A Real Beer Church

A Church of England parish actually has children hand out beer to the men in the service! I can die happy now.

** The old newspaper ad pictured here has nothing to do with this blessed congregation (except beer). I just liked the line, "It's the He-man brew - that the gals love too."

Great Gender Targeted Advertising Parody

Twitter was in use in 1935!

I don't twitter (at least not yet). Despite my inability to post continuous short notes on my moment-by-moment movements, I found this 1935 version of Twitter pretty neat.

Bumper Balance

I'm not a big bumper sticker fan (at least on cars ... as a teenager I had some bumper stickers on a pair of shorts, along with a rubber spider web and assorted other nonsense. ... but I digress). These bumper stickers are hilariously understated and balanced. I especially like the one that reads, "In many contexts, "What would Jesus do?" is not a particularly helpful inquiry."
Nuanced Stickers Link

Back Alley Brilliance

I was in the alley behind The House Cafe, and a young punker I know named Mikey was hanging out there with an older, domestically challenged guy "named" Stix. Mikey expressed his disappointment in me for "dressing like a nerd again." He suggested I wear an old AC/DC shirt of his.I pointed out to Mikey that: A. I am a nerd, B. I'm old &, C. I used to dress just like Mikey. Stix came to my defense and pointed out that he too was old, but he was NOT a nerd AND the shirt he was wearing was the same sort of shirt as mine. I attempted to aline myself with Stix by opening up my shirt like his (exposing exteme whiteness). The picture here is the result of this great meeting of minds.

Globe Article

"Will the truth finally set Galileo free?

No, the Italian astronomer was never imprisoned for his beliefs. A new book exposes this and 24 other falsehoods about science and religion."