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A friend and colleague of mine died suddenly of a heart attack last week.  He, I think, lived every day to its fullest.  He was involved with his church, his family, his co-workers, and his students (not necessarily in that order).  He was a church-going man but he was never preachy–the way he lived his… Continue reading

From the Bookworm Room, a poster on a bulletin board at a supermarket in Sausalito, CA: More than 5,000 years ago, Moses said to the Children of Israel, “Pick up your shovels, mount your asses and camels, and I will lead you to the Promised Land”. About 75 years ago, Roosevelt said “ Lay down… Continue reading

Via Breitbart, an article on the attack on a Voodoo ceremony by Protestant Evangelicals.  Max Beauvoir, the leader of the Voodoo religion in Haiti is promising open war against the Evangelicals who were urged by a pastor (oddly unnamed in the article) to attack the ceremony and throw rocks at the participants.  No arrests were… Continue reading

Via Insty, I was reading an article by Ed Driscoll about, of all things, the Joy Behar Show (which I’ve never seen).  In his article he linked to this regarding a the dialogue between Behar and Eve Ensler talking about Sarah Palin and global warming: ENSLER: Well, I just think the idea that she doesn’t… Continue reading

Heard on the news this morning:  jobless claims rose “unexpectedly”.  The Feds are now blaming the weather in the Northeast for increased layoffs.  Firstly, how can ANYONE who is remotely looking, be surprised that jobless claims rose?  As far as I know, it’s been “unexpected” every time they’ve released new numbers.  After a certain number… Continue reading

I guess it does in the minds of some professors, specifically one in New Jersey. Per an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education:  in the course of a lecture regarding state and local politics, a professor mentioned the local sheriff, by name, not only as someone who was double-dipping (retired and then was rehired,… Continue reading

Via Drudge, an article in the New York Post:  Biurny Gonzalez has been sentenced to one to three years in jail for lying about being raped by William McCaffrey and being integral to his conviction and four-year incarceration.  The reason that she lied:  she went with McCaffrey and her girlfriends were angry because she ‘ditched… Continue reading

This was just too funky to pass up.  My apologies to my readers who expect better of me. They arrested a guy in Toledo for having sex with a picnic table (his own table at least).  Never mind the sheer logistics of having sex with a table, but can you really be said to be… Continue reading

Via NBC news in Chicago, a group of retirees from a nursing home took a walk on the wild side, donning leathers and getting tattoos and heading for a close-by bar called the Evil Olive.  The Latino American Motorcyle Association and members of Chicago Area A.B.A.T.E. joined the party, which also raised funds towards a… Continue reading

Over at Tam’s Porch, she is talking about the original Olympics and how there would NEVER have been an event with a ‘kiss and cry’ section nor synchronized swimming in a celebration of military virtues.  One of the comments, by the mighty Og, got a gigglesnort for today:  “Leonidas is spinning in his grave. I… Continue reading