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Rehashing classic Easter prayer hatched centuries ago

2010-03-27T14:47:00.000+01:00

Actually, it's a sermon preached seventeen centuries ago and credited to the reputedly golden-tongued - or microphone-voiced, in modern church parlance - Saint John Chrysostom (an early Orthodox Church father, who lived from 347AD to 407AD), whose homily about the blessings of Easter has been penned into several versions. He was the Pastor of Constantinople about 400 AD). One version of his

If you want peace, do not destroy anything intentionally

2009-12-18T19:51:00.000+01:00

Have you ever thought about how deep some simple words like the title to this post can be? Some things are also easier said than done. "Thou shalt not kill...", said the somewhat presently-discarded biblical Ten Commandments but we humans need to eat when faced with drought and, unfortunately, dire situations in which we can panic uncontrollably and do some really regrettable things that we

Jefferson in the cooler for freezing assets

2009-11-14T11:44:00.008+01:00

There have been a lot of corruption cases in the news over the years, ranging from Asian heads of government and ministers being arraigned, African legislators surreptitiously setting the bar very high on their own wages despite the suffering masses living in squalor, British parliamentarians claiming some really phished expenses, and so on. Now, a long running one has finally found closure.

Fw: The Commandments

2009-11-03T10:42:00.000+01:00

I really do not understand the following joke. It was sent in by an old friend. Hee-hee (feeling a bit peevish now). If you do get the yoke, please let me know. And, also let me have an idea of your rating for this particular entry, on any scale you choose or can imagine. Don't be shy. Ha-ha... --- On Thu, 10/29/09, ........: From: ......

Fw: Home Grown Terrorism!

2009-10-31T08:50:00.005+01:00

If the telephone companies could approach the level of uptime record achieved by the blogging platform providers and Internet service providers, the world would be a much more peaceful and much less misunderstood place to live in. Do you recall how frustrating it can be to try a number endlessly and get all kinds of error messages, ranging from 'wrong number' to some other glib missive or

Fw: BIG FISH AND SMALL FRY PAN

2009-10-30T22:05:00.000+01:00

Do you have a great fish story or a great fishing story? There is really nothing fishy about my inquiry, and I am not also fishing for comments. Ha-ha.... The following story was sent in by an old friend. I thought it was inspiring. I hope that you, too, think so. --- On Thu, 10/29/09, ......: From: ..... Subject: Fw: BIG FISH AND SMALL FRY PAN To: "You" Cc: "Everyone" Date: Thursday,

Fw: As I Mature

2009-10-30T21:05:00.003+01:00

We all have our personal beliefs, philosophies and convictions about life. Each one or set guides each and everyone of us and can determine what we do and/or achieve during our lifetime. You will find below an example of somebody's peculiar outlook on life. It was sent in by an old friend recently. I hope you find it interesting and/or useful. --- On Thu, 10/22/09, ..........; wrote: From:

Nuns on the run and moonwalking planets

2009-08-16T22:03:00.005+01:00

Really. Nuns in America are running shy of Vatican scrutiny about their relatively 'loose' lifestyle, no matter how well intentioned.And, as you can imagine, the devout nuns are refusing to go back to the convent and to toe the line of the Catholic Church by remote control.In other less earthy developments, a new planet out in space gas been discovered to be doing the Moonwalk - a kind of

Sotomayor makes it first, third, 11th, and 111th

2009-08-08T22:36:00.007+01:00

Yes. there at last she is, the new Supreme Court Justice. I had not been following her confirmation hearings closely: in fact, at first, I kept seeing her name in the news but only asked myself, "Who is this guy?" Ha-ha... then I got wise to her nomination by Obama and her subsequent lecture-style Senate confirmation hearing or grilling. Seeing her practically refusing to be cowed by the

Harry Potter reviewed by The Vatican

2009-07-16T20:42:00.004+01:00

As with all things religious, the debate between good and evil will always generate a good and vigorous verbal or literary exchange.Now, The Catholic Church's semi-official newspaper has added its own quota to the debate by joining issues to approve the latest in the J. K. Rowling witchcraft academy series, simply called "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince".Yes, The Vatican has finally given

