An interesting site

..is that of Joel Rosenberg, known for a variety of things, from writing novels to serving on Steve Forbes' campaign. He's the descendant of orthodox Jews who came to Christ as a teenager, and he's now concentrating on "watching the signs" to be found in Ezekiel 38-39 to present history. No matter what your eschatology, he's worth a look, in my opinion--if only for the references to world events that most papers completely miss, like oil in Israel, Russian moves in the Middle East, and so on.

Also, Ben got me thinking of how we might do our best to reduce crime in our communities, and the thought came that a camera (even cell phone camera) and a can of pepper spray might come in handy. The camera to photograph the crime in progress, and the pepper spray (or perhaps a more aggressive hand tool) to pacify those who don't like pictures of their crimes reaching the police.