Literal Barrage

One of our church's two softball teams repeated as league champions last night. The wife, kids and I were in attendance to cheer our team on, as Riverside (Green) beat Chelten Baptist 11-6.
Here's to hoping both Green and Blue make it into the playoffs next year.

No. No they isn't. Whoops:

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is fond of quoting a particular passage of Scripture. The quote, however, does not appear in the Bible and is "fictional," according to biblical scholars.
In her April 22 Earth Day news release, Pelosi said, "The Bible tells us in the Old Testament, 'To minister [...]

It's a bit of a running joke amongst my family members that my parents tend to make coffee a tad on the weak side of the spectrum. That, coupled with their penchant for decaf tends to make each coffee-drinking episode at their house a frustrating one for one so caffeine-addicted as I.
Recently, on our [...]

Can it be true? Can Peter Jackson really be set to direct The Hobbit after all?
Victor Borge + piano = teh funny:

Flight of the Conchords: A Texas Odyssey.
Must all Christian-themed videogames suck forevermore? I'd really like a game with positive messages and engaging, non-craptastic gameplay, but apparently that's too much to ask.

A few items of note, brought about by an Easter weekend spent with The Fam:
I believe that there is a Federally-mandated scent that all church restrooms' hand soaps must contain. It appears to be unique to church bathrooms, as I have yet to smell an analog in any other public dispenser.
Handel apparently wrote "Messiah"'s [...]

I have been wrestling with whether I could support Rudy Giuliani in the upcoming GOP Presidential primaries and had decided that I could most likely hold my nose and vote for him based upon his Basically Right stances on most issues, but then he had to go and restate his 1989 position that abortion is [...]

Over the course of a Seder dinner, an event filled with history, solemnity and a good deal of tradition, have you ever inadvertently:

Almost choked to death on a sip of grape juice?
Brought your 18 month old son to tears with a bite of matzoh and horseradish?
Poured piping-hot matzoh ball soup down your wife's back while [...]