Have you seen the RedBull commercial with St. Peter pacing in front of the pearly gates? He'saggravated that while he used to decide whom should receivewings, now everyone is getting wings by drinking RedBull. Mostfrustrating. It never occurred to me before, but the traditional view of St.Peter pits him as nothing more than a glorified (no pun intended)doorman! That's what should be frustrating. I can see the dayGod handed out the assignments. Peter anxiously opens his envelope,then hi...

Have you seen the RedBull commercial with St. Peter pacing in front of the pearly gates? He'saggravated that while he used to decide whom should receivewings, now everyone is getting wings by drinking RedBull. Mostfrustrating. It never occurred to me before, but the traditional view of St.Peter pits him as nothing more than a glorified (no pun intended)doorman! That's what should be frustrating. I can see the dayGod handed out the assignments. Peter anxiously opens his envelope,then hi...

The Lent Thing Rages On     At TacoBell Thursday night I noticed they are pushing items for Lent:quesadillas, wraps of various types, etc. I've never seen "the Bell"pushing Lent before. For the past couple years McDonald's and Burger King placed theirrespective fish sandwiches on special. Whether they're trying to pickup Lenten business or just make themselves look more acceptable sothey don't get "given up" for 40 days I don't know. What I personallyfind interesti...

The Lent Thing Rages On     At TacoBell Thursday night I noticed they are pushing items for Lent:quesadillas, wraps of various types, etc. I've never seen "the Bell"pushing Lent before. For the past couple years McDonald's and Burger King placed theirrespective fish sandwiches on special. Whether they're trying to pickup Lenten business or just make themselves look more acceptable sothey don't get "given up" for 40 days I don't know. What I personallyfind interesti...

        Two stories onlyrelated by the military.         One of the Army'sleast known and more peculiar perks just may be freeplastic surgery. The Army surgeons who perform reconstructivesurgery on wartime casualties need someone to practice on. Entersoldiers, veterans, and families of the Army, Reserves, and NationalGuard. According to Dr. Bob Lyons, Army Chief of Plastic Surgery,they can offer any kind of cos...

        Two stories onlyrelated by the military.         One of the Army'sleast known and more peculiar perks just may be freeplastic surgery. The Army surgeons who perform reconstructivesurgery on wartime casualties need someone to practice on. Entersoldiers, veterans, and families of the Army, Reserves, and NationalGuard. According to Dr. Bob Lyons, Army Chief of Plastic Surgery,they can offer any kind of cos...

    Put the salve on as instructed, go in foryour shots, and stay away from that one -- you'll be fine. Wait --wrong "burning" question.     After perusing myreferrals, I decided to answer some of the questions which havegone unanswered by the articles which search engines inaccuratelydumped people on. "When does Lent end?" -- It's over. For future reference it ends at Easter. That should be easy enough, right? "When does Lent start?" -- ...

    Put the salve on as instructed, go in foryour shots, and stay away from that one -- you'll be fine. Wait --wrong "burning" question.     After perusing myreferrals, I decided to answer some of the questions which havegone unanswered by the articles which search engines inaccuratelydumped people on. "When does Lent end?" -- It's over. For future reference it ends at Easter. That should be easy enough, right? "When does Lent start?" -- ...

    Today (Wednesday, April 28) was SaddamHussein's birthday. Not coincidentally it was also Jay Leno'sbirthday. Nuff said? Okay, consider this: Saddam: Achieved his position through backstabbing, betrayal and murder. Jay: Achieved his position through backstabbing and betrayal. (And, come on, have you seen Johnny lately? Yeah, thought not.) Saddam: Used ruthless underlings to crush dissidents. Jay: Used ruthless underling (Helen Kushnick) ...

    Today (Wednesday, April 28) was SaddamHussein's birthday. Not coincidentally it was also Jay Leno'sbirthday. Nuff said? Okay, consider this: Saddam: Achieved his position through backstabbing, betrayal and murder. Jay: Achieved his position through backstabbing and betrayal. (And, come on, have you seen Johnny lately? Yeah, thought not.) Saddam: Used ruthless underlings to crush dissidents. Jay: Used ruthless underling (Helen Kushnick) ...

        Well, NBC's Last ComicStanding is now in the finals. Last Thursday they had the"reveal show" to give the results of viewers' voting from theprevious Tuesday. The final six were cut in half. Bye-bye, Jay London(my personal pick for winner). Bye-bye, KathleenMadigan. Bye-bye, Sicilian goddess TammyPescatelli.         We were giventhree votes. While Jay London may have been my overall pick (he'sjust s...

        Well, NBC's Last ComicStanding is now in the finals. Last Thursday they had the"reveal show" to give the results of viewers' voting from theprevious Tuesday. The final six were cut in half. Bye-bye, Jay London(my personal pick for winner). Bye-bye, KathleenMadigan. Bye-bye, Sicilian goddess TammyPescatelli.         We were giventhree votes. While Jay London may have been my overall pick (he'sjust s...

"Hello? Homeland Security ? Good I want to report terroristthreats. I was reading this book and the guy in it said... no it wasa novel.... What do you mean? You mean you don't care that this guysaid...? What is wrong with you people? So if he phoned in a bombthreat.... Yeah! If the guy in the novel phoned in a bomb threat...!So that's okay with you? "Well there's a very real author behind it, isn't there? He is inciting violence! Listen, anytime anyone says something likethis people of de...