I had to laugh when I saw the story about the Christian Church that has put up a billboard calling Christians Jerks, including themselves.  I'm glad that someone recognized that by using the Bible as a weapon to beat on others (figuratively), they were not being Christ-like at all.  Now if they can only convince the other conservative Christian churches.

To any teenager or young adult contemplating suicide because you are being bullied or called names because you are gay, please watch this video first where a Fort Worth Texas city councilman explains that it will get better, then call the Trevor Project hotline  866-4-U-TREVOR.

Today is Dusshera, A Hindu festival that celebrates the triumph of good over evil.

Here is a little number puzzle for everyone: 
121, 252, 505, 818

Those numbers are all palindromes (the same backward and forward) but they are also unusual in another way.  I'll provide
the answer next week.


"To be wise is to live in an inner harmony that eventually overcomes all outer discords" ~N. Sri Ram



A farmer in Montana put a sign on his tractor-trailer complaining about the "parasites" who are always after government subsidies. 
When a news reporter pointed out that this farmer had himself received over $1 million in farm subsidies from the government since 1995, the farmer clarified that he meant "parasites" who don't pay taxes.  Since he paid taxes, it was OK, in his opinion, to get as much as he could in subsidies.

Playboy magazine publishes an audio version for those who are blind or visually impaired.  The volunteer who makes the audio version says she goes into great detail in describing the pictures of nude women because "Hey, blind guys like pretty, naked girls, too!"