Leno on Gas Prices
California now has the most expensive gas prices. Gas is so expensive now that
drivers are shooting themselves instead of each other.
It's affecting a lot of people. You just wait for the Indy 200 at the end of the
month.
Eric Scheske
Meanwhile, Andrew Sullivan Weeps at the Beauty
> In her new memoir, NOW IT'S MY TURN (Simon & Schuster/Threshold Editions, 2006),
Mary Cheney writes that when she told her parents she was gay, the first words
out of her father's mouth “were exactly the ones that I wanted to hear: 'You&
The Future
From an interview with Bishop Carlson of Saginaw
[http://www.catholicreport.org/?id=181]:
> Catholic schools are our future. We need strong Catholic schools to teach the
faith and to evangelize. We need to keep the schools going all the while paying
a just wage. As I mentioned, we
Not What You Think
Barefoot and Pregnant [http://www.barefootandpregnant.com/].
It's a spa, not a philosophy. Too bad.
(Heh, heh, heh. Anyone know where I can get a cheap room for the night?)
AIDS and Smoking
> Statistically, an active participant in certain 'risky' forms of behavior is far
likelier to contract AIDS than a ten-pack-a-day smoker is to come down with lung
cancer. Yet the Supreme Court has ru led that such behavior is a human right,
and cannot be
Alright, This is Just Gross
> A 33-year-old Malaysian man who married a 104-year-old woman said that it was
God's will that he tie the knot with someone old enough to be his
great-grandmother. . . "I didn't marry Wook for her money. Her only asset is
Irreverent Gum
Conning the credulous. A statue of Holy Mother made of gum. A miracle for sale
on eBay
[http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7411925372&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1]
.
60 Minutes: Investigative Journalists
> According to CBS' “60 Minutes” a key aspect of Dan Brown's “The Da Vinci Code”
is a hoax. That's right, the Priory Of Sion doesn't really exist, or at least it
didn't exist before the middle of the 20th century.
Further Testimony for Public Schools
> Despite the wall-to-wall coverage of the damage from Hurricane Katrina, nearly
one-third of young Americans [ages 18-24] recently polled couldn't locate
Louisiana on a map and nearly half were unable to identify Mississippi.
Link
[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060503/ap_on_
Great Opportunity
Looking to stretch your charitable horizons? Try this website: PrisonerLife dot
Com [http://www.prisonerlife.com/index.cfm]. There are all sorts of links that
let you reach out to prisoners, like this one: MEET REAL PRISONERS SEEKING REAL
PEN PALS [http://www.prisonerlife.com/personals-picsearch.cfm]. I think