Monthly Archives: July 2007

Summer reading assignments

My copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows came on Saturday. I resisted the urge to crack open the book and begin reading the moment The Fetching Mrs. Bixby handed me the package from Amazon because I knew that … Continue reading

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Damn straight

From Kim du Toit, comes this quote from John Howard, the Australian PM, or head honcho, Grand Poobah, whatever he’s called down there. Replace Australian with American and Australia with United States and you realize NOT one of our current … Continue reading

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The irony is lost on them

A Hindu priest was asked to give a prayer in the U.S. Senate yesterday. This was the first time a non-Christian prayer was said in the Senate and a couple of fundamentalist nut jobs took issue with that fact. Members … Continue reading

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