I am thankful that so far, the administration of this country hasn’t found a way to blame the following on a Congress that won’t hand him their war budget on a silver platter: kdka.com – Military Asks Wounded Soldiers To Return Portions Of Signing Bonuses PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ― The U.S. Military is demanding that thousands of wounded service personnel give back signing bonuses because they are unable to serve out their commitments. To get people to sign up, the military gives enlistment bonuses up to $30,000 in some cases. Now men and women who have lost arms, legs, eyesight, hearing…
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Two weeks ago, I stopped watching television, doing chores around the house, and sleeping. My husband David and Riley the Cat haven’t been getting as much attention from me as they deserve, because I’ve been virtually MIA all that time. Literally. I’ve been living a virtual Second Life, and have become a little obsessed with the experience of being completely immersed in a not-real world both like and unlike anything you would expect or imagine.
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More women than men are being ordained to Anglican priesthood -Times Online (tags: Anglican women Church) Gangs target churches for heavy metal | Top News | Reuters (tags: Anglican) Brangus Weir’s Watch (tags: SecondLife Radio) Second Life Herald: Almost Linden-less to Completely Freebie Fabulous! (tags: SecondLife freebie)
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Via: Flickr Title: Pre-boil By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 14 Nov ’07, 12.32am CST PST
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Via: Flickr Title: Childrens service By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 11 Nov ’07, 11.26am CST PST
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Yes, I’ve been remiss. Yes, I’ve been up late a lot. The steep learning curve has been leveling off, though, and I may even watch television tonight (tomorrow for sure, because Torchwood is on). Some things going on in my life that don’t require logging on: Last week at Holy Moly, we celebrated All Saints with great music, and a moving and joyful (and very wet) baptism. St Nicholas has a font that’s more like a wading pool, it looks like this when not actually in use: This is from last year’s Bishop’s Visitation with Bp. Victor Scantlebury, the assistant…
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David ran across this classic example of a sign or notice in “Engrish,” a mistranslation from Japanese to English: It’s supposed to be “region free.” At least unbelievers can now watch anything they like without fear of being proselytized. I really hate that, and I’m a believer. Can’t imagine how annoying it must be for an infidel. Anyway, this notice is almost as good as the sign I saw in Nara, Japan near the famous garden park there, directing residents and tourists to the nearby “Pubic Library.” I was impressed, “library” is really hard to spell. I took a picture,…
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Eladrienne’s Second Life!: Lost Gardens of Apollo (tags: SecondLife Apollo Haberdasher)
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Small Membership Churches: Thanksgiving Liturgical Resources (tags: Episcopal SmallChurchResources)
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On a future trip to England, this might be fun – take a tour of an area’s churches by rail. Via ChurchRail Trail » The Cartoon Blog by Dave Walker