1/31/11

Man arrested with explosives at Michigan mosque

Man arrested with explosives at Michigan mosque:

"DETROIT --

A 63-year-old Southern California man who was traveling with explosives in his vehicle with the intention of blowing up one of the nation's largest mosques where mourners had gathered for a funeral was arrested in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn, Michigan authorities said Sunday"

1/29/11

St Agatha’s Breasts « Saintclementsblog

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St Agatha’s Breasts « Saintclementsblog

St Agatha was martyred by having her breasts cut off,
and in early pictures and statues, she is shown holding them on a plate,
just as St Lucy is shown with two eyeballs on a plate.

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LADY'S YEARLY EXAM

Fluoxetine HCl 20mg Capsules (Prozac)Image via Wikipedia{LADY'S YEARLY EXAM
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LADY'S YEARLY EXAM

I went to the doctor for my yearly physical.
 
The nurse started with certain basics.

"How much do you weigh?" she asked.
"135," I said.
The nurse put me on the scale.

It turns out my weight is 180.

The nurse asked, "Your height?"
"5 foot 6," I said.
The nurse checked and saw that I only measure 5' 2"

She then took my blood pressure and told me that it is very high.

"Of course it's high!" I screamed, 'When I came in here I
was tall and slender! Now I'm short and fat!"

She put me on Prozac.

What a bitch
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Tramp Stamp

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1/25/11

Heather Knight: Silicon-based comedy | Video on TED.com

Heather Knight: Silicon-based comedy | Video on TED.com




In this first-of-its-kind demo, Heather Knight introduces Data, a robotic stand-up comedian that does much more than rattle off one-liners -- it gathers audience feedback (using software co-developed with Scott Satkin and Varun Ramakrishna at CMU) and tunes its act as the crowd responds. Is this thing on?




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Dorje Shugden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dorje Shugden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

"Dorje Shugden is regarded as the incarnation of Gelugpa Lama Dragpa Gyaltsen of Drepung Monastery, a contemporary of the Fifth Dalai Lama. Yet, Dorje Shugden's enlightened nature has been debated since his appearance in the 17th century.

With the current Dalai Lama's growing public opposition and subsequent 'explicit ban of the practice, this debate has escalated into what is known as the Dorje Shugden controversy."

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1/24/11

I'm resigning

{from Bill C.}
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Dear Boss:


I'm resigning, effective immediately! 


The reason for my resignation is that
 I cleaned my aunt's garage this morning
 before coming to work and realized
 I don't feel like working anymore.

see?



1/21/11

Cat is summoned for jury duty in Boston; court rejects owners' appeal to disqualify him

Cat is summoned for jury duty in Boston; court rejects owners' appeal to disqualify him: "Anna filed to have her pet disqualified from the service requirement on the grounds he is 'unable to speak and understand English.' She even included a letter from her vet explaining that Sal is not a human being but a 'domestic short-haired neutered feline,' WHDH reported.

The court rejected the request, and as things stand, Sal will have to report for duty to Suffolk Superior Crown Court in Boston on March 23.

And what if Sal the cat is asked to weigh in on a case?

'He'll probably do a meow for the answer,' Anna said."

1/20/11

Arbolist

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Arbolist ... Look up the word. I don't know, maybe I made it up. Anyway, it's an arbo-tree-ist, somebody who knows about trees.
    --George W. Bush 

08/21/2001as quoted in USA Today
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1/16/11

Beatification of John Paul II scheduled for May 1 - Anaheim Roman Catholic | Examiner.com

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Beatification of John Paul II scheduled for May 1 - Anaheim Roman Catholic | Examiner.com:

"May 1, the day scheduled for the ceremony, is of special significance to the late Pope.

'For those who followed John Paul II's pontificate, it is a special Sunday,' said Vatican spokes person Fr. Lombardi. It is a 'fundamental date in his life and his encounter with the Lord... it is the day the Church celebrates the apparition of Jesus to the disciples in the upper room and the institution of Confession.'"

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I am a Marxist, says Dalai Lama

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.I am a Marxist, says Dalai Lama: "'Still I am a Marxist,' the exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader said in New York, where he arrived with an entourage of robed monks and a heavy security detail to give a series of paid public lectures.

Marxism has 'moral ethics, whereas capitalism is only how to make profits,' the Dalai Lama, 74, said on Thursday."
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340-year-old Bible Found By Debra Court In St. Paul Lutheran School In Wisconsin | Batangas Today | Breaking News, World News And More News

Own photo taken in Lutherhaus WittenbergImage via Wikipedia340-year-old Bible Found By Debra Court In St. Paul Lutheran School In Wisconsin | Batangas Today | Breaking News, World News And More News:

"According to reports, Court was looking for an old baptism records to show her students when she found the book. However, she thought it was just an ordinary old book and it took two years to realize what the book really was.

The 340-year-old Bible was said to be a copy of Martin Luther‘s translation which was printed in Germany in 1670."

