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Most of the Catholic churches in my area were pretty old school when it came to musical selections. Well, sort of. Sometimes mariachi bands were involved.

Cracker Barrel "mouse in soup" pranksters convicted:

A jury has convicted a mother and her son in a case involving a mouse found in a bowl of soup at a Cracker Barrel Old Country Store in Newport News, Va.

Carla Patterson and her two sons were eating at the Cracker Barrel in Newport News when Mrs. Patterson says she found a dead mouse in her bowl of vegetable soup. An extensive investigation, including laboratory tests, revealed that the mouse was placed in the soup after it was brought to the table.

The Pattersons were convicted of conspiracy to commit extortion. It seems after the incident they demanded $500,000 from Cracker Barrel in exchange for photographs of the mouse, which Ricky Patterson took with his cell phone during the meal, and for a public confession that Ricky Patterson planted the mouse in the soup as a practical joke.

An extensive investigation, including laboratory tests, revealed that the mouse was placed in the soup after it was brought to the table.

Now I'm curious - what kind of laboratory tests?

Mouse CSI: "An autopsy revealed no soup in the mouse's lungs. Therefore, the mouse was dead when it fell in the soup. We also know that a mouse at room temperature that's been dropped in hot vegetable soup will exhibit a 2.3 degrees C increase in temperature per minute, until it reaches the temperature of the soup...."

edit to make more better.

Maybe they tested the rest of the soup for mouse...residue.

A dead mouse, when dropped into hot vegetable soup, releases various enzymes into the soup at a fixed rate. These enzymes react with the corn in the soup, producing a very specific chemical signature....

A dead mouse, when dropped into hot vegetable soup, releases various enzymes into the soup at a fixed rate. These enzymes react with the corn in the soup, producing a very specific chemical signature....

Let me demonstrate...Warrick...take off your shirt. Nick? Hold him, just so.

Hee! Joss's Grocery List Set to Hit Prime Time: [link] Those crazy kids and their internets.

I confess that in high school, at Baptist summer camp, I participated in the creation of a rap version of the Lord's Prayer.

Grotonwood?

Nah, the Catholics are more than capable of it too. Recalls Charismatic masses at local cathedral

One of the few Catholic Masses I attended that wasn't a wedding, Christening, or Funeral, was a "Folk Mass" back in the 70s. I think I was in first grade.

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Had Ben to the doctor, this morning. He's got a weird toe/toe nail infection going on. He's got an oral antibiotic, an antibiotic cream, orders to soak it in Epsom Salts 4 times a day, and see a Podiatrist if it's not significantly better (or if it is any worse) tomorrow. Scott just spotted last night while I had Julia at her dress rehearsal for her dance recital. It's nast. Ben claims he didn't know he had it.

Probably just used one of those little sticks to test for rare - med rare - well done.

Mouse CSI:

Thank god I wasn't the only one whose mind immediately went there.