Monday, February 29, 2016

Sigh

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The parish I serve has a Facebook account, which is more or less expected of parishes these days.  A lot of people view it, as I know from t...

More About That Mysterious "P" in EPA

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Such are the unpleasant contours of a public health emergency that is playing out in Hoosick Falls, a quiet river-bend village near the New ...

What's the "P" in EPA Stand For, Again?

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Take a drive upstate in rural Rensselaer County and you'll miss Hoosick Falls or Petersburgh if you blink.   Perhaps blinking will be ...

You Can't Use Facebook to Sell Weapons, Until You Can

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eBay for jihadis: Al-Qaeda fighters using FACEBOOK to buy and sell 'CIA weapons'  Facebook protects you from people like me.  Terr...
Sunday, February 28, 2016

More Photo File Clean-Out [Click to Enlarge the Photo]

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Three guesses in which building I stored a surfboard. The Transylvania, bringing my mother and grandparents to this brave, new world i...
Saturday, February 27, 2016

As I Deal With Matches A Lot On the Job [Clergy, Not Pyro], I Found This Interesting

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Stand Tall, Connecticut

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Study: Hartford Is The Worst State Capital Well, at least our gun control laws save lives. After Two Killings In 8 Hours, Hartford Has M...
Friday, February 26, 2016

Friday's Music and Groups of Which You've Never Heard

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Harvey Pekar

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"As a matter of fact, I deliberately look for the mundane, because I feel these stories are ignored. The most influential things tha...
Thursday, February 25, 2016

Gender Really is Fluid, I Guess

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Well, it is at Time magazine: Time Magazine Put Evelyn Waugh on a List of Female Authors I would laugh about this, but it makes me a bit...

It's Not Those Tiny Cookies That're Making Kids Fat, It's Following the Government's Dull-Witted, Corrupt, and Inaccurate Dietary Guidelines

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The Food Police is Coming for your Girl Scout Cookies

Hey, There's a Political Debate on TV Tonight

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The "Eddie Would Go" Competition is Currently Being Held in Hawaii. This is a Small Wave.

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Dude #EddieWouldGo https://t.co/bnzdjCJHA0 — Jon Passantino (@passantino) February 25, 2016 I'm happy to say that this guy rode t...

Anything Despised by The NYT/NPR Set is Worthy of Re-Appraisal

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Mainly because, as the 21st century unfolds, their values are being revealed as empty.  The antidote, of course, is "Diners, Drive-Ins...

Weird Archaeology: Curse Tablets

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I don't know about you, but I really enjoy stories that begin this way: In 1976 laying of a water main in a field...above the village ...
Wednesday, February 24, 2016

I Don't Know, Are "Thought Leaders" Mentally Ill?

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Is Your Bacon Sandwich Oppressing Women? The main argument you will likely hear in favour of feminist vegetarianism is that of linked oppr...

Either Archaeological or Fund-Raising News, Not Sure Which

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Mysterious artifact discovered at Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity Given that no photo of it is displayed, I'm thinking it's...

Everything You Know is Wrong

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Forget What You’ve Heard: Organic Food Is Not Food Grown Without Pesticides

Photo File Clean Out, Part III [As Ever, Click to Enlarge]

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Nat and Frank just hanging out. When we were kids, the top of the main mast still protruded from the sand and we would play on it.  M...
Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Thank Goodness Chicago has the Strictest Gun Control of Any City in the USA

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Can you imagine what it would be like otherwise? Homicides in Chicago this year double same period last year Since gun laws only control...