94 is the new 50? Jack Lalanne is still working out

I remember watching a physical fitness workout expert named Jack Lalanne when I was about 6 years old (this was back in 1962).  I stumbled across LaLanne's name today and wondered whether he was still alive.  Indeed he is.  Now 94, Lalanne has lived long enough to transform his media…

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The enemy of my enemy

I see lots of upside to Al-Qaeda's use of a racial slur to demean President-elect Barack Obama.  Perhaps these racial slurs will wake up some of those rabid Palinites who thought that Barack Obama was doing the bidding of Al-Qaeda all along. Consider, also, that many conservatives are xenophobically patriotic.  …

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Stoning, Python style

It's been awhile since we've discussed the rules for stoning found in the Bible. Rather than rehashing those rules, I decided to post this stoning demo by Monty Python (from "The Life of Brian"). [youtube]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MIaORknS1Dk[/youtube] BTW, if you enjoy Monty Python (I very much do), you should be aware that…

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