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May Day Potpourri
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007

Laptop and non-bloggable issues have wrecked my daily posting rhythm as of late.
Sometimes I come across topics that I just feel others would do a better job that I would. Such was the case with the topic of holy water for sale, adroitly handled by Frank at Putting Out the Fire. Thanks, Frank! Put that [...]

UPI reports (link dead) that 82-year-old Venus Ramey, Miss America 1944, caught three thieves who were stealing farm equipment from her shed. She shot out one of their tires and held them on the business side of a .38 revolver until police arrived.
Way to go, Miss America!

I took in a little Hannity & Colmes last night and saw Elisabeth Hasselbeck discussing the Imus firing. Video and other people’s commentary are available at Hot Air.
To my amazement I found myself agreeing with both Hannity and Colmes in my disagreement with Hasselbeck. Hasselbeck found the decision to fire Imus good while not saying [...]

Random 5 Facts Tag
Thursday, December 29th, 2005

I ordinarily dislike memes (4th def.), but I’ll honor one thrown at me by Pastor Cholak, author of the fine blog +the Crowned Ones+.
5 Random Facts (not necessarily the facts I’m most proud of, just stuff I haven’t posted here before to my recollection):

Despite the college degree I started out with a job where the [...]

CBS: Best of ‘Caught on Tape’
Wednesday, December 28th, 2005

CBS News has released its top ten best of “Caught on Tape” for 2005. The clips are free for viewing and include a pastor getting a surprise “offering” and a DEA agent accidentally shooting himself during a firearms safety course. Perhaps unfortunately for some of these people, they do not qualify for Darwin awards.