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1/14/11

Growing up without a cell phone!!

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(Some of the language is not polite, but the truths are there!!)


If you are 35, or older, you might think this is hilarious!

When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with 
their tedious diatribes about how hard things were. 
When they were growing up; what with walking 
twenty-five miles to school every morning.
...Uphill... Barefoot.... BOTH ways
… yadda, yadda, yadda 

And I remember promising myself that when I grew up,
 there was no way in hell I was going to lay a bunch of
  crap like that on my kids about how hard I had it and 
  how easy they've got it!  

But now that I'm over the ripe old age of thirty, 
I can't help but look around and notice the youth of today. 
 You've got it so easy!  I mean, compared to my childhood, 
 you live in a damn Utopia!   
And I hate to say it, but you kids today, you don't know how
 good you've got it!

I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have the Internet. 
 If we wanted to know something, we had to go to the 
 damn library and look it up ourselves, in the card catalog!!   

There was no email!!  We had to actually write somebody
 a letter - with a pen!   Then you had to walk all the way
 across the street and put it in the mailbox,
  and it would take like a week to get there! 
   Stamps were 10 cents! 

Child Protective Services didn't care if our parents beat us.
  As a matter of fact, the parents of all my friends also had 
  permission to kick our ass! Nowhere was safe! 

There were no MP3's or Napsters or iTunes!
  If you wanted to steal music, you had to hitchhike to the 
  record store and shoplift it yourself!

Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio,
 and the DJ would usually talk over the beginning 
 and @#*% it all up!  There were no CD players!  
 We had tape decks in our car...  We'd play our favorite 
 tape and "eject" it when finished, and then the tape 
 would come undone rendering it useless.
   Cause, hey, that's how we rolled, Baby!  Dig?

We didn't have fancy crap like Call Waiting! 
 If you were on the phone and somebody else called, 
 they got a busy signal, that's it! 

There weren't any freakin' cell phones either.. 
If you left the house, you just didn't make a damn
call or receive one. You actually had to be out of 
touch with your "friends". OH MY GOD !!! 
Think of the horror... not being in touch 
with someone 24/7!!!  And then there's TEXTING.
  Yeah, right.  
  Please!  You kids have no idea how annoying you are. 

And we didn't have fancy Caller ID either!
 When the phone rang, you had no idea who it was!  
 It could be your school, your parents,
 your boss, your bookie, your drug dealer,
  the collection agent.. you just didn't know!!!  
  You had to pick it up and take your chances, mister!

We didn't have any fancy PlayStation or 
Xbox video games with high-resolution 3-D graphics!  
We had the Atari 2600!  With games like 'Space Invaders'
 and 'Asteroids'.  Your screen guy was a little square!  
 You actually had to use your imagination!!!  
 And there were no multiple levels or screens, 
 it was just one screen... Forever!  And you could never win..  
 The game just kept getting harder and harder and faster 
 and faster until you died!  Just like LIFE! 

You had to use a little book called a TV Guide
to find out what was on! You were screwed when it came to
 channel surfing!  You had to get off your ass and 
 walk over to the TV to change the channel!!! 
  NO REMOTES!!!
    Oh, no, what's the world coming to?!?!

There was no Cartoon Network either! 
You could only get cartoons on Saturday Morning.
  Do you hear what I'm saying? 
  We had to wait ALL WEEK for cartoons, 
  you spoiled little rat-finks!

And we didn't have microwaves.. 
 If we wanted to heat something up, 
 we had to use the stove!  Imagine that!    

And our parents told us to stay outside and play
... all day long.  Oh, no, no electronics to soothe and comfort. 
 And if you came back inside... you were doing chores!  
And car seats - oh, please! 
 Mom threw you in the back seat and you hung on. 
  If you were lucky, you got the "safety arm" across 
  the chest at the last moment if she had to stop suddenly, 
  and if your head hit the dashboard, 
  well that was your fault for calling "shot gun" in the first place!  
See!  That's exactly what I'm talking about! 
You kids today have got it too easy. You're spoiled rotten! 
 You guys wouldn't have lasted five minutes back in 1980
  or any time before!

Regards,
The Over 35 Crowd   

1/9/11

Westboro Baptist Church To Picket Funerals Of Arizona Shooting Victims

Westboro Baptist Church To Picket Funerals Of Arizona Shooting Victims:

"Westboro Baptist Church, the Topeka church known for its inflammatory anti-gay protests, plans to picket the funerals of the six people gunned down in Arizona on Saturday.

In a flier posted on its web site, the controversial church writes, 'THANK GOD FOR THE SHOOTER -- 6 DEAD!' The message continues:

God appointed this rod for your sins! God sent the shooter! This hateful nation unleashed violent veterans on the servants of God at WBC--hoping to silence our kind warning to obey God and flee the wrath to come."

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1/3/11

Historieta Patagónica

Historieta Patagónica:

"Apariencias."

today's wordless comic strip at

Historieta Patagonica

says volumes about appearances. check it out.

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