A wife in Bosnia used the code name "Sweetie" to chat online with a man using the nickname "Prince of Joy." Each of them spent hours telling each other about their marriage troubles. Finally, they both showed up for a date--and discovered they were married to each other. Sadly, they are divorcing (story). Didn't they learn anything from Rupert Holmes?
Man fined for driving through a flock of seagulls. I didn’t know they were still performing.
On this day: 1957, With a military escort, 9 black students enter Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., under court order to integrate. Fifty years later, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton think they’ve found another cause to match that brave bunch.
The Drink Debate: What Christian leaders past and present have said about social drinking—and where to find them online. (The statements, not the drinks.)
Oklahoma Sooners request tapes of "Longest Yard" to prepare for the University of Texas. Book ‘em Horns!
8500 Days Until Dead: Wired co-founder Kevin Kelly’s life countdown clock—and why he created it.
"It's impossible to overstate the impact of cremation on the funeral services industry, insiders say. Although traditional funerals, which can cost upward of $6,500, were the norm a generation ago, cremations, which can begin at $700, are beginning to take their place." In the article, "More people choosing cremation instead of cemeteries." I think this is a good trend--what do you think?
"Dad, do you think you guys could keep it down? I’m trying to study.” The Boys in the Band Are in AARP.
“A woman who underwent in-vitro fertilization (IVF) is suing her doctor for the estimated expense of raising a child until age 21 because she gave birth to twins, not one baby.” (Story)
3:10 to Yuma screenwriters Michael Brandt and Derek Haas . . . Baylor Grads. As dads (Brandt, 39, a father of three, and Haas, 37, a father of two), they wanted to explore an issue applicable to today’s culture: “How can an average parent who wants to do right compete with a culture that pays high attention to rock stars, movie actors and athletes who shouldn’t be role models?”
Mike Males at the New York Times: “What experts label 'adolescent risk taking' is really baby boomer risk taking. It’s true that 30 years ago, the riskiest age group for violent death was 15 to 24. But those same boomers continue to suffer high rates of addiction and other ills throughout middle age, while later generations of teenagers are better behaved. Today, the age group most at risk for violent death is 40 to 49, including illegal-drug death rates five times higher than for teenagers.” Males contention is that “youths are being maligned to draw attention from the reality that it’s actually middle-aged adults — the parents — whose behavior has worsened.” That’s just a silly conclusion to draw, but the findings are disturbing nonetheless.
"You'd like to tell yourself that you'd do what Mikey did. But until you're faced with that situation, you really don't know.” In this USA Today story, read about five Americans — two soldiers, two Marines and a Navy SEAL — who threw themselves on grenades to save comrades.
President Lincoln Shot by an Assassin. NY Times makes its archives available for free.
"'Finding little physical evidence to substantiate the theory only means there must still be a great deal of supportive evidence out there to be found,’ said an unnamed editor of the journal Nature.” New Lack of Evidence Boosts Certainty of Darwinism (Scrappleface)
We'll do anything: Man leapt from moving car to avoid an argument with a woman.
Have you read the previous posts this week? They include the "Song of the Week" ("Letters to Emily" by Julie Miller), the dangers of "roof-tile syndrome" reaching the de-churched, and song samples from the new "Above Grounds" compilation CD. To keep up with the journal, sign up for e-mail updates or assign the feed to your news reader or Google Personalized Home Page.
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