It was reported that the oldest woman alive, Maria Esther de Capovilla of Ecuador, was found in her bedroom yesterday. She had passed on into the halls of eternity. What a run, eh? She was born in 1889! Can you imagine all the things that she saw? Two World Wars, man landing on the moon, [...] [Read more →]
Imagine the following scene…a scene at a school’s (doesn’t matter what level of institution, but preferably higher like high school or college) political science class… (A TEACHER walks to the front of the class. She dresses with a propriety that is expected from someone who is scholastically employed.) Teacher: Attention class! We are now beginning. [...] [Read more →]
Yesterday, the world was shocked to hear that the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and it’s once mighty and heralded football program fell to the Syracuse Orangemen, one of the worst teams in all of college football. Yes, this was quite devastating for the Irish faithful, and according to many of the media publications, it was [...] [Read more →]
On the news wire, there have been reports in the last several months of a fellow by the name of Bomjam, who has reached a certain fame in Nepal as a “Buddha reincarnate”. Reincarnation[v. ree-in-kahr-neyt; adj. ree-in-kahr-nit, -neyt] – (verb) to give another body; to incarnate again. (adj.) incarnate new. If this true, then we [...] [Read more →]
They say that Rome wasn’t built in a day. However, if you’re throwing a party tomorrow, and your house isn’t clean, you can’t afford to be Rome! Several weeks ago, I went to a friend’s house for a party she was throwing. Not only was it a great catching up with some people I haven’t [...] [Read more →]