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Global Warming Solution
Here's one way to do it: grab people who waste power and shake some sense into them.
Sorry about the down time – my husband David wasn't around today and so I had to wait for him to walk me through the difficult and dangerous procedure by phone to get the blogs back up. Here's what he had me do:
- Walk downstairs and identify which of several "tower" computers is the one where the blogs and David's computer archives reside (hint for next time – it's the one in the middle).
- Cycle power.
- Walk upstairs and see if blogs and archive are back up. Wah-lah!
Whew! I'm glad I was able to handle it. Next time, I won't need to wait for him to call back when he's not near enough for a "Hey, honeeee?" shout.
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Oh, For God’s Sake
Pope Revises 'Limbo' for Babies | Chicago Tribune
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI has revised traditional Roman Catholic teaching on so-called "limbo," approving a church report released Friday that said there was reason to hope that babies who die without baptism can go to heaven.
Benedict approved the findings of the International Theological Commission, which issued its long-awaited document on limbo on Origins, the documentary service of Catholic News Service, the news agency of the American Bishop's Conference.
This is just…weird. Next week: the Pope announces just exactly how many angels can do the foxtrot on the head of a pin (hint: fewer than can do the jitterbug, because of all the extra space needed for the fancy moves).
Bucky Katt: Kickin Butt and Takin Names
Holly Mullen: Name Editor
I read just now on her blog that Holly Mullen will now be an editor at the City Weekly, a Salt Lake alternative newspaper. She had been a well-regarded columnist at the Salt Lake Trib, but left in a disagreement over the direction the paper was taking.
She is happy about this development. Very happy!
And before the news was even official, a former collegue called and got the scoop. And somehow, the Trib has even discovered Holly's unofficial new duty: she is now apparently in charge of editing names.
The City Weekly's blog noticed this fact in an early online edition of the Trib:
A comment on the CW's blog from a staffer expresses relief that someone will now be handling this important yet thankless journalistic task.
The CW also hopes that Holly's time at the Trib was spent in learning those pesky rules of grammar.
CW Blog: Irregular Blogging by Irregular Writers …: We Hope They At Least Taught Her Grammar …
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Funny Cat Videos
yes, they're funny cats, on video. Includes clips of stuff I've seen before (the Karate Kitty vs. the Kung Meow Master, for example) along with music.
Drat eBay and their policy, bless Brother Causticus and his wit
Heh. Brother Causticus had the right idea: pay for the Archbishop's travel to visit we poor benighted colonials instead of his ultra-conservative chums in Africa, via an eBay auction:
See American bishops in their native habitat!
The bishops of the American Episcopal Church have asked Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, to make an unprecedented and long-delayed visit to them in North America to discuss the Current Unpleasantness pre-occupying the Anglican Communion. The Americans assure ++Cantuar that their Christian hospitality will match that of the various fissiparous bishops he has broken bread with on multiple continents. So that the plate and pledge of parishes is not unnecessarily depleted, elements within TEC inclined toward reconciliation or at least a good face-to-face row are offering a business class ticket to any USA destination of the archbishop's choosing, along with lodging in a Courtyard by Marriott ™ or better accommodation within strolling distance of the agreed-upon meeting place. A team of Th.D translators will be on hand to couch ++Cantuar's musings in terms accessible to the colonials. Tea and biscuits to be provided by the ECW.
All are invited to bid on this communion-saving encounter.
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(an image of the original eBay posting, which has now been taken down owing to eBay's dratted policy)
A Break from Incessant Posts About Churchy Stuff
And now for something completely different: a blog about running a stately home that's part residence, part public museum, and completely amusing:
The Cow Whisperer
I stood at the gates, trying to pinpoint where the noise was coming from. I’d driven up to the entrance to unlock the gates and had heard something new and interesting. Ah! There!
Peering over the hedge I could see the Farmer on his quad bike, attempting to round up his herd of cows. He was not doing terribly well. The cows were forming breakaway groups and scattering to all four corners of the meadow, instead of going through the gate into the next field as intended. “You fucking bastard cows!”
My grin broadened. The Farmer was entirely oblivious to me, his attention focussed on his unruly herd. “Fucking move. MOVE! You fucking, fucking bastards!” Reluctantly I returned to my car and continued on my way, much as I would have enjoyed watching and listening to more.
Later that day I encountered the Farmer down at the house. “Hello!” I beamed. “I heard you earlier, moving your cows!” He laughed.
“Ah, yes, then you would have heard me cow whispering.”
“Cow whispering,” I repeated, delighted.
“It’s an art,” he affirmed.
“Well, the school group I was in charge of was really impressed.”
There was a moment, just a moment, when he thought this may have been true. Then he saw my grin and knew I was just teasing. Still, I missed a trick there. It would have been so much fun to fake a child’s drawing of the Farmer on his quad bike, with some lovely accompanying text in clumsy lettering, saying “we did go to the farm and we did see ducks and lambs and trees and flowers and fucking bastard cows”.
It’s a Table! No, It’s a Hula Girl! No, it’s a Hula Girl Table!
Bet bathroom breaks are interesting at the corporate luau event…
As seen at Boing Boing: Living tables — catering centaurs
Three Outta Four Ain’t Bad
This is too funny, and too true. I can't say I've evangelized with the evangelicals, but all three of the other things happens every Sunday, if I go to both services at St Nicholas with the Holy Innocents. Which I've been doing lately, mostly because as a choir member I enjoy singing both services, as the music is slightly different for each.
Today was especially nice as a young woman with a gorgeous, trained voice sang "Domine Deus," by Antonio Vivaldi. Also, in both services we've been singing a really pretty modern "Kyrie," by Marty Haugen, that has a soft choral ostinato sung under a lead melody that really gets you in your heart, with lyrics to match. It's actually from a contemporary Catholic hymnal called "GATHER" that the more charismatic souls at St Nick's had chosen a few years ago for their worship music.
That said, I had to laugh when I ran across this link just now when looking for something to cite: The Society for a Moratorium on the Music of Marty Haugen and David Haas (SMMMHDH).
Later today, I'll be pointing the old "Holy Innocents blog" to its new home as a sub-domain of the main St Nick's website. Whee!
Cartoon by Dave Walker. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons.
[tags]Funny, Church, Cartoon[/tags]