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Lookin' for a new pad? A bubble-house in France is available for only $3 million. Link [http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/005727.php].

Finally, someone is speaking out against the wedding ceremony industry. We're not sure we agree with part of his solution (a reception with no booze is like a honeymoon without . . . nevermind), but he raises valid points. Link [http://www.lewrockwell.com/barnwell/barnwell48.html]. Two excerpts: > One

We don't particularly identify ourselves with the religious right, since that's more of an evangelical thing and we're Catholic, but everyone knows we're now allies in the culture wars. So we were glad to see the religious right claim one of the

This is one of those stories that is so outrageous that even we have difficulty believing the pro-homosexual forces did such a thing. It appears a public high school in Massachusetts distributed a "how-to-be-a-queer" booklet to students. Link [http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44306]

> A former supervisor at a Budweiser distributorship says he was fired for drinking a Coors beer in public. > Ross Hopkins, 41, filed suit in Weld County District Court, saying American Eagle Distributing Co. has no right to tell him what kind of beer to drink when he is

Issue XXV We've been reading about a new mental problem: blogging addiction. Sure, so far it's just bloggers joking about it: "How do you stop?" But soon, a psychiatrist will have an actual case, he'll write a journal article about it, a

Decent article at Lew Rockwell about science and religion. Link [http://www.lewrockwell.com/crispin/crispin14.html]. Excerpt: > Science can describe vibrations and neural responses but not the "mysterious reality of music." It cannot tell us what we get from a painting or other work of art.

Need more evidence that pop culture is bad culture? > As models flaunted head-to-toe body art and hard rock pulsated in a cavernous ballroom, veteran tattoo artists at a New York convention on Saturday wondered if their once taboo artistry was losing its nonconformist lure. > Americans, especially women, are

> The late Pope John Paul II has become an unlikely pop star in his homeland. > A collection of his poetry with a disco beat backing is currently number three in the Polish charts. > And at least seven other songs featuring his voice or texts are in the

> BOGOTA, Colombia - Malicious gossip often results in tears and anger, but in Colombia it had lead to murder - and officials say they've heard enough. > Fed up with people targeted by false rumors turning up dead or wrongfully arrested, the mayor of a small Colombian