His name was Grigori Efimovich Rasputin and he is one of the most enigmatic men who ever lived. His supporters thought him a saint; his distracters thought him a fraud; but whether one is Christian, theist, deist, or atheist, the things he did absolutely defy belief.

Tweet Share My family just returned from a quick trip to visit our relatives on the other side of the country, and I have confirmed something I already knew – I hate air travel. These days it seems to get worse every year. With all of the mergers of airlines it seems like they are [...]

Tweet ShareOr is it a happy new year? After all, there are a number of folks who believe that the world will end on December 21, 2012. So, should we not buy Christmas presents until the 22nd just to be sure? Maybe we should just party like its 2012. Damn, there are a lot of [...]

In years past I have used the year end blog as a chance to sum up the year that has gone before, and this year will be no different. But even as I say that I know that this year has been profoundly different from those that have gone before.