19 Aug 2004
Church Says Girls' Communion Not Valid (AP)

Remember the Bush White House statement last November about "heartless heathens"? Well, it seems as though they need to look a bit closer to their own religious homes to find true heartlessness...

For the record, I've served cidar in blot and sumble to alcoholics, despite the call of the lore for mead or ale. Heathens will go out of their way to make sure the feast contains something for everyone - gluten free just isn't a problem with us. We seem to be more into the spirit of the thing, if I can take a jab at my Catholic neighbors, rather than the letter of the law.

Hopefully the girl will get wiser from this - there are more than a few kindreds in the Garden State that would welcome her.

AP - An 8-year-old girl who suffers from a rare digestive disorder and cannot eat wheat has had her first Holy Communion declared invalid because the wafer contained no wheat, violating Roman Catholic doctrine.

(link) [Yahoo! News - Top Stories]

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A Windows Symphony

This is really cute, in a perverted sort of way. It doesn't even require Windows (it's Flash) to run, but to really "get it" does require at least a passing familarity with Windows and it's capacity for "noise"... enjoy!

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Bear guzzles 36 beers, passes out at campground

Not only a hard drinking bear, but a rather particular one as well:

He tried a mass-market Busch beer, but switched to Rainier Beer, a local ale, and stuck with it for his drinking binge.

I agree with my furry friend that Busch sucks, and Ranier is slightly better, but I imagine the real reason he stuck with Ranier was the lack of real beer in the camp.

A black bear was found passed out at a campground in Washington state recently after guzzling down three dozen cans of a local beer, a campground worker said on Wednesday.

(link) [CNN]

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