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Gas problem reported at local Taco Bell

Investigative Journalism

Drivers find roads are slippery after snow

Well

Commerce

Wait. What?

Bacteria Caught Making Burglar's Tools

Waterfront

They Must Have Been Bored

Jurors pass around bag with 2 pounds of cocaine

The First Sunday In Lent

[Notice, please, that it's the First Sunday in Lent, not of Lent.]

This week, with the beginning of a new season, we learn of God's covenant as articulated to Noah, hear of Peter's pastoral definition of same, and discover that Jesus receives the Holy Spirit through baptism, and not through "open communion". All this plus my "sinful" global positioning system.

The lections may be found here.

[Above is Jesus' Baptism by DaVinci.]

Rafael

Panther

Otherwise They'd Be Sinkers

Study says swimmers live longer

A Fascinating Essay; Just In Time For Our Season Of Fasting

Betty thinks food is a matter of taste, whereas sex is governed by universal moral law; and Jennifer thinks exactly the reverse.

San Miguel

Celtic Prayer

Lord and god of power,
Shield and sustain me this night,
Lord, God of power,
This night and every night.

Sain* and deliver me from fault,
Sain and deliver me from sin,
Sain my soul and my body,
Each dark and each light.

Bless to me the land whither I am bound,
Bless to me the thing my eye shall see,
Bless to me the thing my purpose discerns,
God of life, bless my condition.

Bless the journey whereon I go,
Bless the earth that is under my foot,
Bless the matter which I seek,
King of glory, bless my condition.

[*"Sain" means "to bless", but as marked by the physical action of crossing oneself.]

Ash Wednesday Services

The Imposition of the Ashes with Holy Communion will be offered on Ash Wednesday at 12:10pm and 7pm at Trinity Church.

The lections may be found here.

From An Old Broadway Song

The Treasury says the national debt
Is climbing to the sky
And govermnent expenditures
Have never been so high.
It makes a feller get
A gleam of pride within his eye,
To see how our economy expands,
The country's in the very best of hands.

"The Country's In The Very Best Of Hands" by Johnny Mercer and Gene de Paul, from the musical "Li'l Abner".

Iguana

Click on the photo for a larger version and to see the true beauty of this lizard. In case you're wondering, it was a little over 48 inches long.

Blowhole

Gosh, It's Just Like The Oscars

Our parish and personal friend, Jimmy Lipton, has a fun weblog over on the Wordpress service called Stonecrop. I've linked to it before, so please visit if you don't already.

Anyway, Jimmy has just been nominated for a Creative Blog Award. Kudos, bud. As they say in Hollywood, it's an honor just to be nominated.

[Above is a really neat surfing trophy. I've never competed in a surfing competition, as I think it's akin to a praying competition, but I still appreciate the art.]