Man sues airline over flight spent in toilet | Oddly Enough | Reuters But Mutlu was allowed to board after a JetBlue flight attendant agreed to give up her seat and travel in an airline employee “jump seat.” It was not clear in the lawsuit whether the flight attendant was working. However 90 minutes into the flight, the pilot told Mutlu the flight attendant was uncomfortable and he would have to give up his seat and “hang out” in the bathroom for the remainder of the flight, the lawsuit said.
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I need to show this article to someone when we get back from vacation… Trapped by Web loan with the 842% interest rate — — chicagotribune.com
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Bucky the hyper-reactionary Siamese cat upbraids his monkey Rob for speaking pig Latin. The object is tot get Satchel to ide-hay the ball of ing-stray, but naturally it goes somewhat a-stray. Get Fuzzy
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This was taken from within the sanctum; I’d never been in a ladies’ rooms stall with saloon-style swing doors before. The “katie-bar-the-door” closure was a bit awkward, but served well enough. Our lunch at this place, the Shoreline Restaurant and Lobster Pound in Ogunquit, turned out to be really good. It was an odd, funky place, with strange acoustics where you could hear the conversations in the bar clearly, even though it was around the corner and in a different wing o the building. We listened to some guy with a strong Boston accent (think “Good Will Hunting”) tell jokes…
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Catholic bishops told to withhold parish information from Mormons – Salt Lake Tribune The Vatican letter calls LDS baptisms for the dead a “detrimental practice” and directs each Catholic diocesan bishop “not to cooperate with the erroneous practices of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,” CNS reported. It annoys me that in 150 years, someone will baptise me according to the LDS doctrine of baptism for the dead, and there’s not a damn thing I can do about it, other than mark the heavenly post “refused due to erroneous practice.”
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Buttars wins GOP nomination – Salt Lake Tribune Utah State Senator Chris Buttars just barely makes it past the GOP nominating convention – avoiding a runoff primary by one (spoiled) ballot. Ew.
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According to this post, Talk To Action | Reclaiming Citizenship, History, and Faith, Hillary Clinton is uncomfortably cozy with some rather surprising spiritual warriors.
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And yes, Sir Ian will reprise his role as Gandalf in the upcoming Hobbit movies, God willing.
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The shelters are getting ready to shut down for the season, but next fall they could use some donations from our food pantry at St Nicholas Episcopal: Journeys from PADS to HOPE, Journeys, PADS, HOPE, Homeless, Homelessness, Charity, Non-for-profit, Shelter, Palatine, Northwest Suburbs Cook County, Fundraising, Donations, Helping the Poor
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According to a comment from Fr. Jake’s place, Bishop of New Hampshire V. Gene Robinson has been advised that he will not have the Archbishop’s permission to preach or celebrate the Eucharist while in England during the Lambeth conference – the conference he was pointedly not invited to attend. This was at a service at a London-area church attended by one of Jake’s commenters. If true, I’ve lost much respect for the ABC. HaloScan.com – Comments