The World Peace and Unification Sanctuary in Newfoundland, Pa. held a semi-automatic rifles blessing ceremony today. Hundreds showed up. I couldn't make it.
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Starlings swarm in Rome
Millions of these birds collect in Rome during cold months creating a poopocalypse.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V6qUUWa4zk
Monday, February 26, 2018
angry young girl's message to her boyfriend
I wrote your name on sand it got washed.
I wrote your name in air, it was blown away, then
I wrote your name on my Heart ; I got Heart Attack.
Sunday, February 25, 2018
food for the poor inc
jpr: need there be more said!
Saturday, February 24, 2018
RIP Alice
There is a great sadness at Baldwin Hill tonight. Alice Tinker, a village church verger, to the Vicar of Dibley between 1994 and 2007, died at age 53. A complete idiot, hilarious beyond description, she leaves a void in this house, RIP
black popes
The Book of Pontiffs declares there have been three black popes:
Pope St. Victor I ......186-197 A.D. as the 15th Pope.
Pope St. Militiades....311-314 A.D. as the 32nd or 37th Pope
Pope Saint Gelasius I.....492 until his death in 496, as the 49th Pope
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| Victor, an African by birth, governed the Church in the time of the Emperor Severus. |
Thursday, February 22, 2018
Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Happy birthday
Jiffy has been selling pie crust, cake and corn bread mixes for 85 years. To date they have spent nothing, nada, zero on adertising. Bet you have one in the house.
Billy Graham dead at 99
When JP and I were very little we would spend weekends with our grandparents, Hughie had been given a TV by his colleagues on retirement. Long before we had one. Probably 1949 or 50. Lizzie thought it an 'occasion of sin.' So it was turned on only for Friday night fights when we were allowed to stay up and eat Wheaties with our grandfather. Otherwise the TV would be one all day Sunday after mass. They were faithful to the Bishop Sheen lectures, 'life is worth living.' I have watched them recently, ridiculous, meaningless gibberish and very gay. But afterwards the Billy Graham Crusade. Devout Catholics, they loved this man.
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Rise of catholic schools...believe it or not
St. Anthony School is a Roman Catholic private school in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee serving over 2000 K-12 students. There are 5 campi, including day care, a full time medical staff, with dental visits, and mental health screening free to all students ant their families. Located in the latino section of the city, school teaches english as a second language.
Financially supported by the state of Wisconsin school voucher program
Jpr: went to catholic ed k-university enjoyed every year.,
Monday, February 19, 2018
Sunday, February 18, 2018
vein of gold
Just in case u wanted to see one. In 1800s a Dublin man found a vein of pure gold and silver some 8' high and 10' wide in Nevada
Saturday, February 17, 2018
Friday, February 16, 2018
These guys live for ever.
Marty Allen died this week at 95. JP and I used to watch him in black and white on the Ed Sullivan show in the 50's with his comedy partner, Rossi.
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The screen machine
There's something special about the Scots and their cousins the Irish. Both countries have loads of small villages and island communities far from 'civilization' and the advantages of modern life. But in both places private non profit organizations built mobile movie theaters that travel the rural roads bringing current films to the isolated populations. The trucks unfold into 80 seat modern theaters. The Scot one serves 30 communities, including places with less than 100 residents. America could learn a lesson
Thursday, February 15, 2018
End violence as entertainment
We are raising a nation of demons!
2013 research
It's virtually impossible to keep your kid in a violence-free bubble. "Ninety percent of movies, 68% of video games, and 60% of TV shows show some depictions of violence," says Caroline Knorr, parenting editor for Common Sense Media, the online resource for vetting kids media. Kids 8 and under watch an average of 1 hour and 40 minutes of TV or DVDs a day; older kids watch an average of 4 hours daily. Most kids start playing video games around age 4, according to their research.
jpr" take the guns and mayhem out of Hollywood"
2013 research
It's virtually impossible to keep your kid in a violence-free bubble. "Ninety percent of movies, 68% of video games, and 60% of TV shows show some depictions of violence," says Caroline Knorr, parenting editor for Common Sense Media, the online resource for vetting kids media. Kids 8 and under watch an average of 1 hour and 40 minutes of TV or DVDs a day; older kids watch an average of 4 hours daily. Most kids start playing video games around age 4, according to their research.
jpr" take the guns and mayhem out of Hollywood"
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Tuesday, February 13, 2018
The Joy of Reading
A 300-year-old "secrets of sex" manual banned for its shocking content is due to be sold at auction next month. Dating back to 1720, The Secrets of Generation, offers a range of advice with the added power of illustrative woodcuts. It warns women that if they "generate with animals" they run the risk of giving birth to monsters. One picture shows a man sporting an impressive tail; another shows a child being born with feathers and a single, clawed leg. Men wanting to "make their seed abound" should diet on a combination of root vegetables and songbirds.
