How can we get reporters to stop talking to this guy?
06-04-2005, 19:14News / SportsPermalinkFrom Drudge:
En route to Rome, Clinton told reporters the pope centralized authority in the papacy again and enforced a very conservative theological doctrine. "There will be debates about that. The number of Catholics increased by 250 million on his watch. But the numbers of priests didn't. He's like all of us - he may have a mixed legacy."
En route to Rome, Clinton told reporters the pope centralized authority in the papacy again and enforced a very conservative theological doctrine. "There will be debates about that. The number of Catholics increased by 250 million on his watch. But the numbers of priests didn't. He's like all of us - he may have a mixed legacy."
iTunes is currently playing: Your Cheatin' Heart from the album 24 Greatest Hits by Hank Williams.
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Zogby has restored my faith in mankind.
06-04-2005, 18:25News / SportsPermalinkA Zogby poll completed after the controversial death of Terri Schiavo finds that eight-in-ten (80%) likely voters say that a disabled person who is not terminally ill or in a coma, and not being kept alive by life support should not, in the absence of a written directive to the contrary, be denied food and water.
By a three-to-one (44% to 14%) margin, likely voters say that, when there is conflicting evidence on the wishes of a patient, elected officials
should order that a feeding tube remain in place.
The same poll also finds a majority (56%) agree that Schiavo's husband Michael should have turned guardianship for the severely-disabled woman over to her parents based on his decision to have a long-term serious relationship with another woman.
By a two-to-one (44% to 24%) margin, with one-in-three (32%) undecided, the survey finds that an incapacitated person should be presumed to want to live in the absence of written instructions such as a living will.
By a three-to-one (44% to 14%) margin, likely voters say that, when there is conflicting evidence on the wishes of a patient, elected officials
should order that a feeding tube remain in place.
The same poll also finds a majority (56%) agree that Schiavo's husband Michael should have turned guardianship for the severely-disabled woman over to her parents based on his decision to have a long-term serious relationship with another woman.
By a two-to-one (44% to 24%) margin, with one-in-three (32%) undecided, the survey finds that an incapacitated person should be presumed to want to live in the absence of written instructions such as a living will.
iTunes is currently playing: Life Holds On from the album Beth Nielsen Chapman by Beth Nielsen Chapman.
I spoke too soon.
03-04-2005, 16:14News / SportsPermalinkDrudge has switched to one of those ghoulish images of the dead Pope. Sigh ...
iTunes is currently playing: Never Die Young from the album Never Die Young by James Taylor.
Is anyone else creeped out …
03-04-2005, 14:01News / SportsPermalink... by all the lying-in-state pictures of the Pope that are splashed across the home pages of most of the major news web sites? Thank God for Drudge, who has the good taste to instead show a collection of touching newspaper and magazine covers bidding John Paul a fond adieu.
(Interesting tidbit I learned while verifying the spelling of adieu: While we use the word to mean farewell, it is derived from "a dieu" which was Old French -- and later, Old English -- for "I commend you to God.")
iTunes is currently playing: Goodbye from the album Lost In Translation by Kevin Shields.
(Interesting tidbit I learned while verifying the spelling of adieu: While we use the word to mean farewell, it is derived from "a dieu" which was Old French -- and later, Old English -- for "I commend you to God.")
iTunes is currently playing: Goodbye from the album Lost In Translation by Kevin Shields.
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My Blogging Tool of Choice
02-04-2005, 18:33Web / Tech / BlogsPermalinkI use a nifty blogging utility called ecto. (I use the Mac version, but they have a Windows version, too.) The Wordpress interface makes it pretty easy to create and edit posts with a browser, but there are many advantages to using a full-featured blogging tool like ecto.
ecto is inexpensive ($17.95 for either version) and you can use it for a couple weeks before you buy to make sure you like it. The developer is constantly updating it and is very responsive to support questions, etc. If you do a lot of blogging, take it for a spin. Highly recommended!
ecto is inexpensive ($17.95 for either version) and you can use it for a couple weeks before you buy to make sure you like it. The developer is constantly updating it and is very responsive to support questions, etc. If you do a lot of blogging, take it for a spin. Highly recommended!
iTunes is currently playing: Something To Talk About from the album Luck Of The Draw by Bonnie Raitt.
haiku for a rainy day
02-04-2005, 11:51My PoemsPermalinkTHE JERSEY SHORE
torrents fall on house.
cats run in all directions
dreaming of L.A.
Kathy Hand
9/13/03
torrents fall on house.
cats run in all directions
dreaming of L.A.
Kathy Hand
9/13/03
iTunes is currently playing: I Think It's Going To Rain Today from the album Guilty: 30 Years Of Randy Newman (Disc 1) by Randy Newman.
Well, the flowers got water, didn’t they.
01-04-2005, 05:42News / SportsPermalinkDuring an interview with CNN, Brian Schiavo [brother of Michael] called the Rev. Frank Pavone, a Catholic priest and close friend of the Schindler family, "a poor excuse of a priest, I'll tell you that. ... He made a comment that said the flowers in Terri's room were being treated better than she is."
iTunes is currently playing: Cold, Cold Heart from the album 24 Greatest Hits by Hank Williams.
I grew up in Northwest Indiana …
31-03-2005, 19:23Hodge PodgePermalink... but I never knew that Kendallville, a small town in the northeast section of the state, was the WINDMILL Capital of the world! Read about it here (courtesy of CNN).
iTunes is currently playing: Only Way Home from the album A Drop Of Water by Keiko Matsui.
Fun Web Sites
31-03-2005, 14:55Web / Tech / BlogsPermalinkI have found a number of web sites where you can add your own text to an image of a sign or some other object to create a personalized image for your own use. Some sites offer you the opportunity to buy magnets made from your images. Here are some examples. Visit and enjoy!
THE ACME LICENSE PLATE MAKER
THE ACME HEART MAKER
THE ACME LABEL MAKER
ATOM SMASHER'S ERROR MESSAGE GENERATOR
CHURCH SIGN GENERATOR
iTunes is currently playing: Getting Some Fun Out Of Life from the boxed set Portrait (Disc 4: Past Perfect) by Billie Holiday.
THE ACME LICENSE PLATE MAKER
THE ACME HEART MAKER
THE ACME LABEL MAKER
ATOM SMASHER'S ERROR MESSAGE GENERATOR
CHURCH SIGN GENERATOR
iTunes is currently playing: Getting Some Fun Out Of Life from the boxed set Portrait (Disc 4: Past Perfect) by Billie Holiday.
That about sums it up.
31-03-2005, 12:08News / SportsPermalinkReuters quotes a gentleman outside Terri Schiavo's Pinellas Park (FL) hospice shortly after her death:
"Well they got their way," said a grizzled New York City man who gave his name as "Lifeboat" and knelt clutching a wooden rosary. "We've become barbarians. We've lost our humanity in this country."
"Well they got their way," said a grizzled New York City man who gave his name as "Lifeboat" and knelt clutching a wooden rosary. "We've become barbarians. We've lost our humanity in this country."
