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We've written here and elsewhere [http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=1&art_id=28485] about childless adults substituting animals for children, but this shocked even us: > Two endangered Bengal tiger cubs breastfed for weeks by a Myanmar woman have died of dehydration,

"Hey Mom, let's do the Gay Bath House Ride and then the Whirlywhore!" > Whenever possible, the actors flee the sterility of Disney World and seek sanctuary in the grungy 1.5-mile network of dank tunnels below. There they shed their heads in the "zoo&

"I have four children and eight grandchildren that I love dearly. I believe in family values." Seminole County Republican Party Chairman Jim Stelling, defending his five marriages. Link [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/newsreel/].

> Waterless urinals are being tested at [Chicago's] City Hall. > But although they are saving hundreds of thousands of gallons of precious water in 29 states -- and in high-profile venues like Disney World and the Rose Bowl -- the devices are illegal in Illinois. > Waterless

We claim to be a part-time literary blog, so we feel obliged to put up a few, you know, literary-type things occasionally, hence this: Thumos has a good but brief post about Virgil's Aeneid. If you're into this type of stuff, check it out. Excerpt: >

Ah yes, the Tsikamutanda Wiccan sect, coming soon to a First Amendment extremism party near you: > A self-styled traditional healer popularly known as tsikamutanda, was on Monday seriously burnt by a suspected goblin, which he was allegedly trying to get rid of during a cleansing ceremony at one of

We've written about Elvis on other occasions, so we don't feel too shallow posting this hilarious line from The Tonight Show: > CBS had its big Elvis movie the other night. It was about Elvis' relationship with Colonel Parker and how the Colonel took advantage

A man sculpts a massive pair of woman's legs, spread open, in plain view for anyone walking along Welcome Avenue in Henderson, North Carolina. When people complain, he says there's nothing in the sculpture a kid shouldn't see. "If they learned a little

Didn't Georgetown used to be a Catholic school? > Prospective lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students will soon have the opportunity to apply for a scholarship from the Georgetown University GLBT Alumni Group in partnership with the Point Foundation, a nationwide scholarship organization for LGBT students. > The

The New York Times this morning has an editorial that blasts the rap music industry. Link [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/12/opinion/12thu4.html?]. Excerpts: > People who pay only minimal attention to the rap world may have thought the killings would sober up the rap community. Not