American women are fat, and they can thank the Lord for that, as he has provided these good Christians with a healthy appetite and bountiful crops. The portion sizes in that country spill over their plates, causing their portly bellies to spill over their pants. Read the rest of this entry »
In contrast to the crown jewels of many other European empires or royalty, the Czech crown jewels cannot be found on public display in a museum. On the contrary, for much of the time they are kept in a carefully protected room deep in the bowels of Prague’s St. Vitus Cathedral. The remains of Czech kings are kept inside as well as valuable Christian relics, all stored in a treasury secured with seven locks. In fact, they only rarely see the light of day, and only for short periods of time.
If you have been following this blog for any length of time, you have undoubtedly been both shocked and delighted by one of our most prolific and talented contributors, Louis P. Jaennette
Seems he’s decided to write a book!! Here is a small excerpt, EXCLUSIVE to this space, a preview that may be competely different by the time it’s printed:-) Comments are most welcome. Enjoy!
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YES! – WE are STILL in Montreal (yay!) MAYBE when summer gets here (it’s been fucking RAINing for the whole time we’re here (although I’m told this is unusual, I can’t help wondering if i should call Al Gore and ask where the fuck the GLOBAL WARMING is !!!)
We decided to stay (and NO, I WON’T tell you her name for Montreal’s second festival – JUST FOR LAUGHS!
Our Favorites are, MARTIN SHORT, JOHN CLEESE and Tommy Tiernan! (love his style!!)
Already tweeted a few pix for you over on twittpic and looking forward to going home soon.
SPAIN has been cancelled due to raging wildfires. Our hearts go out to our friends there and hope the rains here make their way there !!!
ps: a big shout-out to our talented Comedienne friend AMY ANDERSON (and cutie-pie Aubrey!)
Amy mentioned this event a few years ago when we interviewed her and it’s been a great experience! ThanX Amy!
It isn’t often you see an African man in a leopard-print ski jacket on Blackcomb’s Horstman Glacier.
We’ve all seen the movie Cool Runnings, which tells the story of the Jamaican Bobsleigh team and their quest for the 1988 Olympic Winter Games in Calgary. This winter, the eyes of the world will be on Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, Ghana’s first and only Olympic skier.
The attached document gives details of cases of child offenders executed since 1990 and cites the relevant international standards. Two tables are appended: a list of cases and a table of the 113 countries which provide for the death penalty but exclude its use of the death penalty against child offenders. There are also appendices giving the text of the resolution on “The death penalty in relation to child offenders” adopted by the UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in August 2000 and extracts from the resolution on “The question of the death penalty” adopted by the UN Commission on Human Rights in April 2002
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We got lucky at the Montreal International Jazz Festival, and discovered an award winning talented artist poised to conquer the world stage! – be sure to follow Susie and her bandmates across the globe on their next tour! This gurl transports you back in time !
"The greatest evil is not done in those sordid dens of evil that Dickens loved to paint ... but is conceived and ordered ( moved, seconded carried and minuted ) in clear, carpeted, warmed, well-lighted offices, by quiet men with white collars and cut fingernails and smooth-shaven cheeks who do not need to raise their voices"
-- C.S. Lewis [1898-1963]
in The Screwtape Letters
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The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything.
-- Oscar Wilde
'Her dress was split to the frontiers of decency and was so tight you could see what she was thinking"
-- Sebastian Horsley
"Love the life you live. Live the life you love." -- Bob Marley
"I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some, people out there in our nation don't have maps and, uh, I believe that our, uh, education like such as, uh, South Africa and, uh, the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and, I believe that they should, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., uh, or, uh, should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our future, for our children." -- Miss South Carolina Teen USA 2007
"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people's thinking.
-- Steve Jobs
'Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions"
-- Edgar Cayce
As I Turn Up The Collar On My Favourite Winter Coat, This Wind
Is Blowin' My Mind. I See The Kids In The Street, With Not Enough To Eat - Who Am I, To Be Blind? Pretending Not To See Their Needs.
-- Michael Jackson
"Every day, in every little way, Scientology is changing me for the better." -- Susan Meister on 01/09/1971
On 06/25/71 she was found with a bullet in her head.
'Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable' --Sydney J. Harris
"You must have LONG term goals to keep you from being frustrated by short term failures."
-- Charles C. Noble