COLD! But sunny.
Assholes are getting younger!
A Pakistani teenager was accused of blasphemy by an imam, and was told that if he didn't do something about it, he would burn in Hell. So, this 17 year old went home and cut off his hand. Now.. some of his relatives are treating his cut-off hand as a holy relic.
How can the world survive with such celebrated ignorance!
Public Citizen
This organization reminds us: "On Capital Hill, John Boehner, the Speaker who shut down the government for 16 days in 2013, and held 50 (count-em) votes to repeal the Affordable Care Act (was) sacrificed.. for being insufficiently conservative!"
More of Joe O'Gorman
The other day, I wrote about our recently departed friend, Joe O'Gorman. I forgot to mention that he was a great lover of Yuengling Beer. I wonder if Bob Packard knew that. Bob has had a love affair with that beer for many years. Some years ago, I toured the Pennsylvania brewery in Pottsville (Town?).
Kids!
Die Tante ist zu Besuch. Ploetzlich steht Gabi aut, lekt am Kleid der Tante und sagt: "Mutti, du hast Recht, das Kleid ist wirklich geschmacklos!"
Yankee Magazine Statistics
In an endeavor to get me to be a subscriber again to Yankee Magazine, they sent me some interesting New England information:
1. Rhode Island's official state drink: Coffee Milk.
2. Boston's subway system services over 500,000 riders each weekday.
3. In 1797, 24 whale oil lamps illuminated Highland Light, the first lighthouse on Cape Cod. (New Bedford supplied the whale oil that lit America for many years.)
What is MENSA?
I think that the following is the best explanation for Mensa that I have seen for a while. It was appended to a "Day-a-Day" tear-off calendar, presented to me on Christmas by my beloved daughter-in-law, Kathleen.
"MENSA, the international High IQ Organization, connects more that 110,000 members worldwide by one common characteristic: a score in the top 2% on an accepted standardized supervised intelligence test, with 57,000 members in the United States. MENSA has a mission to identify and encourage human intelligence for the benefit of humanity while providing a stimulating intellectual, and social environment for its members. MENSA also provides scholarships, a research journal, and educational outreach for gifted youth through the MENSA Education and Research Foundation."
Wanna join?
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