When democracy turns into democrazy

2009-06-14T00:07:00.006+01:00

Demonstration of craziness... That's what happens when the losing side in an election screams, "It's not possible...!"Take Iran, for example. The current election trouble there is as follows:Clashes erupt in Iran over disputed election Protests Greet Ahmadinejad Win in Iran: 'It's Not Possible!' World reacts cautiously to Iranian's re-election Ahmadinejad Declared Winner

Sounds that can make you drop whatever you were doing

2009-06-13T23:38:00.004+01:00

Do you have a favorite? I discovered one of mine today while seated at my blogging station. That's how I got the idea for this post.What kinds of music or sounds can make you stop in your tracks to listen? I found out today that the original James Bond theme music for "Diamonds Are Forever" does it for me.I was seated blogging about something when the TV behind me at home rang out the music. I

Do religious bodies still have the moral right to pontificate?

2009-05-11T20:59:00.006+01:00

I mean, it is a great pity that there is no perfect human being and, pious people, in trying to become more perfect, fall into the age-old dilemma of mankind and temptation and, thereby, become hypocrites whenever they think that their unholy ways have gone unobserved.The Catholic Church is struggling with gay - not necessarily happy - priests and the related scandals and compensatory settlements

Knocked over, not knocked up, Kiefer!

2009-05-06T22:20:00.000+01:00

Brooke Shields [http://www.tmz.com/2009/05/06/brooke-shields-kiefer-sutherland-jack-McCollough/] got knocked over by her designer, Kiefer Sutherland [http://www.tmz.com/2009/05/06/kiefer-sutherland-defends-brooke-shields/] rushed to defend her honor.'Hey, Mack, apologize to the lady, right now...''Shove off and get lost, Bozo, she's no lady!''Alright then, pal, you asked for it. Now take that and

Why do some major corporations not reply e-mail?

2009-05-03T17:57:00.013+01:00

Better still, I should ask about why most corporate websites are not like HP's. I think that the chemical and other such industrial behemoths are the most prone to such rude behavior.Till today, I have not gotten a reply to my query below, months after sending the same request to three related companies in Germany, China, and the USA.[I am interested in finding out your terms and packaging for

Patent trolls and external influence

2009-03-22T12:19:00.004+01:00

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Africa needs no aid because it's got AIDS?

2009-03-15T20:52:00.000+01:00

New saints on the horizon

2009-02-22T01:06:00.018+01:00

No human being is born a saint but a few are chosen to become saints long after death. As it should be for humanity, some great men and wen are immortalized - some would even say, martyred - after death.That inescapable fact of life has led some cynics to say that saints are those whose misdeeds have long been forgotten by the living.This picture to the right above is supposed to be the face of

The Pope's audience builds rapidly

2009-02-17T11:12:00.011+01:00

That does not necessarily mean that it's a positive development, unfortunately. The current Pope has had his own fair share of controversy, even before assuming that epochal papal office.At a time when the excommunication of a Catholic bishop was overturned despite his denial of the occurrence of The Holocaust, Pope Benedict XVI will be visiting Israel in May 2009.While in Israel, he will be

Troubled personalities and their wicked ways

2009-01-26T17:55:00.007+01:00

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Second compilation of pesky old posts

2009-01-24T00:11:00.000+01:00

Welcome to the second edition of this post. Without much further ado, let us proceed as before. However, this time around, the message redirect is as follows:[Please see "Second compilation of pesky old posts" for the full text of the 'missing' sponsored post, if you are really interested. Thank you.]iGot my iPod!Wow – the iPod Touch! A gem of a device designed in California and presented in a

Recap of some pesky old posts

2009-01-23T22:49:00.005+01:00

What's a pesky post? Simply put, it is a post that has led to a drop in page rank while earning short term literary community popularity, increased blog traffic, and minor financial gains for the publisher.So, while pondering how to correct the anomaly of having some odd blog posts in a supposedly strictly medical blog, I decided to shift a few posts around a bit between some blogs of

The rate of maturity and development of children today

2009-01-23T14:33:00.003+01:00

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The dilemma of being a Catholic

2009-01-21T13:57:00.001+01:00

I am not a Catholic and this post is not an attempt to disparage The Church of Rome. My mother attended a secondary school where the ghost of either the famous Mary Slessor or Florence Nightingale was often seen at night doing her rounds decades after her death in Nigeria.However, it must be said that there are some irreconcilable actions and thinking that have bothered me over the years.An

Are you making money online blogging with Adsense by Google?

2009-01-17T09:09:00.001+01:00