Archive for October 9th, 2008
It’s one of Dallas’ greatest events, the Red River Rivalry. It’s also known as Texas-OU, or OU-Texas Weekend depending on who you talk to.
In short, the University of Texas and University of Oklahoma travel halfway to Dallas to play each other in football at the Cotton Bowl during the Texas State Fair. It’s a fantastic atmosphere, and it’s a tradition I hope Dallas can hold on to. I believe this is year 103 of the event.
To join in on the Fun, Southwest Airlines holds a plane pull competition between the two schools. The people doing the pulling are all Southwest Employees, but the mascots and cheerleaders from both schools make an appearance. So what’s a plane pull? Basically a team of nine pulls an 83,000-pound Boeing 737 a total of 50 yards, and the fastest time wins. It takes each team around 40 seconds to complete the task, and this year’s winner happens to be from that state immediately north of Texas.
I was lucky enough to attend the event, and you can see the pictures I snapped below in the slideshow, or view larger and more detailed picks from my Flickr page.
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October 9th, 2008
Just load your dilemma and possible answers and let Designate do the rest.
October 9th, 2008
While watching the Presidential Debate the other night, I was reminded of this Daily Show clip from 2005 that showed the difference between U.S. town halls and the ones across the pond. What I like about their town halls is the non-prescreened questions and the accessibility of the candidates to a nationally televised audience.
The part I’m referencing starts around the 1:25 mark.
October 9th, 2008
For those of you who don’t know, he’s a rock start that recently survived a plane crash.
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October 9th, 2008
Here’s two of the 35 that I find most interesting:
Check the rest out here.
October 9th, 2008
PORTLAND, Ore. — Martin Luther King Jr. graces one page, Angelina Jolie the next. A photo of a man on fire opens the Book of Revelation. And laid across a two-page image of gasoline spilling from a pump is the quote that begins, “The whole earth was amazed and followed the beast.”
It’s not the good book some may remember.
While the Bible has been recreated and repackaged innumerable times, publishers of the newest editions are using some distinctly unique formats to capture the attention of readers.
Full Article
October 9th, 2008
I’m not very familiar with this culture, but a few items in the article stood out, feel free to read the whole article here.
- A panel of judges conducted a series of ancient ceremonies to select the goddess from several 2- to 4-year-old girls who are all members of the impoverished Shakya goldsmith caste.
The judges read the candidates’ horoscopes and check each one for physical imperfections. The living goddess must have perfect hair, eyes, teeth and skin with no scars, and should not be afraid of the dark.
As a final test, the living goddess must spend a night alone in a room among the heads of ritually slaughtered goats and buffaloes without showing fear.
Having passed all the tests, the child will stay in almost complete isolation at the temple, and will be allowed to return to her family only at the onset of menstruation when a new goddess will be named to replace her.
- Critics say the tradition violates both international and Nepalese laws on child rights. The girls often struggle to readjust to normal lives after they return home.
Nepalese folklore holds that men who marry a former kumari will die young, and so many girls remain unmarried and face a life of hardship.
October 9th, 2008
WASHINGTON (ABP) — A new poll says white evangelicals under 30 are just as opposed to abortion as their older counterparts, but more liberal in their views on same-sex marriage or civil unions for gays.
The survey, conducted for the PBS show Religion and Ethics Newsweekly , found that only 25 percent of white evangelical Christians in the United States believe that abortion should be legal in most cases. Another 46 percent support limits on abortion rights, while 25 percent believe it should be completely illegal.
The figures were similar among both older and younger evangelicals. But on that other hottest of hot-button issues in America’s culture wars, homosexuality, the age groups differed significantly. One in four (26 percent) of white evangelicals aged 18-29 believe that gay and lesbian couples should have the same right to marry as heterosexuals.
That is two-and-a-half times as many as hold that view — only 9 percent — among their 30-and-older evangelical counterparts. Older white evangelicals are more open toward legal arrangements that provide most or all of the same protections and responsibilities as full marriage.
More than one-third of older evangelicals (37 percent) support legal recognition of civil unions. Nearly half of the older group (49 percent) said there should be no legal recognition of relationships between gays and lesbians, compared to 41 percent of those under 30.
Full Baptist Standard Article
October 9th, 2008
- McCain refuses to shake Obama’s hand after the debate. YouTube
- Bacon scare in congressman’s office. Link
- I didn’t know there was a Google Health. This happened to me and that was how I discovered it.
- Hungry Hungry Hippo? Link
- Putin Judo. YouTube or NewsWeek
- Photos of junk drawers and medicine cabinets. Link
- I now know two people with Polydactyly. Link
- The other person I know with Polydactyly was a friend in college who once hired a person in a gorilla costume to appear at my friend’s birthday party and pretty much molest him. It’s all caught on tape, and I’m surprised it isn’t on YouTube yet.
- Goofy eBay auctions updated daily. Link
- I wonder what is going through W’s mind during this election. McCain hasn’t really asked him to go out and campaign for him, and both candidates continue to take jabs at him on the campaign trail. Lonely?
- A bit of an awkward press conference. YouTube
- Inmate hides hacksaw in Bible. Link
- TubePopper! – make a cartoon out of any YouTube video.
October 9th, 2008