The Comet's Flame

Happy PI Day, everybody! Today is a day for us math/engineering geeks to celebrate our favorite number ?. You might be wondering how to celebrate Pi Day. I’ve found a great way to show your love for the number Pi (which is 3.1415…, for those of you who don’t know). In conversation, simply multiply all [...]

I found a rather bizarre story in my town’s local weekly newspaper. Recently, a nonprofit organization in North Liberty had a fundraiser which consisted of a fashion show in which nine men from the area modeled wedding dresses from a local bridal shop (the picture to the left is from the newspaper article). The event [...]

Yesterday, my friend Bethany H. and I were discussing ways I could use my future “high-powered engineer’s salary” to further the spread of the Gospel through funding of missions work. Although I don’t have that large steady income yet, I’m still convicted because I already have way more than a lot of people have (I [...]

Over the past few months, I’ve been hit in the face with the truth of Proverbs 10:19 (especially in my online activities such as blogging, Facebook, and email) time and time again. When words are many, sin is not absent… I regret about 90% of what I have written/typed. Not because of the actual content [...]

I love top-ten lists. I have previously written about my favorite music albums. Now I’m writing about my favorite movies. It’s a bit of a pointless excercise, because most things that I like are despised and detested by everybody I know. But oh well. I can’t think of anything else to write about. Anyway, I [...]

Yesterday, I made the unfortunate mistake of skipping the evening service at church to attend a Ben Folds concert in Iowa City. I think I may have finally learned my lesson… rock concerts are not a good substitute for church. I arrived at the front door of the IMU at about 5:20pm. There were already [...]

Recently, I attended a performance by the City Circle Acting Company (of Coralville) at the Englert Theatre in Iowa City. The event was entitled “A Circle Full of Stars,” and it featured songs from many Broadway musicals, accompanied by City Circle’s orchestra and other musicians from the area. I enjoyed it immensely. The best part [...]