person being murdered and had the ability to stop it, would I?
Of course. This seems like a moral imperative.
What if stopping the murder involves killing the murderer?
I pray I would find another solution, but I suppose I would kill the murderer to save the victim if there were not other solution.
Since abortion is murder, should abortion providers be killed?
No. This won’t stop the abortion, so it is not a justified homicide.
Since abortion is murder, should mothers considering abortion be killed?
Of course not. This kills the baby also!
Since killing mothers and doctors doesn’t stop abortion, we pro-life folks should not engage in murdering abortion providers. People who support those actions miss the point of being pro-life.
The first person who asks me how this squares with killing animals for tasty food gets a punch in the nose. Srsly.