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This totally makes my day. I just checked on a forum that I put up ages ago and realized that it had been compromised. I think it’s actually much better now. Here’s the hacked page.
Those crazy Turks. There’s music and a slide show now. Enjoy while I decide if it’s worth putting the forum back up or not.

Clearly I’m not up on my epidemiology. I had no idea the bubonic plague [Wikipedia] was still around.
MSNBC reports on this recent case of what is commonly called “The Plague.”
In a related story, people have pretty much stopped dying.”

Check out Martha’s big bunny.

I’d like one of these, please.

Now will somebody please help me with this crashing application?

On that note, Relevant Revolution provides some smooth jams that might make you think. Thanks to TheNewsgirl for turning me on to this site. I’ve been playing these sermon jams at my desk all day, and let me tell you — it’s nice to think at work.

I love statistics. These are interesting ones. These statistics echo a subset of what Pastor Dave mentioned Sunday.
Harvard study tells parties to court ‘religious centrists’. [Washinton Times]

College students are becoming more religious, and it’s affecting their political views…
A full 70 percent say religion plays an important part in their lives, with a quarter saying their spirituality has increased at college. Six out of 10 say they are concerned about the moral direction of the country…

I wish I had found this video on St. Patrick’s day. But it’s not too late to memorialize those that died in the potato famine.

I’m declaring winter to be officially over.
I washed all my sweaters and I’m packing them up. My shorts are coming down from the top shelf of the closet. No more socks. I bought sunscreen, bug spray, and tiki torches today. My tent is ready to see action. I will be taking pictures of sunlit beaches to hang in my new office. (I have a new office! With a door and a window! Now I can close my door, open my window, slather on my sunscreen, and sunbathe right in my office!)
Happy summer, everyone!

I always disagree with my US representative, Jim Moran. It’s one of the main reasons I’m on his mailing list. Well, I got an email from him last night that blew my mind because I completely agreed! Here’s what he had to say.

Transcript of Remarks by Congressman Jim Moran on the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, The Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006 (House of Representatives – March 15, 2006)
Mr. MORAN VA:

Well, I thank my good friend from Maryland. I have no illusions about the results of this vote, it’s going to be pretty much proportionate to the 62-2 vote that we took in the full appropriations committee. But I want to share with my colleagues why this is the wrong thing to be doing.

The fact is that Dubai is our natural bridge to the modern, peaceful and progressive Arab world. And with this amendment, instead of crossing that bridge, we blow it up. The fact is that we currently have over 600 ships that are using Dubai, U.S. Naval vessels. We have more than 77,000 military personnel who take leave in Dubai. We’ve never had a security incident. In fact, more U.S. military personnel take liberty, port leave in other words, in the United Arab Emirates today than in any other place in the entire world. The U.A.E. wants to be our friend. They want to invest some of those petro dollars back in the United States. They want to trade with Israel. They want to trade with europe. They want to trade with the United States.

They’re under a lot of political pressure, but the Emirs are standing up to that pressure. Couldn’t we be expected to do the same? Are we going to yield to the fear and the prejudice that I think motivates this amendment? Because it’s not reasoned judgment. In fact the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States is conducting — was to be conducting a 45-day federal investigation. Then we would be able to make an informed decision. At the end of that investigation they were going to make recommendations.

But the reality is there aren’t a whole lot of things that need to be changed with this transaction. It’s a financial transaction. U.S. longshoremen still handle the cargo. The U.S. Coast Guard provides physical security. The customs service inspects the cargo and in fact, it was the U.A.E. who was first to sign the U.S. container security initiative we asked them to. They are doing everything, and my friends, the Director of the Department of Homeland Security, Secretary Chertoff, said if this deal goes through it will make our ports more secure, not less. Listen to the experts.

When does winter end? I’m ready to pack up my sweaters.