“Dinosaur creationist theme park seized by government”

[…] The conviction culminated 17 years of Hovind sparring with the IRS. Saying he was employed by God and his ministers were not subject to payroll taxes, he claimed no income or property. You can invoke the God card to get away with a lot in this country — but the IRS card always trumps …

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“How many PCs are enough? 5? 10?”

Enough? There’s no such thing! 🙂 There are two laptops, a netbook, and two desktops at our place — not counting several other devices that could technically be called computers, like the iPod Touch (a small computer itself) and the two network-attached storage systems (both special-purpose Linux computers). And then there are the several dead …

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Know Thyself: Goals, Context, and Purpose

A few months ago, I thought I’d found the answer to my motivation problems. A tweak to my purpose, thought I, and all would be well. As usual, things weren’t that simple… it helped, but after the initial surge of enthusiasm wore off, I discovered that it didn’t make enough difference to keep me moving. …

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