Random Thoughts on Various Subjects

1. REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION

I have watched none of the convention. Everything I have gotten from it has come from NPR during my morning and evening commutes. From what I have heard, Clint Eastwood is succumbing to senility, and Romney is sounding Reaganesque when he asks the nation if it is better off now than it was four years ago. The untold story is how Ron Paul was snubbed. They can let some crazy guy like Eastwood speak but not Ron Paul. Amazing. Meanwhile, anything Romney says is so much bullshit because the guy is virtually identical to Obama.

It will be fun to watch what the Democrats do. Bullshit or not, Obama is doomed this November. It is the economy, stupid. I know that I am not better off now than I was four years ago except for that whole getting married thing.

2. CHEMEX

My brother-in-law sent us a Chemex coffeemaker as a wedding gift. I was a skeptic considering it nothing more than a Mister Coffee for coffee snobs. But I started using it, and I must say that I am simply amazed. It is the best coffee I have ever had. It even works on cheap coffee from Walmart. It removes all the bitterness from the coffee. I am currently drinking some sludge from my old Mister Coffee, and it is nasty as hell. That same brand made through the Chemex is like coffee heaven. Do I recommend it? Absolutely.

The only drawback to the Chemex is that it is not as convenient as a regular coffeemaker. It takes time to heat water and prepare the coffee. As such, I still do the Mister Coffee for when I need a quick fix of caffeine before work. The Chemex is the preferred choice for my evening coffee when I have the time to make it properly.

3. MORMONISM

The wife is on a bit of crusade against Mormonism as they are certain to ride Mitt Romney's presidency to greater popularity. Mormons are not Christians. You won't even find a cross in their churches. Instead, they are a crackpot murderous cult that was the brainchild of an adulterous con artist from the 19th century. Imagine Scientology with a hundred year head start. All of the good things you hear about Mormons come mostly from the LDS PR department, and they have scrubbed their church a bit for the sake of Utah statehood and for winning converts. But this is a church that literally teaches its members to "lie for the Lord." This may explain Mitt Romney's slippery hold on the truth.

If the Catholic Church is the most brutally honest church out there, then the Mormon church is the mirror opposite. Mitt Romney may portray himself as a "person of faith," but this designation applies just as equally to a member of a satanic death cult. Neither evangelicals nor Catholics should be fooled into believing Mormonism is legit. It isn't. This video gets it right:

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