Church Foreclosures – Good For My Heating Bill!
So it turns out that not just individuals and banks overextended themselves during the mortgage boom, but some churches did also: Yahoo article on church foreclosures I find this news so delicious! Churches out of money, having to close, and getting evicted. I am hoping soon to find a church asset sale nearby, so I [...]
Better Off Ted – Predicting A Bomb
Readers of this blog know that when I’m not railing about religion or some other strain of stupidity, I enjoy attacking the lack of creativity in our society. Like idiocy and incompetence, lack of originality is pervasive. You can’t get through the day without several fresh encounters. So I’m watching some show on ABC and [...]
Language Pet Peeves – A Sampler
I am hardly a language purist. In fact, I can tolerate – even embrace – the coining of new words or expressions, such as “ginormous” or “I LOL’d” or “bling.” But there are some things which are just maddeningly wrong, up with which we should not put: supposably – There is no such thing. Go [...]