Monday, February 12, 2018
Another Classic Goes
Vic Damone, born Vito Farinoli, died this week at 89. We used to listen to him or radio, before television, one of mom's regulars. Sinatra and Damone, along with Tony Bennett, Perry Como, Dean Martin and others, formed a group of Italian Americans who dominated the postwar pop music field. RIP
Happy City Lab
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| rod glow once brushed by people |
Happy City Lab explores collective spaces, creating situations with interactive experiences for folks.
https://happycitylab.com/en/project/street-light-orchestra/
Sunday, February 11, 2018
Saturday, February 10, 2018
Happy Imbolic
Imbolc is a Gaelic traditional festival marking the beginning of spring and is associated
with the goddess Bridget. Held on 1/2 February in Ireland and Scotland since the Neolithic
period. Brigid visits homes at Imbolc. People make a bed for her and leave her food and drink.
Special feasts are held, holy wells visited and it was also a time for divination. A Biddy group,
masked men and woman dressed in white wearing elaborate straw hats, visit rural and public
houses to bring good luck and chase away evil spirits. .
with the goddess Bridget. Held on 1/2 February in Ireland and Scotland since the Neolithic
period. Brigid visits homes at Imbolc. People make a bed for her and leave her food and drink.
Special feasts are held, holy wells visited and it was also a time for divination. A Biddy group,
masked men and woman dressed in white wearing elaborate straw hats, visit rural and public
houses to bring good luck and chase away evil spirits. .
Welcome to Huntington
Huntington has been called the overdose capital of America, with double the national
average of overdoses. Governor Justice has ordered in the National Guard. The guard
is flying its Lakota helicopters on reconnaissance missions in coordination with local
police during busts and while serving warrants. Guardsman are manning hotlines and
working on computers inside Huntington Police Department’s Criminal Investigation
Bureau, helping track down dealers and drug networks. On Wednesday, the guard
answered a call that led to the bust of an alleged dealer and the recovery of
430 grams of fentanyl with a street value of $86,000.
average of overdoses. Governor Justice has ordered in the National Guard. The guard
is flying its Lakota helicopters on reconnaissance missions in coordination with local
police during busts and while serving warrants. Guardsman are manning hotlines and
working on computers inside Huntington Police Department’s Criminal Investigation
Bureau, helping track down dealers and drug networks. On Wednesday, the guard
answered a call that led to the bust of an alleged dealer and the recovery of
430 grams of fentanyl with a street value of $86,000.
Friday, February 9, 2018
Thursday, February 8, 2018
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
A pig roast
A fraternity at prestigious Cornell University is in hot water for sponsoring a 'pig roast.' Pledges won points towards membership for having sex with as many 'fat' women as possible. Extra points were awarded for 'size.'
Tuesday, February 6, 2018
DOW spelled backwards...
WOD. .work out of the day
"$Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose. ..."
Lyndon Johnson
"$Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose. ..."
Lyndon Johnson
Monday, February 5, 2018
Hurricane Ophelia threatens Ireland
Last week's hurricane threat to Ireland brought out lots of Irish humour.
Sunday, February 4, 2018
Saturday, February 3, 2018
Shackleton
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Thy sea, O God, so great,
My boat so small.
It cannot be that any happy fate
Will me befall
Save as Thy goodness opens paths for me
Through the consuming vastness of the sea.
My boat so small.
It cannot be that any happy fate
Will me befall
Save as Thy goodness opens paths for me
Through the consuming vastness of the sea.
Thy winds, O God, so strong,
So slight my sail.
How could I curb and bit them on the long
And saltry trail,
Unless Thy love were mightier than the wrath
Of all the tempests that beset my path?
So slight my sail.
How could I curb and bit them on the long
And saltry trail,
Unless Thy love were mightier than the wrath
Of all the tempests that beset my path?
Thy world, O God, so fierce,
And I so frail.
Yet, though its arrows threaten oft to pierce
My fragile mail,
Cities of refuge rise where dangers cease,
Sweet silences abound, and all is peace.
And I so frail.
Yet, though its arrows threaten oft to pierce
My fragile mail,
Cities of refuge rise where dangers cease,
Sweet silences abound, and all is peace.
- Winfred Ernest Garrison
Ellen Drew ....ma's look a like
Saw the Irish American actress in 40s cowboy flick. Sure looks like me ma back when.
Friday, February 2, 2018
Pickpockets in Rome
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| girl, woman, and bald man are team of thieves |
Antonio Porco, an illiterate Italian immigrant, self made millionaire, and close friend warned me about theft by pickpockets in Rome as my son prepared for his h s trip.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W63f85svpG4
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