Whirlwind
Electing A Pope
Like the tax forms, there are some "new rules" this time around. For a full explanation of how a pope is selected, check it out below the fold. Hat tip: catholic-pages.com.
List of Meteor Showers
For people like me, who love to watch the sky for "shooting stars": Jan. 4 Quadrantids: Radiant–Bootes. Very short lived shower, less that one day. Variable rate, but generally around 60 per hour. Speed 41 kps and bluish color. Jan. 16 Delta Cancrids: Radiant–just west of Beehive. Minor shower, rate about 4 per hour. Very swift. Jan. 18 Coma Berenicids: … Read More
The Cemetary Project
What with people dying lately (the Pope, Terri Schiavo, Frank Purdue), I thought this site, The Cemetary Project, might be of interest. Below is a picture of the grave of Jim Varney, the actor who portrayed Ernest (the "Hey Verne" guy of commercial and movie fame):
The Most Offensive and Humorous Website
is a government website. I’ve mentioned it here before, but only recently have I had a few moments to explore it. It is www.4parents.gov, the website in which the federal government continures to insert itself into family matters (again), often taking positions that are, well, ridiculous. This site already is generating some controversy. For one thing, it offers this offensive … Read More
Attend The Tale of Bad Casting
What? Are you kidding me? Such a stir of reactions! First of all, they are making a movie of Sweeney Todd? That is fantastic!! Nobody will see it or like it (except for theater folk), but that is largely beside the point. But . . . Russell Crowe as the title character? Possibly, says Playbill: Russell Crowe is in the … Read More
Not An April Fool’s Day Joke
From Daily Kos: Ok, it’s quiz time! Consider the following two statements: Abstinence helps protect teens from contracting a sexually transmitted disease, becoming pregnant, and the emotional risk and responsibility involved with sex. Abstinence is the healthiest choice for teens because they are not ready for the adult emotions of sex and the adult choices that sex entails… Abstinence for … Read More
April Fool’s Round-up
Google is introducing a line of drinks called "Google Gulp" Encyclopedia Britannica takes over Wikipedia Bush girls join Air Force in Iraq Bush cancels the space program Atrios gets spoofed So does Little Lulu And World Nut Daily … and many more
I Have One Question:
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) does not list right-wing domestic terrorists and terrorist groups on a document that appears to be an internal list of threats to the nation’s security . . . [The document] lists left-wing domestic groups, such as the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) and the Earth Liberation Front (ELF), as terrorist threats, but it does not … Read More
Pope Given Last Rites
He’s coming in second in the DeathRace. Actually, I liked this Pope. I attended an Easter Mass in Vatican City in 1983. He blessed us in, like, a hundred different languages. A whole generation is about to learn (and I am about to re-learn) those silly and wonderful rituals about black smoke and white smoke as a new pope is … Read More
More Rightwing Self-loathing
At Alan Keye’s Renew America site, they aren’t mincing words: Dear President Bush, As a lifelong Republican and staunch supporter of you and your policies, I feel compelled to write to you today, during this Easter season of life and liberty from sin and death, where we all come together to experience the transcendent joy which traditionally marks the anniversary … Read More
Harvard Political Review on Jon Stewart
Inciteful comments on The Daily Show from the Harvard Political Review: People are listening to Jon Stewart. With his recent best-seller America (The Book) and his hit fake news show on Comedy Central, The Daily Show, it seems clear that his message is being heard: for instance, over 1.5 million people tuned in to watch Stewart interview John Kerry. Still, … Read More
March 29, 2015
March 29, 2015 is the day that, according to that mental giant Bill O’Reilly, we will all be able to marry goats, "mark his words": O’REILLY: The judges in Massachusetts knew they weren’t going to be impeached when they said to the state legislature, "Gay marriage is now legal in Massachusetts because we say it is. We the judges" — … Read More
Now That Terri’s Dead . . .
Amy Sullivan asks the one question that I would like answered: A cradle Baptist, I was taught in the church that while we were not to hasten death, neither were we to postpone or fear it. The ending of a life was sad for those who remained, but a joyous event for the one who died. As one of my … Read More