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Electronic immortality is coming, some say. Link [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15374571%5E601,00.html] . Excerpts: > Death could become a thing of the past by the mid-21st century as computer technology becomes sophisticated enough for the contents of a brain to be

Man, if this guy is going to apply all the Old Testament strictures, he's going to have some rough sledding: > Leviticus Chapter 22 is part of the scipture Ambus says applies to his case [of whether he should he should have to neuter his dog]. Ambus, an

Another guy who doesn't want to wait in line when he gets to Hell: > A Chatsworth man has been charged with using a church's banking information to buy Internet porn. > Robbie Lee Ritchie was indicted Thursday by a Murray County grand jury on 12

Got back about an hour ago from seeing Star Wars III. We won't discuss it, since the movie has been blog beaten to a pulp. We will, however, comment on the big line that kicked-off the anticipated fight between Obi wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker. As their verbal

Saw this in our local newspaper: > "We're definitely seeing a trend toward more conservative swimsuits with moderate coverage," says Jodi Randolph, senior designer for Venus USA, a designer and distributor of swimwear. . . > Another trend that bodes well for women is the increasing availability of

Science is again reversing itself. This time: Sunshine may help prevent cancer, and perhaps we shouldn't be using all that sunscreen. Link [http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050521/D8A7MPFG0.html]. Opening paragraphs: > Scientists are excited about a vitamin again. But unlike fads that sizzled and fizzled, the

Data from 2003 shows that 60.9% of undergraduates are girls and 39.1% are boys (the latter percentage, by the way, is not automatically knowable from the former, not in today's world of transvestities, transgenders, and other translogical mutations). According to this article, > An examination of

We apologize for the light blogging. A variety of factors--family, illness, Star Wars, roving Mongol hoards in southwest Michigan--have made blogging difficult today. There'll be a few posts today; full-scale posting will resume tomorrow morning.

"However hard I try, I find it impossible to construct anything greater than these three words, 'Love one another'--only to the end, and without exceptions: then all is justified and life is illumined, whereas otherwise it is an abomination and a burden." Mother Maria of

Divorce if you want, but maybe, just maybe, there is something behind the Catholic position that a valid sacrament can't merely be broken and tossed away: > In scenes exhibiting a vivid range of feelings - acrimony, compassion, rekindled love, abiding friendship - sick and dying Americans are