Letterman on Jackson
> Michael Jackson is moving to the Persian Gulf. This week he was over there and
caused a riot when he went into the wrong restroom. In Michael's defense I'm not
sure if there is a right restroom.
Eric Scheske
First Things on Blogs
Jonathan Last has written a thorough survey of religious blogdom and more at
First Things [http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft0512/articles/last.html].
It's already outdated a bit (8 million blogs? more like 21 million), but it's
very good. Excerpts:
> According to a 2004
Public Service Announcement
I have a slightly ambivalent attitude toward all these boycotts
[http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=1&art_id=30732], but I
support them in general and like to pass along the word:
> On October 7 we brought to your attention that Target was banning
Don't Match.com
> Match.com is being accused of sending ringers on fake dates with lonely hearts
to keep them from dumping the service.
> A racketeering lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Nov. 10 alleges the wildly popular
online dating service secretly employs people as "date bait" to send bogus
Could We be the Apple of God's Eye?
The Internet has crashed UFOs [http://www.techcentralstation.com/110905A.html].
One of the best observations of the year. Excerpt:
> The modern UFO era began with Kenneth Arnold's 1947 UFO sighting near Mount
Rainier, Washington. National interest in the subject waxed and waned in the
following years
Not Discrimination?
> Deciding not to accept as candidates for the priesthood men with "deeply rooted
homosexual tendencies" would not be an act of discrimination, said the general
secretary of the Italian bishops' conference. . .
> Bishop Betori said that if the bishops decide being homosexual and being a
priest
The Weekend Eudemon
Are you ready to rumble?
Michigan is, as is Ohio. It's the day of "The Game." Michigan is ranked 17th and
OSU 9th. It's not the greatest match-up of the year, but it's still the
country's biggest game.
I&
Misc. 11.18.05
Aaaargh! My town's theater didn't bring in Walk the Line! (Durn that Harry
Potter.) The next nearest theater is 30 miles away. Decisions will have to be
made.
What's up with MyYahoo? It's running slower than molasses in December and a few
Smoke and Gambling
Gamblers like to smoke? Who woulda thunk:
Atlantic City casinos warned yesterday that a smoking ban could spell economic
doom for them. [http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/57696.htm]
Can't Call Someone a Jewish Fag
> A gay Jewish man's discrimination lawsuit against the Salvation Army can keep
marching on, a Manhattan judge has ruled.
> In a decision made public yesterday, state Supreme Court Justice Richard Braun
denied the Christian charitable organization's bid to throw out Zachary Logan's