Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me
Very funny show today. Alan Sorkin was a contestant.. West Wing creator and now honcho for the staging of To Kill A Mockingbird on Broadway. Some of the other things discussed:
Fit Chickens
China is now outfitting chickens with miniature Fitbits. They record the chickens' steps so that freshness can be determined... I guess.
(Someone quipped: So now we will know why the chicken crossed the road... to get a longer step score.)
License Plates
In some parts of Australia, emoji vanity plates are being allowed. I wonder what the police think about that.
Speaking of vanity plates, I've had my Mensa plate for years. Since I got it, I've only seen one other car with another Mensa plate. When I got the plate, I asked them to not give me a vanity number of less than 120, the Stanford-Binet score for the Genius level. So... they gave me 80 (low normal.)
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Craft Beer
Someone mentioned that a brewer is making marshmallow India Pale Ale (IPA). No.. please.. no!
(I only drink IPA now. Everything else tastes like sour water.. especially Lite Beer. I have talked about this before: I visited a brewery in Pennsylvania where they had two big vats. They both were filled with the same kind of beer. However, after a while, an equal amount of water was pumped into one of the vats and mixed thoroughly. I was told that this is how they make Lite Beer. No wonder it tastes like water.)
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Wisdom from WWDTM
"A foot long hot dog is always the right size."
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Here is some current Religion information from a couple of sources.
Harpers Index mentions that there are probably around 120,000 Christian missionaries who have left the US to preach the Gospel to the heathens.
They also mention that there are probably around 30,000 foreign missionaries who have left their homes to preach their religious beliefs to us heathens.
None of this will probably help anybody. IMHO
The Carroll County Times is advertising a "drive-through" for folks who want to get ashes on Ash Wednesday. And, of course, if you have a favorite pet, you can get them blessed in a "drive-through" lane at one of the churches.
Talk about laziness. Also, when I was down in South Carolina, one of the funeral parlors was advertising "drive-through" viewings.
Methodists May Not Be Gay About This
The Week Magazine reports that at a meeting of United Methodist Church leaders in St. Louis, a slim majority voted to retain anti-gay rules. No gay marriage ceremonies allowed. This ruling will probably result in another one of those "schisms" that occur over the years to a religion that is in its dotage.
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