unless Unitarians baptize

Not generally (insert congregational disclaimer). Heck, it my congregation, all you have to do is sign the book. And you get a pin and a carnation. No classes or anything. I believe that some congregations have a more involved process.

Musical Theatre theology ftw! Godspell, Joseph, and JC Superstar.

Marilyn Monroe's Panties Inspire Retro Lingerie Line

The famous photo of Marilyn Monroe's dress flying up while she stood atop a subway grate has inspired a new line of undies, WWD reports. Protec-Style Lingerie will offer the Marilyn panty in black, white and beige made from its patented Mystex fabric, a polyester microfiber that is absorbent and stain resistent. It's also anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and antiviral.

"Antiviral"?

Protec-Style President Linda Lord told WWD, "I felt there was a need for something between a glamour garment and a disposable garment, and I couldn't find anything on the market. The woman who wears it must feel flattered by its comfort and durability."

"The woman who wears it must feel flattered by its comfort and durability"? I wonder if they send detectives around to interview women wearing the undies... "Ma'am, do you feel flattered by your underwear's comfort and durability? No? Then no Marlyn's undies for you!"

Pretty sure I need to reschedule my dentist appt. AGAIN. At this rate, no way I can breathe just through my nose in 2 days time.

2 damned colds in less than a month.

And I'd go home except I'm backup to 3 people. Ahahaha.

Haggis = TEH AWESOME.

(Though the Guardian story doesn't quite get the details right - technically the ban on sheep offal was only for human consumption and I think it was only the lungs which were in contention, since kidneys and tripe are trendy restaurant food. This is still excellent news.)

I was decluttering and found a newspaper dated 2/17/2001. Above-the-fold headline was about bombing Baghdad... and I did a second take as to the date. Yep, Bush actually bombed Iraq just months into his regime.

I'm proud of my little guy. When he was given his allowance this weekend, without prompting, he decided to donate it to Haiti relief. My little girl already donates to a local animal shelter on a regular basis, again without prompting. They're such good kids.

Yep, Bush actually bombed Iraq just months into his regime.

That was for a violation of the "No-fly" zone, right? Iraqis were using helicopters in the no-fly zone to attack Kurdish rebels. I think.

I'm proud of my little guy. When he was given his allowance this weekend, without prompting, he decided to donate it to Haiti relief. My little girl already donates to a local animal shelter on a regular basis, again without prompting. They're such good kids.

Awww....

Aw, kids-of-Gud.

I just got a call and email from my former dentist. I don't think I have dental coverage up here, but oh well.

I don't quite understand the reasoning here: French Call For Veil Ban In Public Buildings

Critics of the veils call them a gateway to extremism, an insult to gender equality and an offense to France's secular system. A 2004 French law bans Muslim headscarves from classrooms.

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France has Western Europe's largest Muslim population, estimated at some 5 million. Only a tiny minority of Muslim women wear such attire, usually a "niqab" pinned across the face to cover all but the eyes.

"It is perhaps a marginal problem, but it is the visible part of the iceberg," Gerin said in a Friday interview. "Behind the iceberg is a black tide of ... fundamentalism." He denounced those he called "gurus" or "French Taliban" who, he claimed, promote a radical brand of Islam that forces women and girls to hide themselves.

Brain slug cupcakes (from Futurama)

Alicia Traveria's scrummy brain-slug cupcakes were made for a birthday party, using "gum paste, with royal icing eyes, and flower stamen antennae." There's also "some slight grenadine flavor" in the buttercream icing brains.