Suppose they might have a drinking problem?

Three Altoona Pennsylvania men who sexually assaulted more than a dozen animals over a five-year period will spend up to 41 years in prison, according to Local 10 news.  The three animal “lovers,” identified as Matthew Brubaker, 31; Marc Measnikoff, 34, and Terry Wallace, 41, were sentenced to 20 to 41 years for forcing themselves on a cow, a goat, nine horses and an unspecified number of dogs.

Secondo. Pia

Italian amateur photographer known for taking the first photographs of the Shroud of Turin on May 28, 1898 and, when he was developing them, noticing that the photographic negatives showed a clearer rendition of the image. 

When you are old. ...W B Yeats

When you are old and grey and full of sleep,
And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
And slowly read, and dream of the soft look
Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;

How many loved your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love false or true,
But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face;

And bending down beside the glowing bars,
Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled
And paced upon the mountains overhead
And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.

Mom and some of her 38 children.

Mariam Nabatanzi gave birth to twins a year after she was married off at the age of 12. Five more sets of twins followed, along with four sets of triplets and five sets of quadruplets. Three years ago, however, the 39-year-old Ugandan was abandoned by her husband, leaving her to support their surviving 38 children alone.  Not sure I believe this. 

Fr Fournier performs Benediction in Norte Dame

The chaplain of the Paris Fire Brigade went completely alone into Notre Dame as it burned and debris fell. He saved the Blessed Sacrament and the Crown of Thorns. “The time when the fire attacked the northern bell tower and we started to fear losing it, was exactly the time when I rescued the Blessed Sacrament and performed a Benediction there to save the church."

Out you feathers up, you're under arrest.

A parrot that warned two alleged drug dealers in Brazil that police were coming was
taken into custody after it almost foiled the undercover drug raid, authorities said.  
When the green-and-white bird spotted officers Tuesday at its owners’ Teresina home,
it squawked “Mama, Police!” in Portuguese.

Nobel winner dr carrel. And Marie Baily

Marie Bailly was born in 1878. Both her father . . . and her mother died of tuberculosis. Of her five siblings only one was free of that disease. She was twenty when she first showed symptoms of pulmonary tuberculosis. A year later she was diagnosed with tuberculous meningitis, from which she suddenly recovered when she used Lourdes water. In two more years, in 1901, she came down with tubercular peritonitis. Soon she could not retain food. In March 1902 doctors in Lyons refused to operate on her for fear that she would die on the operating table.

On May 25, 1902, she begged her friends to smuggle her onto a train that carried sick people to Lourdes. She had to be smuggled because, as a rule, such trains were forbidden to carry dying people. The train left Lyons at noon. At two o’clock next morning she was found dying. Carrel was called. He gave her morphine by the light of a kerosene lamp and stayed with her. Three hours later he diagnosed her case as tuberculous peritonitis and said half aloud that she would not arrive in Lourdes alive. The immediate diagnosis at that time largely depended on the procedure known as palpation. In Lourdes Marie Bailly was examined by several doctors. On May 27 she insisted on being carried to the Grotto, although the doctors were afraid that she would die on the way there. Carrel himself took such a grim view of her condition that he vowed to become a monk if she reached the Grotto alive, a mere quarter of a mile from the hospital.

The rest is medical history. It is found in Dossier 54 of the Archives of the Medical Bureau of Lourdes. The dossier contains the immediate depositions by three doctors, including Carrel, and Marie Bailly’s own account, which she wrote in November and gave to Carrel, who then duly forwarded it to the Medical Bureau in Lourdes.

The highlights of Marie Bailly’s own account are as follows: On arriving at the baths adjoining the Grotto, she was not allowed to be immersed. She asked that some water from the baths be poured on her abdomen. It caused her searing pain all over her body. Still she asked for the same again. This time she felt much less pain. When the water was poured on her abdomen the third time, it gave her a very pleasant sensation.

Meanwhile Carrel stood behind her, with a notepad in his hands. He marked the time, the pulse, the facial expression and other clinical details as he witnessed under his very eyes the following: The enormously distended and very hard abdomen began to flatten and within thirty minutes it had completely disappeared. No discharge whatsoever was observed from the body.

