Recent truth is stranger than fiction

• Buffy Is Driving Women from the Church

  Allison Waldman of TV Squad (see link below) reports that a new study out of Great Britain blames “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” and other shows like it, for tens of thousands of women quitting the church.
  The study, also reported on by the New York Post (Buffy Made Women Stop Going to Church Study) was [...]

  August 26th, 2008

• Quote of the Day

  And my mom said I didn’t have the sense that God gave a goose!
  "You can purchase anything off the Internet except common sense," Harrison [a zoo director] said. "A venomous snake isn’t a pet. You don’t play with it. If you do, you’re an idiot."

  To read the context of this quote, go [...]

  July 15th, 2008

• I Have Nothing to Add to This . . .

  In a brief article by Seanna Adcox, an Associated Press Writer, published today, we read:
  FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) - Federal authorities say a South Carolina teen accused of plotting to blow up his high school told police that he wanted to die, go to heaven and kill Jesus. A dark portrait of Ryan Schallenberger emerged Tuesday [...]

  April 29th, 2008

• Tacky Religious Products

  In a blog post, “20 Tacky Religious Products Guaranteed to Anger God,” on cracked.com, written by Ian Fortey, Fortney writes,
  For as long as there has been religion, there’s been someone hawking religious crap to scam a buck off the devout. But once the market becomes saturated with tasteful silver crosses and Star of David pendants, [...]

  February 22nd, 2008

• Fox’s ‘The Moment of Truth’ - A New Low for Reality TV

  I don’t know which is more reprehensible:  The Fox Network, which is airing this program or the people who participate in it.  It’s probably a toss-up, but I have to wonder about the increased Springerization of American culture.  What won’t people do for a few bucks?  Not much it seems.  One website writes:
  Fox has [...]

  January 20th, 2008