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Posted on entry In bed with a living God or a dead Constitution ::: January 21, 2008, 03:47 PM:
C. Wingate:

["Kingdom Now" theology] is particularly obscure and as I know has no traction outside of charismatic circles.

That's part of the problem. Huckabee is tied to Bill Gothard.
Posted on entry Pancake Recipe ::: August 14, 2007, 07:33 AM:
I've been making a variant of the cottage cheese pancakes for years, and it's universally acclaimed as the best pancake recipe ever.

The skepticism of the people observing the process for the first time is part of the fun, of course.
Posted on entry Minneapolis bridge collapses ::: August 02, 2007, 03:44 PM:
If anything, resurfacing might have reduced the load on the bridge -- if enough lanes were closed, there might less less load on the bridge than normal.

WaPo reported this morning that four of the eight lanes were closed due to resurfacing.

No way that bridge was carrying higher-than-normal loads.
Posted on entry Thoroughly spoiled Harry Potter ::: July 25, 2007, 01:50 PM:
Lori @113:

Ginny's given name is Genevra.
Posted on entry Open Thread 88 ::: July 22, 2007, 11:48 AM:
And a lot of people seem ordered multiple copies to cut down on fights over who gets it first and are already trying to sell the extras. It won't take all that long for it to reach the thrifts.
Posted on entry Thoroughly spoiled Harry Potter ::: July 22, 2007, 11:41 AM:
Not naming a profession for Ginny and Hermione doesn't mean that they're SAHM. We don't know what Ron and Harry do, either; Neville is the only one whose job gets a mention, IIRC.
Posted on entry Open Thread 88 ::: July 22, 2007, 08:30 AM:
John @ 417:

Gurer'f tbvat gb or ng yrnfg bar irel cvffrq tboyva.

Post-book conversations last night saw many variations of a paraphrase from Star Wars:

Thousands of [insert fan group here] suddenly cried out in agony and were suddenly silenced.
Posted on entry Open Thread 88 ::: July 20, 2007, 06:19 PM:
Greg, something I haven't seen mentioned about the book OotP:

Rneyl ba, Fvevhf tvirf Uneel n cnpxntr gb hfr vs Uneel arrqf uvz juvyr ng fpubby Uneel fjrnef ur'yy arire hfr vg (jba'g rira bcra gur cnpxntr gb svaq bhg jung'f va vg) orpnhfr ur'f nsenvq vg jvyy cebzcg Fvevhf gb yrnir gur fnsrgl bs gur ubhfr naq ohevrf vg va gur obggbz bs uvf gehax. Naq gura sbetrgf nobhg vg.

Uneel qbrf gel gb gryy Fancr va Hzoevqtr'f bssvpr, ohg gura nffhzrf Fancr qbrfa'g sbyybj hc ba vg. Fancr qbrf, svaqf Fvevhf dhvgr jryy ng Tevzjnyq, naq arire trgf onpx gb Uneel.

Gur jubyr cbvag bs gur obbx vf gb chapgher Uneel'f ureb pbzcyrk. Gurer'f n fprar ng gur raq bs gur obbx jura Uneel svaqf gur cnpxntr va uvf gehax naq yrneaf ur unq jung nzbhagrq gb n frpher yvar gb ernpu Fvevhf, bar bs n cnve bs vagrepbaarpgrq zveebef gung Fvevhf naq Wnzrf unq hfrq gb pbzzhavpngr lrnef orsber.

Bu, naq Ibyqrzbeg jnagrq gur cebcurpl orpnhfr ur bayl xarj unys bs vg. Gur erfg bs vg zvtug unir tvira uvz fbzr uvag ba jung uvf rarzvrf jbhyq qb arkg.
Posted on entry Open thread 87 ::: July 05, 2007, 06:02 PM:
The first editor of the Benoit Wikipedia article claims to have posted a "wrongful remark" that happened to turn out to be true. The person who reinserted the rumor after it had been deleted cited several wrestling sites as sources. It wouldn't surprise me for those sites to have been reporting on the first edit.
Posted on entry If it weren't so blatant, I'd think it was plagiarism ::: June 07, 2007, 07:11 AM:
"Prose need not be deathless.

It should not, however, be lifeless."

I'd buy that on a mug.
Posted on entry Open thread 84 ::: June 07, 2007, 06:58 AM:
I enthusiastically second the recommendations to go ahead and have wills, living wills, and POA in place. A living will saved us a great deal of argument over removing my father's feeding tube, though the doctors involved still fought it via some bizarre claims about complications from his diabetes. And from recent experience, if you're the survivor get to know the executor well and find out what you as heir can do for yourself and what you're dependent on the executor to do. It really will save a lot of stress if you're not waiting for the executor to get around to filing the life insurance claims.

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