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I have no idea where this came from, but it's funny.

Chuck Norris on “Chuck Norris Facts”

I had heard a few of these -

When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris."

"Chuck Norris' tears can cure cancer. Too bad he never cries. Ever."

- but I didn’t know that Chuck had responded to them until I read it on Relapsed Catholic. I admire his faith. As a 65 year old Tae Kwon Do student, I also admire his outside blocking kick.

Now this is good news

Older and Cranky May Mean Smarter: Study suggests that personality predictors for intelligence change as you age. For some reason my family thought this was funny.

Shaggy Dog in Church Story

This item about how Transcendental Mediation Lessens Brain's Pain Response reminded me of the story about the Zen monk who visited a dentist.

"Would you like a shot of Novacaine?"

"No, I know how to transcend dental medicaiton."

Sometimes, All a Father Can Do is Brag

Photographic evidence of David's latest achievement, click here.

Snubbing the Hand that Feeds Her

This is from America (subscription required)

Should the celebrity commencement speaker be paid? The University of Oklahoma paid Katie Couric $115,000 for her commencement address. The university’s president insisted that the funds for the fee had been raised privately. When Miss Couric announced that she was donating her fee to her alma mater, the University of Virginia, those supporters of the University of Oklahoma may have had second thoughts.

The Dimaggio Code

Given all the noise about the Da Vinci Code, It seems fun to re-post this link to Hart Seeley's story. enjoy.

"In Dan Brown's best-selling thriller, "The Da Vinci Code," the fearless and cerebral Harvard professor Robert Langdon uses his knowledge of ancient religious symbols in a quest for the Holy Grail. His search is often interrupted by questions from his trusted partner, the intrepid and beautiful French cryptologist Sophie Neveu. In his next book, maybe Mr. Brown will take on a real conspiracy — involving an ancient sporting rivalry that resumes tonight.

Robert, who are these people chanting, "YANK! KISS! HUG!"?

Red Sox Nation, Sophie. A radical cult known for intense rites of self-degradation. Stay low, Sophie. It's their vernal resurrection. They're wearing the "Scarlet B," the mark of having betrayed the immortal Babe."

For access to the rest of Seely's NYT piece, click here ,

Nothing Happened

From to Richard Wimer's Graphic Humor and Inspiration mailing list.

Two from David

Our son, David often finds links that, to me, are highly unusual and fun. Here are two of them:

Light cone David writes

From the moment of my birth, light [that I could have influenced] has been expanding around the Earth and light [which could influence me, from an increasing distance of origin] reaching it -- this ever-growing sphere of potential causality is my light cone. Today... My light cone contains 37 stars. Chi-1 Orionis will be reached in in 5 days.

It puts some perspective on the vastness of the universe and our place within it. Even so, we are uniquely valuable.

Showdown at Google Gulch David writes:

Google Earth's images of Baghdad captured a battle, and you can see the tanks.

This one gives me an odd feeling. When I retired 10 years ago, I signed an agreement saying that I would never write anything that directly admits that such imagry even exists, much less have anything to say about it.

Replacement Window

We are about to go shopping for replacement windows. It occurs to me that there are four reasons why replacement windows are like marriage;
- they are expensive
- they are supposed to last for a long time
- you don't know exactly what you're buying, and
- make a wrong choice, and you'll be cold.