The crazy lady strikes again

Just the other day, I was thinking about the roommate of our parish's liturgist. At one point, she and her roommate were almost joined at the hip; one almost never saw one woman without the other being close by, if the two of them weren't walking next to each other. They were in public together so frequently, in fact, that I personally suspected that they were a lesbian couple rather than just roommates; that, however, is mere suspicion, rather than something I can prove. (I have to make that... Sign in to see full entry.

I've spent the bulk of the day doing Internet research for my various blogs, and half-listening to the TV. I'd rather my daughter would leave EWTN on - they're having a 25th-anniversary Family Celebration in Birmingham, Alabama, and they're providing wall-to-wall coverage of same on EWTN (well, duh ) - but fortunately, she's put some interesting things on the TV, so I haven't really been bored. Right now, for example, The History Channel is running an American Eats episode about the hot dog.... Sign in to see full entry.

This morning, I learned through an AP story of the death of a courageous "undercover kitten" named Fred. Fred participated in an undercover investigation of an unlicensed "vet." An investigator posing as Fred's owner (or Fred's human, as Garfield would say) summoned this character to her "apartment" for a house call, claiming Fred needed to be neutered. The fake "vet" was arrested as he was carrying the cat, and his "professional fees" (in the form of cash, of course), out of the apartment. At... Sign in to see full entry.

I saw something else on AOL just now - advertising on eggs. Now, I think I've heard just about everything. Next thing you know, Blogit will start accepting ads in addition to charging us for a subscription. (Oops - maybe I'm giving them ideas or something.) Sign in to see full entry.

I just got done reading an AOL article about the man who won this year's World Series of Poker. He is now $12 million richer. He bluffed his sole remaining opponent into believing that he had a weaker hand than he really did, and the gambit worked. Now, don't get me wrong; second place netted the loser over $6 million, so he's apparently crying all the way to the bank, too. I don't particularly care even to learn poker. I enjoy such sedentary activities as reading, writing and surfing the... Sign in to see full entry.

There is a site on the Internet called GetHuman.com, which offers ways of getting in touch with an actual customer-service representative at various companies. This website originally started out as a blog. The author of that blog grew increasingly frustrated with the automated phone trees and voice-mail systems which are being used routinely in the corporate world, so he wanted to share the secrets he'd learned about how to get in touch with real live customer-service reps at the various... Sign in to see full entry.

Normally, because this touches on Catholicism, I'd deal with it in From Death Into Life. However, I regard this more as a news story than one touching on doctrinal issues; therefore, I felt it more appropriate to deal with it here. Apparently, Madonna is again in trouble with the Vatican. She is a lapsed Catholic who has turned to the practice of Kabbalah (basically a New Age version of Jewish mysticism, a revival of an ancient Jewish practice with a New Age flavor) in recent years. During her... Sign in to see full entry.

Everyone has heard by now of the new restrictions on carry-ons, although I bet you haven't heard about the fact that British Airways has banned carry-ons entirely, especially for flights to America. The only things Americans are allowed to carry on - at least the only liquids - are baby formula and liquid medications. The baby formula is more restricted; you need to have a baby on formula with you in order to get the liquid baby formula on board, or else you'll be forced to put it in the cargo... Sign in to see full entry.

The other day, I read a story on AOL which gave all the crazy reasons for why people call 911. Apparently, people really do call 911 because someone gave them the wrong order at the drive-up window. And then, there's the man who claimed that he saw two bodies - it turns out he was hallucinating or something, because soon, he started ranting and raving about vampires with fangs and so forth. Or how about the blithering idiots who forgot where they parked their calls at the local mall? Is that a... Sign in to see full entry.

As I was writing the last entry, I had a very interesting visit from some local officials. I need to do some explaining first, so you understand the purpose of their visit. A few days ago, I wrote to the local Township Supervisor. One of the issues I alluded to in my letter was the chronic parking problems we've been having, particularly late at night and on weekends. People seemingly park every which way but loose in the lot lately. It's not unusual, especially on weekends and late at night,... Sign in to see full entry.