the Stumblng Tumblr tells you, hand on heart, that he knew nothing of the decision discussed at the link above via this when he offered a comment earlier today on a threat by certain Church of England clergy to leave the church over the issue of women bishops
the linked-to article deals with the US equivalent of the Church of England
those who were of a similar mind to the English clergy have won a dispute about ownership of church property, reinforcing the Stumblng Tumblr’s point made earlier
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Nas, performing “Be A Nigger Too”
the Stumblng Tumblr sought out the clip by reason of this article via this about Nas and about the album soon to be released from which the track on the clip comes
there’s more information about the track and the clip here
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the Stumblng Tumblr must’ve mentioned before that he’s a big Homer fan; he especially likes The Iliad and The Odyssey in the English translations by Robert Fagles
well, here via this is an interesting bit of scientific speculation about The Odyssey
it is possible to derive from events described in The Odyssey, coupled with an analysis of various astronomical information, that the day on which Odysseus finally returned home from Troy was APR 16, 1178 BC
the above image of astronomers studying a solar eclipse is from here
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“ More than 1,300 clergy have written to the Archbishops of Canterbury and York warning they will leave the Church of England if women are ordained as bishops.
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the Stumblng Tumblr wants to make a serious lawyerly point about the information in the above quotation from here
the Church of England is wealthy; leave it and you’ve got no right to take any of its valuable property with you
instead, claim you’re really it and that the others have excluded themselves from it by their conduct and you can argue that the property’s yours
maybe the news report’s got it wrong, but if not, these clergy need to lawyer up before doing anything rash
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the Stumblng Tumblr mentioned recently that World Youth Day, an event for Catholic youth worldwide, to be held over many days, will occur in Sydney shortly
recently, he received via email the above image concerning the occasion
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what you’re seeing above is an image from here of the bottom of two different yoghurt containers from the same company
the original container (on the left) held 6 oz; now, though the new container looks like it holds the same amount as the old if you look at the containers side by side, it actually holds only 4 oz, because of the heightened bottom
that is a clever deception!
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Jul 01
“ An armed robbery on the golf course at Brynwood Country Club on Saturday morning startled a foursome and their caddies….
When the party … reached the 16th tee…, a gunman emerged from nearby woods and said, ‘Give me your money’….
[T]he gunman robbed two of the golfers and one of the caddies before fleeing into the woods….
Officials at the club said the foursome finished their round of golf after the incident.
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but be fair; they had to walk back that way anyway
Herbie Hancock playing and Corrine Bailey Rae singing Joni Mitchell’s “River”
from this list via this of songs written by Canadians covered by others
the list is in honour of Canada’s national day on JUL 01 (ahead of the Americans, as usual)
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a nice article here via this about the 1933 version of “King Kong”
the article does mention the racism inherent in the original movie; that seems to be rather nicely illustrated by its German title: “King Kong und die weiße Frau”: see here
