Thanks to the good offices of Father Jake, we now know that God placed an ad in the British newspaper The Independent, trying to get someone’s attention at the time of the G8 meetings: Father Jake Stops the World: God Places Ad in British Paper In our area we occasionally get roadside billboards from the Almighty, such as “Don’t make me come down there – God” in times of national stupidity. But this is pretty classy. I hope God got a good deal for the full-pager and shows some return on His advertising pound.
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Geeky Ramblings » Cicada David and I had a nice weekend… and we encountered several million new friends. We drove down to Morton Arboretum to relax and walk around and take photos. Actually, although I had my camera along, I took no images, but just enjoyed the sounds. We finally encountered the 17-year cicadas, and they put on a pretty impressive show. The Arboretum had some informative displays, but we got away from the crowds on the “visitor center” side and went over to the section on the other side of the highway. It was a lot less busy and…
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At Holy Moly, a church to be renamed later, we’ve formed 4 different kinds of ministry teams, and I’ve signed on for a couple of them. One is “Nurturing,” or pastoral care, and we’re creating it from the ground up – we’ve put in for a diocesan grant to offer some kind of healing ministry in the area (taking communion, services at care centers and hospices, etc). I heard this item on WBEZ the other day, and it’s been on my mind for a while. I was talking to my friend Katy last night, and mentioned an idea that I’d…
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Storm? What storm? | Chicago Tribune Before taking off for dinner, David and I pulled all the patio chairs off to the side of the house and secured some lighter things so they wouldn’t blow around. I stuck the last few unplanted plants in the ground in the “kitty garden” and along the side of the house. The wind had been blowing hard all day, but it was hot and humid, a very weird and unsettling sensation. All through dinner, we watched people out on an outside terrace eating their dinners while clutching their hair and belongings to keep them…
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Today’s kind of a hard day for me. In this photo of Mom from her 90th birthday party, she’s not actually sad, she’s probably just trying to read a birthday card. Either that, or she was wondering “Now where the HELL is my glass of white zin?” Via: Flickr Title: MurphBday025 By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 8 Sep ’05, 11.17pm CDT PST I think she’s trying to read a card and work out whether it’s funny or not.
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Major mall proposed in Joliet | Chicago Tribune Somebody has to benefit, big time. Now it appears a much-needed connector expressway to the southwest suburbs will probably go through because a giant mall will be built near a major access point for same. It’ll make visits to David’s parents easier, though.
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Enjoy the highly amusing parody Steam Trek, featuring the winsome Mr. Soot and the great use he puts to those boring old Captain’s Logs. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/6Y39gHihP74" width="400" height="326" wmode="transparent" /] YouTube – Steam Trek: The Moving Picture (Star Trek Parody)
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HRC | Holsinger’s Anti-Gay Views Make Him ‘Unworthy’ of Surgeon General Post WASHINGTON — The Human Rights Campaign spoke out today in opposition to President Bush’s nomination of Dr. James Holsinger to the position of surgeon general. Among other things, the U.S. surgeon general is charged with educating Americans about public health.“Dr. Holsinger has a record that is unworthy of America’s doctor,†said Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese. “His writings suggest a scientific view rooted in anti-gay beliefs that are incompatible with the job of serving the medical health of all Americans. It is essential that America’s top doctor…
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It was another wild whirl of social events for us this weekend. No, really. Friday, we went out for sushi at Kampai, a local favorite kind of place. It’s the kind of place that really floats our boats when we want a lot of good sushi fast, or relatively fast. We’ve been going there for 10 years now, and it’s one of those places where we don’t even have to communicate in complete sentences – or with words, even. Sometimes, all that is necessary to indicate a desire for sushi is an arm, extended in expectation that it’ll be twisted.…
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Some have it, some don’t… or is that really true? Is it possible that all women would be considered beautiful at some point the history of art? [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/nUDIoN-_Hxs" width="400" height="326" wmode="transparent" /] YouTube – Women In Art [tags]YouTube[/tags]