- Something to appease my Second Amendment loving pastors.
- A man decided to photograph what he ate everyday for a year – williamrugen.com/consumed
- Southern Baptist owned LifeWay Christian Stores is about to do away with those ‘Read With Discernment’ labels.
- Katy Perry’s Rolling Stone Cover Before & After
- Mike Woicik won three Super Bowl rings with the Cowboys as their strength and conditioning coach. Once Jerry no longer allowed his players to be held accountable to his coaching, he left for New England where he won three more Super Bowl rings. He is now interviewing in Dallas for his old job, which may just mean that Jerry could have possibly changed for the better or Woicik lost a bet.
- Modern day version of the Cue Cat? USA TODAY Launches Use of Microsoft Tags in Newspaper
- A liberal website (MediaMatters.org) has non-surprising news – FOX NEWS INSIDER: “Stuff Is Just Made Up”
- I’m going in for a physical today, it’s about time to break a cholesterol record.
The Pope Can’t Be An Organ Donor
VATICAN CITY (Reuters Life!) – Pope Benedict has a soft spot in his heart for organ donations but his body parts can’t be donated to save lives after he dies, the Vatican says.
A doctor in Germany had been using the fact that the pope possessed an organ donors’ card from a medical association to advocate the practice. The Vatican asked him to stop but he did not.
To settle the matter, the pope’s secretary, Monsignor Georg Gaenswein, sent a letter to the doctor and the missive was reported in the German program of Vatican Radio.
“It’s true that the pope owns an organ donor card … but contrary to public opinion, the card issued back in the 1970s became de facto invalid with Cardinal Ratzinger’s election to the papacy,” Vatican Radio quoted from the letter.
In 1999, six years before he was elected to the papacy, then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger disclosed that he always carried an organ donor’s card with him and encouraged the practice as “an act of love.”
Vatican officials say that after a pope dies, his body belongs to the entire Church and must be buried intact. Furthermore, if papal organs were donated, they would become relics in other bodies if he were eventually made a saint.
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Worshiping Through Song and Dance
I’m not sure what I’m more impressed with . . .
His voice?
His moves?
His clothes?
It’s like Elvis and Madonna had a child who became an evangelist.
[Thanks, Tim!]
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Bag of Randomness
- Back in high school I use to laugh at the notion of crying at things on television or the big screen, and then a thing called perspective gave me a swift kick between the legs. In a little under 20 years since those high school days, I’ve had a health scare or two and lost and mended friendships. I’ve seen first hand how the once strong bodies of my parents deteriorate and then pass on. I’ve had the closest of friends, and those not so close, all within a few years of my age, die unexpectedly and make me realize that I’m actually mortal. Two great dogs that knew me and loved me like no other have died under my watch. A thing called marriage will definitely make you, come darn close to breaking you only before it makes you surprisingly stronger. Hell, I have even made adult decisions like what to deduct on taxes, refinance a house, picking a coffin, and be willing to trade the coupe in for a sedan. I can’t count the number of times I’ve embarrassed myself and those around me. And lets not forget that I’m new to a certain thing called parenthood. All of that to say, I cried like a baby when I watched the series finale of Friday Night Lights last night all because of that thing called perspective. The show did a fantastic job of not only mapping teenage and adult drama, but showcased the uniqueness, quirkiness, and the pride of a small Texas town. “Texas Forever” is a distinctive phrase of the show. Not only did the last episode give meaning to that phrase, but it also showed you that life and love is bigger than Texas. I don’t expect any of you out of state folks to understand or appreciate that last sentence, but it certainly has meaning to me.
- I also forgive the writers for the third season which got away from the heart of the show.
- Heck, I’m thankful I got five seasons out of this show since it was threatened to be cancelled several times.
- I just discovered that Google Chrome has apps and plugins. I’m impressed.
- I caught just a little bit of the new Matthew Perry show on ABC called Mr Sunshine. I noticed two former Lost cast members were on the show.
- Looking for something different and a bit daring to do in Dallas for Valentine’s Day? Well, we now have one of those dining in the dark restaurants. [Thanks, Lopez!]
- After 15 million years, this lake is about to be explored.
- I thought O’Reilly interrupted Obama quite a bit during that interview before the Super Bowl, but I didn’t know it was 48 times.
- All 61 Ads from Super Bowl 2011 in 2 Minutes
- The most common phone number in the world is a Dallas phone number.
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