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Prayer Can Move Mountains And Get You De-Boarded

April 17th, 2008 · No Comments · Hot Off The Presses, Religion, SABRE2th Tigress: Book 'em, Dano.

7online.com: Praying passenger is removed from plane 4/17/08
I don’t want to be too dismissive and need to know more specifics, but on the face of it this smacks of the kind of prayer that’s less private piety and more public propriety. I don’t know if it could have been started earlier or not to be [...]

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Plea for Liberty

April 17th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorical Weirdness

Advocacy organization Avaaz.org delivered a petition to the UN yesterday, raising awareness and forcing the Security Council to pay attention to the Zimbabwe crisis that seems to be brewing.
They also flew a huge banner over New York…
Via: Flickr Title: Avaaz Aerial Banner for Zimbabwe By: Avaazorg Originally uploaded: 16 Apr ‘08, 2.25pm CDT [...]

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The Gifts of a Unicorn, and Life

April 17th, 2008 · No Comments · Episcopal, Flickr, Moblog, Music... Shall All Your Cares Beguile, Parish: Holy Moly (ECUSA)

Choirmistress Mary does a lot for us, and frequently pays out of pocket for new music and things she thinks we need in order to look and sound like a seasoned choir, and not a ragtag group that formed a little over a year ago. So one of our members found a Christmas ornament that [...]

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