By Paul on Aug 13, 2008 in Current Events, Watercooler Wednesday, Politics | 2 Comments
(This post is part of Watercooler Wednesday)
You’ve probably seen it on the news already. The adorable little girl that sang during the Beijing opening ceremonies? She was doing a Milli Vanilli. Lip-synching.
Why? Because a member of China’s Politburo decided that THIS girl, who actually sang the song, wasn’t attractive enough for television.
Needless to say, there’s […]
By Paul on Aug 10, 2008 in Music, Current Events | 0 Comments
Isaac Hayes…born 1942, died today at 65 years old.
And if you think Isaac Hayes was a bad mutha…
Shut yo mouth.
Thanks for the funk, Isaac.
By Paul on Jul 22, 2008 in Current Events, Politics | 2 Comments
ABC News: “If you had it to do over again, knowing what you know now, would you support the surge?”
Barack Obama: “No, because keep in mind that question, you wouldn’t … but keep in mind that kind of hypothetical is very difficult to know hindsight is 20-20 … later … but I think […]
By Paul on Jun 30, 2008 in Sports, Current Events | 0 Comments
Rest in peace, UGA VI. You were a good dawg.
By Paul on Jun 24, 2008 in Relationship With God, Current Events | 3 Comments
According to this article on FoxNews.com, the Pew Forum has some new survey results out, and the statistics are sobering…
You can read the article for yourself, but bottom line: 57% of evangelical church attenders believe that many religions lead to eternal life, even if that conflicts with their traditional evangelical teaching.
In addition, 70% of “religious” […]
By Paul on Jun 7, 2008 in Current Events | 2 Comments
From Japan -
The parents in a suburban primary school ganged up on the teacher directing the production of “Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs”. They told her it was unfair that only one girl got to play Snow White. They inundated the teacher and the school with phone calls, heckling, and what the school called […]
By Paul on Jun 6, 2008 in Current Events, Politics | 1 Comment
I’ve seen a lot of Tweets* today about gas prices. We’ll probably see a lot more, especially after today when crude shot up ten bucks to an all-time high of $138.54 a barrel.
So, a few observations about our current situation (props to George Will):
In 1995, a bill to allow drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife […]
By Paul on May 30, 2008 in Music, Current Events | 0 Comments
And this one makes me very sad…
Alexander Courage died today at 88 years old. You can read all the details of his work here, but he’s best known for the classic theme from “Star Trek”.
