Married priest

Very recently, a Lutheran minister converted to Catholicism. His wife was also a Lutheran minister. She had converted to Catholicism already. She became a nun in 2004 and he was ordained a Catholic priest a few days ago. The Pope said it was ok for them to remain married. I guess this means they can still sleep together. Of course, I have no problem with that at all. I just wonder what the unmarried priests have to say about this funny situation. That thing on the right is asking me to link something here again. I wonder where it came from. Alone 

Egypt and Fashion

Well, now that Egypt is free, will Egyptian women be allowed to wear liberal fashions such as this one? I seriously doubt that. Seriously. This will be amazingly interesting - like a roller coaster ride. Something odd just happened: I was busy typing and then suddenly this little box appeared asking me to link this to somewhere else. I did as I was told. Here it is anyway. I hope it's a good book. I haven't read it yet.  The King Is Dead 

Idling your car

I just read an article about why you should not idle your car's engine before you drive off or while stopped somewhere for a few minutes. There must have been at least ten testimonials from car shops from around the country advising that idling is really not necessary. They say the engine will warm up just fine if you idle it for 30 seconds or if you start it and go. This is on Yahoo! Let me just say that I have been idling my car for five minutes every morning (for 20 years) before I drive it away and will continue to do so. I was not convinced and habits die hard. Sorry.

Paris Apartments

There is an ad on this page which advertises Paris apartments as an alternative to Paris hotels - if you plan to stay for a while  - longer than a few days, but not for too long. Paris is, of course, one of the most beautiful cities in the world; however. it can be expensive. Those high prices sort of keep it exclusive.

Yemen and Germany

The recent bombing plots have prompted Germany to immediately halt all flights from Yemen to Germany. It seems that twice weekly flights from Yemen to Franfurt are too risky for comfort. Germany - and all of Europe - will soon be forced to take extraordinary measures to protect itself. Does anyone blame them?

Europe to the Right

I told you so. It is being reported that Chancellor Merkel has stated that a multicultural society within Germany is simply not working. Read between the lines. Sarkozy had previously started to evict gypsies - Roma - who had entered France illegally. He was criticized by Liberals but he didn't care. His country comes first. This topless woman is 100% European I think. No problem.

Chile is proud

All of the trapped miners in Chile are about to be rescued. The engineers have gotten 29 out already. Chile should rightly be proud of this terrific accomplishment. Even the President of the country is present at the rescue site. Of course, they had technical assistance from many different countries but we should keep this in mind: they were not too proud to ask for help. The rest of the world should learn from this. Chile, as I have said before, pulled itself out of a cycle of poverty in less than twenty years. We need to ask them how they did it.