So, my favorite city was in the news just the other day for being an urban city where raising chickens happens to be popular.

Check this out.

I’m kinda thinking I need some chickens at my house. No roosters though, who needs to get up at dawn… oh yeah, I have kids… same thing.

HT: Decatur Metro.

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Yesterday the Catholic church decided that those old seven deadly sins just weren’t cutting it anymore. I guess they figured that they put the original seven out there so long ago that people might need a few more to follow in order to stop this moral decay and whatnot. So, they put out a list of seven more deadly sins, raising the bar to a record 14! Here’s the list and what I think about each one:

• Polluting – I’m all about the environment, but I don’t think the highway to hell is driven by smog.
• Genetic Engineering – As in sheep, or people, or plants? I’m just asking because my sheep / sunflower hybrid is almost ready…
• Being Obscenely Rich – Ok, this one seems odd, mainly because the Catholic church is obscenely rich. I mean, they are one of the largest land owners in the world! I’m just sayin…
• Drug Dealing - Man! Now all those “good Catholic” drug dealers gotta just quit? What is the world coming to?
  
• Abortion – I think this one is already covered under the original rule against murder.
• Pedophilia – Nothing sarcastic to say here. Pedophiles need a good, old fashioned beating. Seriously.
• Causing social injustice – Can someone tell me what this means? This one must be for the dude thinking to himself, “You know, I think today I’m going to turn the whole world against those stinkin slow Sunday drivers. In fact, I’m going to make it so they have to walk everywhere, while the rest of the world drives by them really fast, in the rain, and splashes water all over them.” Is that causing social injustice? I’m just curious…

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Just watch the video and then rip it up! You are gonna love to hate this clip.

HT: musings of a jaded optimist

Some churches build sanctuaries, others build gyms, some even get fancy and build family life centers, but only the Catholic church has the guts to build a Exorcism Center.

I haven’t decided what I think about this. Do you have any thoughts?

http://www.ittybittybible.com/products.php

Is it just me or is this odd. Does this reduce God’s word to a good luck charm? It would be one thing if it was all memorized like some of the scriptures in the OT were and placed in a box, but….well, this just does not settle well with me. “I have faith that the whole bible is in my pocket, ahhhh….I feel much better”. “Oh, what does it say? I have no clue, It can only be read by Jonny 5,  E.T. and possibly Chuck Norris.”

So, this is my daughter holding one of her prized books. Whoever titled this book is either out of touch, or has a wicked sense of humor.

The other day I was at a meeting in a coffee shop. While I was in the bathroom I saw this advertisement:

A few thoughts come to mind. But mainly, how many coffee shop customers are likely to need bailing out of jail in the near future?

Those latte drinkin thieves are the worst…