Saving Miss Alli’s recaplet for posterity: After universally unfortunate use of the word “choo-choo” on the way to The Hermitage in St. Petersburg, the teams learn that it’s time to go to Egypt, yet another interesting new country that it seems like they would have gotten to before now, but haven’t. Colin and Christie kick the crap out of the airport strategy and stake themselves to a multiple-hour lead getting into Cairo. Once there, they decide to take the Fast Forward while it’s there for the taking, and they wind up getting to the pit stop while everyone else is…
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Something you need to know about Alan Keyes: he’s pro-life, he’s not modest about his achievements, and he probably shouldn’t write his own ad copy. And this is the guy the Illinois GOP thinks they might throw against Barak Obama? Is widely considered the most formidable defender of America’s founding principles in today’s political arena. Is generally conceded to be the winner of the 2000 Republican Presidential Debates, due to his remarkable eloquence and persuasiveness. Is capable of leading our country to widespread moral and political renewal, once all of America has a chance to see and hear, first-hand, his…
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On our upcoming trip to The City, it would nice to see these Mona Caron Murals.
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Via AKMA, I ran across the following rant on the “emerging church” movement. Stop using things like the Book of Common Prayer and candles and incense because you think they’re cool. At least go to an Episcopal service, or an Orthodox service, or a Roman Catholic service and actually learn a little bit about their liturgy before you start saying things like, “and now for an old Anglican prayer. ” It’s not just an old prayer! It’s the liturgy practiced by thousands of people all over the world – right now! The candles and incense? They mean something. It’s not…