Archive for April 10th, 2005

Quote of the Day

“I once believed that celebrity could be used to promote a Godly message. I regret that I didn’t see that if the Godly message is there’s only one God and it’s not us, that can’t be promoted by people who are posing as gods themselves. There’s an inherent contradiction in that”
- Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, [...]

Separated at Birth

Some woman from an advert I saw on JRants, and Sister Act actress Kathy Najimy.
 

Caption Contest

This week’s photo, courtesy of AP:
 

 
My contribution:

Mummy, what are you doing with that gun?
Winner announced Thursday.

Horsing Around

Who said the Queen didn’t have a sense of humor?

The Queen toasted Prince Charles and his bride Camilla today, hailing her son for overcoming “terrible obstacles” and animating her speech with a joke that filled Windsor Castle with laughter.
 
The Queen, the host of the reception at her weekend residence west of London, told the 800 [...]

Reactions to Those Encounters

The Syrian, Iranian, Israeli, and media reactions to Israeli President Katsav’s reported encounters with the Syrian and Iranian Presidents, are anything but unpredictable.
 

 
(Reuters)
 
From Iran, we get denial (i.e lies).

The president of Iran, Mohammed Khatami, denied Israeli President Moshe Katzav’s statement that they spoke together in Persian during the Friday funeral of John Paul II.
“I categorically [...]