In a phone interview with the Inquirer, Gonzalez said President Macapagal-Arroyo called a Cabinet meeting on Friday and told her officials that she wanted to cut red tape to make the government more responsive and attuned to the needs of the poor.
LOL! You know what? If Kayne West said something to the effect [...]
Well, I was getting all excited at the extra second of sleep I would be getting. I realized thought that midnight CUT is six PM here in Nashville. Oh well.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Get ready for a minute with 61 seconds. Scientists are delaying the start of 2006 by the first “leap second” in [...]
Dark Horizons is reporting a rumor from E! Online that Jolene Blalock of “Enterprise” fame will star in an episode of ABC’s hit series “Lost.”
Blalock was originally slated to guest star in the second episode of the season in a Sawyer (Josh Holloway) backstory. Instead the episode was swapped for a Michael (Harold Perrineau Jr.) [...]
Well, it’s only about an hour and and a half before Suzette and I leave for midnight mass, hence the title.
We’ve already had our family gathering last night. You see my mom just started a new job at one of the local VA nursing homes working weekends. So, doing something [...]
Now see, if Protestant ministers were required to be celibate, this kind of thing wouldn’t happen.
HOUSTON – The wife of the pastor of the nation’s largest church was asked to leave a plane after she failed to comply with a flight attendant’s instructions, the
FBI said Tuesday.
Houston Lakewood Church pastor Joel Osteen, his wife, Victoria, and [...]
Adding to its growing list of available television shows on the iTunes Music Store, Apple on Tuesday announced the addition of ABC’s popular series Commander in Chief. Commander in Chief, which features Geena Davis as the first female President of the United States, will sell for $1.99 and joins other ABC shows “Desperate Housewives,” “Lost,” [...]
It’s about time too. The episcopate has been empty since even before i moved to Nashville last February.
I’d like to congratulate father Choby and give him the promise to keep him in my prayers.
Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Reverend David R. Choby as the eleventh Bishop of Nashville. Rev. Choby will be ordained [...]
MISA DE GALLO or the nine-day Simbang Gabi (dawn Mass) is an occasion for Filipinos to strengthen their spirituality and bond as family and to enjoy the scents, sights, sounds and taste of Christmas.
In northern and Central Luzon, various traditions, including a nine-day novena, accompany the celebration of the Simbang Gabi.
I’ve heard a lot about [...]
I always hear that married couples argue over the toilet seat. The woman says the man should put it down when he’s finished because she might miss it being up and fall in the next time she uses it. The man says the woman should put it down before she starts because he [...]
LITTLE ROCK — Blockbuster (BBI) stores in several states are quietly resuming late fees for customers who keep movies too long, rejecting the video-rental chain’s national advertising of “No Late Fees!” because they can no longer keep popular movies on their shelves.
Many Arkansas stores resumed charging late fees Nov. 21 and charges will apply again [...]
This is one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen in my life….
“Germany was not behind 12/7″….. That’s awesome…..
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A Roman Catholic bishop here has excommunicated members of a communal sect whose leader allegedly claims to be a manifestation of the late Pope John Paul II.
Sect leader Edwin Gonzalez Concepcion and his followers can no longer receive communion or participate in church activities, according to the order issued by Mayaguez Bishop Ulises Casiano Vargas.
Surely [...]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Nashville fire department officials say a man lying on a railroad track has been killed by a train.
Department spokesman Charles Shannon says it isn’t clear why the victim was on the rails when the C-S-X train passed over him.
The Nashville police department and the medical examiner’s office are investigating the incident that occurred [...]
…who has the best idea for a Star Trek movie of them all?
The Canmag.com Web site reported a rumor that William Shatner is one of the former Star Trek captains who would appear in a proposed new Trek movie set in the “mirror” universe. Citing an anonymous source, the site reported that a script is [...]
Our datacenter has had full power outage, and we are now recovering from the aftermath. About half of the machines are still down and we are working on bringing them back as soon as possible. To keep things moving, I’ve turned off RSS and some other features so that posting will still work and so [...]
Rumors of a fresh coup attempt swept through the Philippines on Wednesday after a captain charged of leading a failed 2003 mutiny escaped from court and a former defense chief declared himself the leader of an interim government preparing to replace President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Let’s hope so. Suzette was showing me a website the other [...]
The good news is that they’re making a sequel to Free Enterprise. The bad news it that Spock won’t be in it. This movie was a brilliant spoof of life as a SciFi geek. It was a special treat for those of us growing up in the eighties when SciFi hit it [...]
SILOAM SPRINGS, Ark. – Pregnant skydiver Shayna Richardson has survived a face-first plunge into the ground.
Richardson, 21, of Joplin, Mo., was making her first solo jump in Siloam Springs, Ark., on Oct. 9 when her main parachute failed and her reserve chute didn’t fully deploy.
What? WHAT!?!?!? She was pregnant and she went up [...]
Do you need more technology to help with NFP? I know some of you know what “NFP” means. It’s a Catholic thing I know. I could go into a lengthy explanation of why artificial contraception is wrong, but that’s for another post. This post is to introduce a new gadget that [...]
I really have mixed feelings on this.
SAN QUENTIN, Calif. – Convicted killer Stanley Tookie Williams, the Crips gang co-founder whose case stirred a national debate about capital punishment versus the possibility of redemption, was executed Tuesday morning.
On the one had, I really don’t understand why in a country with our wealth and resources [...]