Category: General

Phoebus wins Division 5 title

My alma mater, Phoebus High School in Hampton, won the Division 5 championship today by 34-25 over Edison. Congratulations to the Phoebus Phantoms!

Spam and WordPress

One really nice benefit of using WordPress as a blogging platform is the integration of the spam filter provided by Aksimet. The filter is an intelligent one, in that it learns what is spam and what isn't. While the occasional spam post gets thru and the occasional legitimate post gets blocked, the overwhelming majority of … Continue reading Spam and WordPress →

WP Contest: what to do with 10GB

One of the recent updates to WordPress is the ability to purchase additional space - as much as 10GB. In kicking off this new service, WP is holding a contest, with the prize being 10 GB of upload space. The key is what to do with that much space. Currently, WordPress offers 50MB of free … Continue reading WP Contest: what to do with 10GB →

Getting dropouts back on track

Part two of the series in the Daily Press regarding the shortage of employees in the area appeared today with the above title. (See my post on part one here.) Today's article looks at dropouts. Hampton Roads has the lowest graduation rates in the state. The problem has serious implications: The Alliance for Excellent Education … Continue reading Getting dropouts back on track →

The Pulpit Speaks: June 9, 1956

An article written by my father, the Rev. C. Thomas Paige, as it appeared in the Tri-State Defender on the date shown. Whose fool are you? Do you ever ask yourself this question? You should. Sometime ago, I heard this story. A young boy, who had been labeled "slightly off" in his community, went down … Continue reading The Pulpit Speaks: June 9, 1956 →

1895 Eighth Grade Final Exam

I received the following via email. Figured I'd share! Remember when our grandparents, great-grandparents, and such stated that they only had an 8th grade education? Well, check this out. - - - This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina, KS, USA. It was taken from the original document on file at the … Continue reading 1895 Eighth Grade Final Exam →

Don’t worry, be happy!

Researchers are looking at ways to increase the amount of happiness we experience. In an article that was reprinted in today's Virginian-Pilot, prior researchers felt there was no need to look into this: For decades, a widely accepted view has been that people are stuck with a basic setting on their happiness thermostat. It says … Continue reading Don’t worry, be happy! →

Bankruptcy and tithing: a no-no

In a column reprinted in today's Virginian-Pilot, Michelle Singletary points out another loser in the last change to the bankruptcy laws: recipients of tithes. Before the new law went into effect, bankruptcy court judges were required to permit debtors to tithe a portion of their income on a regular basis. Specifically, the Religious Liberty and … Continue reading Bankruptcy and tithing: a no-no →

The Pulpit Speaks: November 22, 1958

An article written by my father, the Rev. C. Thomas Paige, as it appeared in the Tri-State Defender on the date shown. Once again our thoughts turn to Thanksgiving. Every year about this time we start thinking in terms of Thanksgiving. Much of our thinking is far from a positive approach but rather a negative … Continue reading The Pulpit Speaks: November 22, 1958 →