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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Links to Your World, Tuesday October 26

The ups and downs and ups of Josh Hamilton of the Texas Rangers.

 

Be careful where you buy your Halloween decorations. This couple visited a garage sale and bought what they thought was a yard decoration: turned out it was a real human skeleton.

 

Wait, wait. You mean Sony Walkman cassette players were actually still being made?

 

Study: More link Christian faith to being American. I’m certain this isn’t a good thing—for Christianity or for our American experiment.

 

“A jobless security worker has won a competition billed as Spain's inaugural siesta championship, napping for 17 minutes in a busy shopping centre. Judges praised the 62-year-old not only for the duration of his 40 winks, but also for his volume, notching up snores of 70 decibels - around talking level…. Judges awarded points for the speed with which participants fell asleep, the volume of their snoring, the most original sleeping position and the best-dressed sleeper” (BBC). If you’re a preacher looking for a sermon illustration, you’re welcome.

 

“A pregnant woman in south China was detained, beaten and forced to have an abortion just a month before her due date because the baby would have violated the country's one-child limit” (story).

 

Crocodile on plane kills 19 passengers.

 

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Posts at “Get Anchored” since last Tuesday:

Baylor football in the AP Top 25!

 

Bowlieve it!

 

Amen

 

How Many Cockroaches Would You Put in Your Mouth For Charity?

 

“Western thinkers must begin to recognize the difference between Islamism and Islam”

 

LeaderLines: Watch Me

 

“A closed land with countless open hearts”

 

Something About A Picture and a Thousand Words

 

Lead Art

 

Winning Ways: Proof of Life

 

Getting It Right When You Were Wrong

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