Rowland Croucher
Generosity
“Workers must root out the idea that by keeping the results of their labors to themselves a fortune will be assured to them. Patent fees are so much wasted money. The flying machine of the future will not be born fully fledged and capable of a flight for 1000 miles or so. Like everything else […]
Tom Hanks
‘If I ever had to be stuck in a long line, I would like to be stuck there with Tom Hanks… he’s a big goof and he’s interesting. He’s interesting because he’s interested. He asks great questions, and he waits for the answers. He has a wondrous capacity for wonder. The magic of history, of […]
The Origins of Mothers’ Day
From a friend: The origins of mothers day. A day calling for all women to demand peace. It outrages me that the best we can do is a thanks to mum for looking after us! Seems that the quickest way to disempower a radical movement is to sentimentalise it – such is the fate of […]
Death, Dying And Being Religious
Some of the most interesting religious news doesn’t appear in the religious media. Had the political,left of centre,Mother Jones,not crossed my desk last week, I would have missed,”The Purpose Driven Wife”,(Kathryn Joyce, 5.3.09), a most enlightening critique of “biblical womanhood”. However, it was the recent issue of The Economist,(19.3.09),which caused this three score years and […]
Varieties of Intolerance: Religious and Secular
by Cardinal George Pell Let me begin with two tales of intolerance. On November 4 last year, the day Barack Obama was elected president of the United States, California and two other states also voted to amend their constitutions to define marriage as between a man and a woman only. This brought to 29 the […]
History of Mothers’ Day
For the full history – from go to woe(?) – the goddess Isis to white carnations, chocolate and the big night off cooking! http://www.mothersdaycentral.com/about-mothersday/history/
Running to stand still
My wife and I recently returned from a holiday to the south island of New Zealand. As we were travelling around that beautiful country, I started to see how much we always seem to have to ‘fill in’ time, how we always have to be ‘doing’ something. The first question we often ask someone we […]
Unnatural Acts
Sightings 5/7/09 — Melissa Conroy On May 4, 2009 the BBC’s top stories included the headline “‘Gay man’ disinterred in Senegal.” The article told how a gay man died and was buried in a Muslim cemetery, only to be disinterred twice. In the first instance his body was left outside the grave, and in the […]
Irish Sawmillers
Paddy and Mick are two Irishmen working at the local sawmill. One day, Mick slips and his arm gets caught and severed by the big bench saw. Paddy quickly puts the limb in a plastic bag and rushes it and Mick to the local hospital. Next day, Paddy goes to the hospital and asks after […]
A Price to Pay for Beauty
A husband and wife are shopping in their local Wal-Mart. The husband picks up a case of Budweiser and puts it in their cart. ‘What do you think you’re doing?’ asks the wife. ‘They’re on sale, only $10 for 24 cans,’ he replies. ‘Put them back, we can’t afford them,’ demands the wife, and so […]
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