Elevator buttons “are 40 times dirtier than toilet seats.”
In Afghanistan, sons are so highly prized that families with no sons will present a daughter as “bacha posh,” which literally means “dressed up as a boy”—a practice that cuts across socio-economic lines. They begin treating her as a daughter by the time of puberty. (NYT)
If tattoos had to follow truth in advertising laws.
Could it be your genes that make you spend too much?
The AA “Big Book” was more explicit in its Christian—even evangelical—foundations when it was first being written. The Washington Post reports.
29 Famous Quotes Translated into LOLCat
Here are images of the 50 Most Extraordinary Churches of the World (HT: Joe Carter). Actually, the title of the post should read “50 Most Extraordinary Church Buildings,” since the “church” in New Testament thought is the people, not the building they meet in. Still, these are some stunning structures.
Posts at “Get Anchored” since last Tuesday:
Song of the Week: Andrew Peterson’s “In the Night”
Taxpayer-Funded Abortion, Redux
LeaderLines: “A Museum to Missed Opportunity”
Smokejumpers: The Delta Force of Firefighters
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