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Officially studying aerospace engineering and Japanese.
Unofficially studying Hebrew, Bible prophecy, creation science, and anything else that strikes my fancy.
Voracious reader, seeker of truth.
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Sports & Recreation > Skiing The experienced skier's guide to Michigan resorts: 2 of 4
When I was young, for five winters I participated in a program for children that offered day trips twice a month to various ski resorts in the area. The program was based in Lansing, so all of the resorts mentioned in detail here are within two hours drive or so east of the Lansing area and are probably within reach for a we... More..
Sciences > Astronomy How far away Mars is: 2 of 4
To accurately determine the distance between Earth and Mars at any given time can end up being a fairly complicated orbital mechanics problem. However, using a few basic facts and relations, the possible range of values can be determined. Mars can be anywhere from about sixty million to four hundred million kilometers away f... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Buddhism What the Eastern tea ceremony and the Western wine tasting say about their cultures: 1 of 2
As always, comparing the "East" and the "West" creates an exaggerated dichotomy that does not necessarily describe the full complexity of either culture. For the purposes of this discussion, however, some generalizations can certainly be drawn by comparing the Eastern tea ceremony and the Western wine tasting. The tea ceremo... More..
Arts & Humanities > Asian History The best way to Romanize Japanese: 1 of 1
Romanization is used often for writing out lyrics to Japanese songs, because lyrics are the most common text for non-Japanese-speakers to want to pronounce properly. This is actually somewhat possible because Japanese is a very simple language to pronounce, once you know a few basic rules, with almost no irregularities. Even... More..
Arts & Humanities > Children's Literature Biography: Zilpha Keatley Snyder: 1 of 1
Zilpha Keatley Snyder is a wonderfully imaginative woman who has written around forty-five books in her long life, most of them for children ages 9 to 13. She also has four picture books for younger children and two novels for older children, but she most favors writing for children around age 11. Her best-known books may be... More..
Sciences > Anthropology (Other) Views on the theories of evolution: 18 of 29
There are really only two possibilities: that all present life from chemicals to one-celled organisms was formed through natural processes over billions of years through gradual stages, or that an intelligent Creator designed and created the universe and everything in it, including life, on a (relatively) recent timescale. T... More..
Sciences > Molecular Biology Information theory, DNA, and flaws in evolution: 2 of 3
Information theory is a fairly new branch of the sciences that has astonishing implications for controversial topics like evolution. A German professor, Werner Gitt, was the one who essentially wrote the book on the topic with his book "In the Beginning Was Information." The title is an echo of the beginning of the gospel of... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Bible Study The New Testament and its Jewish beginning: 7 of 9
While the majority of Jews today still do not recognize the Messiah, there is no denying that Yeshua, called Jesus by the Hellenized, Westernized world today, was fully Jewish. He lived the perfect life, not just by being "a good person," but by keeping all of God's laws, which had been preserved by Israel through the centur... More..
Computers & Technology > MP3 Players Tips for archiving your MP3s: 4 of 5
Even the average computer these days has the hard drive space to contain hundreds of mp3 files. After months of downloading or ripping using various programs, it can be quite a chore to collect and organize all those files. Here are some tips to accomplish this task. The first thing to do is to choose a filename format, a fo... More..
Travel > Travel Planning & Advice Places to visit in Japan: 11 of 12
Japan has such startling variety that no matter what you might want in a trip, there's bound to be somewhere in Japan you can go to get it. I spent nearly a year in the Kobe-Osaka area and didn't get around to seeing half the possibly interesting things in just the local area, let alone farther out. I was personally most int... More..