Maybe I’m just bitter.  I’ve been researching my family lately and finding out all sorts of things about how my ancestors were forcibly converted during the Crusades.  I’ve also been reading more and more news articles about Mormons posthumously baptising Jews killed during the Holocaust.  So it’s possible that I’m overly sensitive and inclined to [...]

A girl serving in Iraq rescued a dog from a burning trash pile and now she wants him sent to her home in Minnesota.
Now, I’m sure the DoD has a decent reason for not allowing service members to bring home strays.  They could have diseases, you don’t know where they’ve been, having a dog in [...]

Some crazy fuckers decided to go skydiving over Mount Everest.  They didn’t land on TOP of the mountain (dear god, imagine that), instead their destination was a flat space in the foothills.
I actually would love to try this (in many many years, after hundreds and hundreds of easier jumps), but I still think the bastards [...]

I’m lucky enough to be young, healthy, and of a generation that will likely pass every right I need before I get old.  Unfortunately, my generation is also failing our elders.  We rally for marriage, for hate crimes laws, for anti-bullying measures.  At the same time we manage to forget about the people who got [...]

This article pretty much sums up what everyone has been saying.  Nine year old playing in a youth baseball league (NOT Little League) banned from pitching because he’s too damned good.  On that level I agree with everyone crying out for the kid and his team to be reinstated.  I see no reason the kids [...]