Claw Me
Cockfighting, though illegal, is popular in Utah
[http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_3431577]. I'm talking about rooster fighting,
incidentally. It's not polygamy-driven competition for wives.
Eric Scheske
Blessing Hooters
> The new Hooters restaurant may have gotten an unwelcome reception from some of
the community's religious leaders, but tonight it will get a little help from
above.
> As part of a private opening party, Monsignor Isidore Rozycki, the head Catholic
priest for the Greater Waco area,
Krazy Kanye
So does this mean George Bush hates Christians?
> Kanye West, with a crown of thorns atop his head, poses as Jesus Christ on the
cover of the upcoming issue of Rolling Stone. The outspoken rapper defends his
brash attitude inside the magazine's pages, on newsstands Friday. He
The Monologues at ND
Are things looking up for my alma mater
[http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060124/NEWS01/601240491]?
> The new University of Notre Dame president questioned Monday whether "The Vagina
Monologues" and a Queer Film Festival held on campus the past few years should
be
Chameleon Google
I assume everyone sees the irony in this, after Google's much-publicized defense
of porn surfers' civil rights last week:
> Online search engine leader Google Inc. has agreed to censor its results in
China, adhering to the country's free-speech restrictions in return for
Back to the Drawing Board, NBC
What can they do next to offend Christians and increase ratings? They're good at
the former, poor at the latter.
> The last chapter of the controversial religious drama "The Book of Daniel" has
been written at NBC
[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060125/ap_
Who Wants to be a Dirt Bag?
> More than 200 reality TV hopefuls queued up to conceive a baby with a stranger
live on air for a £10,000 prize.
> They were the victims of a spoof set up to see how far people would go to get on
television, reports the Daily Mirror.
Stuck in John
And I thought I had a rough day yesterday:
> A man got stuck in a portable toilet for more than an hour after the door iced
over as temperatures in Germany plummeted to minus 20C
[http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1695664.html].
Boy Crisis
Now even Newsweek has picked up on the boy crisis in education and society as a
whole [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10965522/site/newsweek/]. What's the answer
to the increasing failure rate of males? According to this article
[http://www.nationalreview.com/lowry/lowry200601240828.asp], there
Priest Goes Brokeback
Priest announces he's gay
[http://insidebayarea.com/sanmateocountytimes/localnews/ci_3427018]. Gets a
standing O during Mass. Where else but the Bay Area?
Yes, yes, the Bay Area has good Catholics, too. But this is a bit much, no
matter where it takes place.