She was first carried to the Basilica, then to the Medical Bureau, where she was again examined by several doctors, among them Carrel. In the evening she sat up in her bed and had a dinner without vomiting. Early next morning she got up on her own and was already dressed when Carrel saw her again.

pittsburgh's st paul's cathedral organ

This organ has 2500 individual pipes. It is reportedly the largest in the world at 1980 s. Paint chips from ceiling were falling into the pipes. The cathedral went extensive renovation at that time, the organ was reconditioned at a cost of $500,000.

The cathedral is also said to be the largest  in U.S and seats 4000.

Too late now, Boy.

Kevin and Jessica at Beach Wedding in Florida

a poem by Ogden Nash

A Lady Who Thinks She Is Thirty


Unwillingly Miranda wakes,
Feels the sun with terror,
One unwilling step she takes,
Shuddering to the mirror.

Miranda in Miranda's sight
Is old and gray and dirty;
Twenty-nine she was last night;
This morning she is thirty.

Shining like the morning star,
Like the twilight shining,
Haunted by a calendar,
Miranda is a-pining.

Silly girl, silver girl,
Draw the mirror toward you;
Time who makes the years to whirl
Adorned as he adored you.

Time is timelessness for you;
Calendars for the human;
What's a year, or thirty, to
Loveliness made woman?

Oh, Night will not see thirty again,
Yet soft her wing, Miranda;
Pick up your glass and tell me, then--
How old is Spring, Miranda?

Ogden Nash

The real deal....investigative journalist

Confident...successful

rainbows

Saw me four rainbows in a row up in the Manoa Valley in Hawaii, but the brighest rainbow seen was over the Mongahela river in Pittsburgh.

More English "Sport?'

An age-old contest dating to Roman times takes place ever Easter Monday between the villages Hallaton and Medbourne, the Hallaton Bottle Kicking game.  Teams try and move one gallon barrels of beer across two streams while the other team resists. No rules and violence is common. The game is a forerunner of rugby. I wonder if anyone in these stupid ass games has a job.

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Did u no? Concrete railroad ties

Reminds me of mom.

"Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there!
He wasn't there again today,
Oh how I wish he'd go away!"^[5][6][7]

When I came home last night at three,
The man was waiting there for me
But when I looked around the hall,
I couldn't see him there at all!
Go away, go away, don't you come back any more!
Go away, go away, and please don't slam the door...

Last night I saw upon the stair,
A little man who wasn't there,
He wasn't there again today
Oh, how I wish he'd go away...

Sr robin elam

June of 1977,  a 26 yr old nun hand taken her mourning jog, after lunch she walked to a garden some     200 yards from the mother house at Mt St Joseph's for quiet prayer. Here she was attacked while sitting upon a bench and murdered. DNA of her attacker was in fact saved. There was construction in the area at the time plus a busy gulf course on the opposite side of a tree line. Pogue Run rd is a busy access to Olegby Resort.

This crime has been on my mind since Jo DeAngelo was discovered as the worst serial killer in California.   Turns out the city of Wheeling has just launched ( in April this year) a DNA testing from ancestry data.

holy veil of manoppello

The veil of Manoppello lay on the head of Jesus, between Christ and the Shroud of Turin. It was on this cloth that Jesus took the first breath as the Risen One....it is believed by some but not all.

Easter

Blessed Easter to all!

Holy Fire

Orthodox tradition holds that the Holy Fire happens annually on the day preceding Orthodox Easter. A blue light emanates within Jesus Christ's tomb  in the Holy Sepulchre. A column containing a form of fire, from which candles are lit,  are then used to light the candles of the clergy and pilgrims in attendance.

humor?

SENDING FLOWERS
(NOTE: This is a supposedly true story).

A new business was opening and one of the owner's friends wanted to send him flowers for the occasion. The flowers arrived at the new business site and the owner read the card: "Rest in Peace."

The owner was very angry, to say the least, and called to complain."Sir, I'm really sorry for the mistake, and sorry you were offended," said the florist. "But even worse, somewhere there is a funeral taking place today, and they have flowers with a note saying, "Congratulations on your new location."

flowing with the go

jpr: It be called retirement!

stock advisors to hear

Want to be underground miner in WVa

Local TV is running adds for underground mining jobs!  This is unheard before now!

nicole petallides

Now with Td Ameratrade tv channel

Cracker stackers

guys are working 10/10s to get it done 

HMC movie "out of the woods"

jpr" Mr Asner is a special actor .He makes every movie in which he is present delightful for over 50 years!

chief rabbi of rome converted to catholicism

Eugenio Maria Zolli (27 September 1881 ‒ 2 March 1956), born Israel Anton Zoller, was an Hungro-Austrian by birth, and an italian doctorate professor of philosophy and author. Until converting to catholism  in February 1945, Zolli was he chief rabbi in Rome 1940 to 1945.After the war, he taught philosophy at a number of institutions throughout Rome.

