Western Civ
This isn't a matter of religion. It's an issue of a basic education in Wesern
Civilization. But for all I know, the boy may have been only six years old.
> A Christian charity is sending a film on the Christmas story to all 26,000
Eric Scheske
Odd Consumer News
From dust you came, but when you die, they can use your cremated remains to make
jewelry:
> In fact, there's enough carbon in those ashes to make about 20 gems. And there
will still be several pounds of ashes left over to display on the mantlepiece.
>
My Link Policy
It's been awhile since I mentioned my link policy, so I'll repeat it:
The Bloghorn:
If you're a blog and you link to me, I'll link to you, unless your site is
disagreeable. Just e-mail me and let me know that
Holding Parents Accountable
Great Britain is starting to take measures against hooligan children and to make
parents more responsible. Perhaps we could do that in our inner cities. Then
again, the ACLU types wouldn't approve of restraining orders on "the children."
> Problem children are to be targeted under
Ex-Gay to Lead Charge
I'm told there are many former gays out there who will testify to the disordered
nature of homosexuality and its damaging effects. Why don't we hear from them
more?
> Stephen Bennett was active in the homosexual lifestyle for more than a decade
before leaving that
We Need Studies to Tell Us This?
Clint Eastwood summarized these findings in Dirty Harry: "A man's got to know
his limitations."
> Dozens of studies agree: Most people overrate their own abilities. This tendency
can have severe consequences: young adults making poor decisions about college
and careers, pilots flying into storms and
Kill the Smurfs
Odd choice of advertising. Using children figures in a way that makes the ad
unacceptable for viewing by children.
> The people of Belgium have been left reeling by a public service commercial
featuring the Smurfs, in which the blue-skinned cartoon characters' village is
annihilated by warplanes.
>
Boy George in Prison? . . .
. . . Isn't that kinda like selling Jessica Simpson to a white slave trader?
> Police arrested Boy George, whose real name is George O'Dowd, at his home in the
Little Italy neighbourhood of the city, after they responded to a call reporting
a burglary in the early
Catchphrases
In this morning's New York Times, P.J. O'Rourke takes apart Leslie Savan's Slam
Dunks and No-Brainers, a book apparently dedicated to lamenting the use of
catchphrases. NYT Link
[http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/09/books/review/09orourke.html]. Excerpts:
> Savan
Something for Sunday Morning
> Sports, balls, festivities, display, the drama . . . The evil lies not in doing
the thing, but in caring for it.
St. Francis de Sales