Archaeology in Europe: 02/01/2008 – 03/01/2008 “The story of Neanderthal extinction is one of the most intriguing in all of human evolution,” author Simon Underdown told Discovery News. “Why did a large-brained, intelligent hominid that shared so many traits with us disappear?” Maybe they became zombies…
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First off, the folks at Conservapedia seem mighty obsessed with hot! gay! Sex!, which sets up this most excellent quip: Q: How many Republican politicians can you fit in the closet? A: Evidently, all of them. h/t to » Conservapedia: Still Obsessed » The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century : Joey deVilla’s Personal Blog.
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That’ll teach him to tinkle outside – Yahoo! News APPLETON, Wis. – An apparently drunk man picked the wrong place to tinkle. Appleton police arrested the man Friday afternoon after he reportedly relieved himself in front of the police department.
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Man fired for requesting a prostitute – Yahoo! News Hotel workers were sent to Jorgensen’s room to ask him to stop demanding prostitutes. When they arrived at his room, Jorgensen answered the door in the nude, human resources director Tim Donovan said.Jorgensen was fired the next day. At the hearing, Jorgensen said his actions didn’t hurt the casino, and he said he’d received strong performance reviews. He also blamed the restaurant for serving him too much alcohol. “I was absolutely plowed,” he said. Administrative Law Judge Terence Nice turned down Jorgensen’s claim for unemployment benefits. It’s never your fault when…
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As rain shifts to snow, mushy morning rush is forecast — chicagotribune.com Afternoon rains turned to snow Monday evening as a storm expected to bring around 6 inches of snow moved into the Chicago area. It started snowing around 2pm today. In spite of grumbling about the cold and the piles of grey, frozen blocks of slush along the margins of the roads, I really love how pretty everything gets after a few hours of snow. Big fat flakes came down as I drove home, and it was starting to “stick” on the parking lot and not melt away. A…
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Keith Olbermann makes it 13 times that the Bush administration used a suspiciously timed terror alert or arrest announcement to either negate unfavorable news, or neutralize positive news about political opponents. Only thirteen times? But it’s linked at One Utah: One Utah » Blog Archive » The Nexus of Politics and Terror (and Lying)
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Audio: Confessions: Online Only: The New Yorker This week in the magazine, in an excerpt from her book “The Bishop’s Daughter,†Honor Moore writes about her father, the Episcopal bishop Paul Moore, his faith, and his secret. Here Moore talks about her father’s public service and private life. As noted at Preludium and The Lead. Moore’s voice is warm and calm, except when she talks about her disappointment at not being able to discuss something she had in common with her father; her private life was more open, but he was a man of his generation, and not able to…
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My friend Ellen’s husband runs a blog about archeology, and today it had an item about the Church of England’s current upheaval… no, not that upheaval, the one about the fancy bishop’s palaces going on the market because they’re perceived as an extravagance in an era when ordinary parish priests have trouble making ends meet. Archaeology in Europe: 02/01/2008 – 03/01/2008 Resplendent with moats, gatehouses and banqueting halls, bishops’ palaces are among some of the grandest buildings in the country.Now, however, the historic homes, which have belonged to the Church of England for centuries, could be sold off in a…
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Did you watch the British detective series Bergerac? The building that was used as the police station used to be a children’s home. And now there’s a real mystery: child abuse and possibly murder, dating back decades, in that same building. BBC NEWS | Europe | Jersey | Child’s body found at care home Parts of a child’s body have been found by police in a former children’s home in Jersey.
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Since I was sick week before last, we canceled the regular twice-monthly housecleaning service and deferred it to this Wednesday. Which means that in addition to more than the usual amount of clutter, there was a lot of stuff on the carpet and dirt in the front hall and a huge number of dustbunny-type junk in the upstairs bedroom. It takes a while for my completely dormant housekeeping skilz to stir themselves, but today I’d finally had enough of looking at dusty margins and clumps of cat hair on the carpet, so I got out the vacuum cleaner. Fairly quickly,…