Israel Zolli
Born	Israel Anton Zoller 27 September 1881 Brody, Austria-Hungary
Died	2 March 1956(aged 74) Rome, Italy
Other names	Eugenio Maria Zolli
Occupation	Chief rabbi in Rome, Italy (1940–1945) Catholic university professor and author

Zolli is noted for his admiration of  pope pious  during WW II who gave support and shelter to Zolli and other Jews during Nazi occupation of Italy from 1943 to 1944. It was later revealed that Zolli hid in a number of places in both Rome including Vatican City 

Scottish traffic jam

Cistercian Abbey Stift Heiligenkreuz

90 monks dedicated to the liturgy with Gregorian Chant in a monestary built in 1133 ad. Most of the monks are young drawn to the astetic beauty of the life and prayers of the religious order.

parallel universe(s)

Physicists believe we live with many parallel universes....I know it's true cause I have a friend who lives in one.  I live in the one on the right...I think?....no it's the left....maybe?....anyway it's the better one!

Priest abuses...some perspective

Bluegrass brothers

Damn fine picking and singing....damn fine bluegrass!

acting

Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made.
~ George Burns

In the next 10 years Actors, Producers, and Directors will be one of the fastest growing occupations. They should experience a 11.1% rate of growth.

acting lesson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6kG1crqRug

Hysterical.

Junk into sculptures

Some junk sculptures look like junk but this guy is entertaining...his stuff is all over the town. The artwork was created by New Cumberland, wv resident Ken Sinsel.

Frank Pickle (John Bluthal)

The only actor to speak in Stephen Hawking's voice.

Natalia Bessmertnova pII

herself in divine action by request ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA4kXuvl1e4

how to speak like you grew up in Follansbee


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpUX2SEQSck&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR18ltO062qk5AJntIv9HbyGNu4CxVgg2wHru8Hd0XFJa-RT7zn5EV_Bg98

I went to an amusement park and one of the street entertainers guessed my age. How did they do that?

An experienced Guesser will count the lines on the forehead for the Decades and  the crow's feet and other lines for years.   This guy is about 32.  Practice by studying the face and lines of a few people you know and see if it works.  Certain ethnic groups and individuals will differ (a Tibetan monk for e.g.)but for the most part its good.  There's no reason he's sticking his tongue out; I just drew it like that.  .

heavenly humor

After many years of marriage, the wife passes on leaving her husband behind.

As the woman stands before the Pearly Gates, St Peter states.

 “To enter you must answer a simple question.”

The woman nods in understanding.

“Spell the word love.” St Peter instructs.

“L-O-V-E” The lady answers.

“Enter” declares St Peter.

A short time passes on earth.

The same woman is standing in for St Peter at the Gate of Heaven.

She notices her husband approaching.

“What are you doing here?” She exclaims.

“I pined away for wanting to be with you.” He declares.

“To enter you must answer a simple question.” She declares.

The man nods in understanding.

“Spell the word Chrysanthemum.” 

a fish's view

jpr: This is the way it's suppose to work!

So Wise

Irish poem for children

The Fairies William Allingham  1824 –  1889 / Donegal 

https://www.youtube.com/watcnh?v=EADkQqVu3Q4

UP the airy mountain,
Down the rushy glen,
We daren’t go a-hunting
For fear of little men;
Wee folk, good folk,
Trooping all together;
Green jacket, red cap,
And white owl’s feather!

Down along the rocky shore
Some make their home,
They live on crispy pancakes
Of yellow tide-foam;
Some in the reeds
Of the black mountain lake,
With frogs for their watch-dogs,
All night awake. ...........

D = S - M

Viktor Emil Frankl was an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist as well as a Holocaust survivor. He survived Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, Kaufering and Türkheim.

despair = suffering without meaning

Now I lay me down to sleep....

puppy prayers

Mountain blue bird

No red breast!

Love it.

appalachian mountain dancing

These women are mothers most likely?