§ Humour
If you were to take a few seconds to read its status display, you might conclude that the colour laser printer I use has been through a warl. For atleast one week, it’s been reporting that its cyan, magenta and yellow toner cartridges are all completely empty. Yet I keep printing. I hammer the little sucker with print job after... more
§ Politics
The Globe and Mail reports that the US Militray admits to some Koran abuse in Guantanomo bay, but nothing as severe as flushing one of the holy books down a toilet: An internal investigation at the U.S. prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has confirmed several cases of guards mishandling religious material, but the general in charge said guards were... more
§ Weird
I just don’t understand the Dutch. According to Reuters, a Dutch village has legally banned the taking of the Lord’s name in vain: Staphorst, in the so-called Dutch “bible belt” of eastern towns where religion holds sway, approved a ban on swearing by 13-4 council votes. But the caveat that swearing is not banned when it is an expression of... more
§ Web
According to The Inquirer, pope squatter Rogers Cadenhead did some research during the recent papal interregnum, picked the names “Benedict XVI, Clement XV, Innocent XIV, Leo XIV, Paul VII, Pius XIII and registered the lot as dot.com domain names.” I only wish I could have had the same initiative… or that I could have convinced the former Cardinal Ratzinger to... more