As a public service announcement, with a little help from Stephen Colbert, I’d like to announce that the following are hereby ON NOTICE.
(CHT: Southern Appeal.)
Who are you putting on notice?
Author: Jimmy Akin
Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live."
View all posts by Jimmy Akin
Spammers, Jihadists, liturgical consultants…
Oh, and POP-UPS!
“Winter Holiday”
“Spammers, Jihadists, liturgical consultants”
Dude, aren’t these, like, synonomous?
Oh, the cold and flu people! STAY HOME, it’s not a sin! Get over your scrupulosity and don’t get my little kid sick!
TimJ: Nice artwork!
Capitalism, Nancy Pelosi and church advertisements at Major League Baseball games (saw a “Second Baptist” ad up for 2 innings at an Astros game last weekend!).
Evangelical Catholicism
I’m putting on notice those who write “Who are you putting on notice” instead of the CORRECT “WHOM ore you putting on notice.”
Ecofeminists, Cafeteria Catholics, SSPX, Creationists who use the dumbest arguments, priests and religious who don’t take their vocations seriously, and the people who price college textbooks.
Thanks for sharing that 🙂
Monica – not entirely synonomous – you might be able to negotiate with a Jihadist, but absolutely never ever with a liturgical consultant!
Catholic Answers – get those forums up!
I am putting Jared on notice for correcting the grammar of others, and for using “ore” instead of “are”.
If you’re going to take others to task for their spelling, typos, and/or grammar, you’d better make darn sure that yours is beyond reproach, my friend. 🙂
Besides, using “whom” in this context makes one “sound” like a pretentious bastard.
Jared did not correct typos. He corrected grammar. There is a difference.
I am, btw, putting on notice people who do not know how to conduct debates in comboxes, including those who over-read or under-read their own meaning into the otherwise perfectly sensible statements of others in context, and who are generally clueless when it comes to anything having to do with logic.
That’s an interesting question, Jimmy and commenter Brynne — does sickness relieve you of your Sunday obligation?
I was sick at mass on Sunday. You wouldn’t believe how many times I needed to say/repeat “I’m sick” rather than shaking hands during the Sign of Peace.
I made one of those:
http://monkallover.blogspot.com/2006/08/youre-on-notice.html
Funny thing Derek,
I once had a burn on my hand (hot wood doesn’t look very diferent from normal wood) and was in Brazil. I looked so silly explaining in Portugese that I have burn on my hand.
But the latest Synod brought up the concern that the Sign of Peace might be inapporpiate. But whatever
ON NOTICE: the Bush administration and each and every Republican in the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate that supported the administration policies. See November 7, 2006 for further details.
I’m putting myself on notice not not correcting typo sooner. And it’s still WHOM.
Sa there.
Jared you’re still On Notice for your new typo!
I’m Karl Barth and St. Augustine 87%.
I put my wife and kids On Notice, along with: Al Gore, TSA, Road Construction Crews, Radical Feminists, and Insurance Companies!
“realist’
Are you also putting on notice all of the Democrats who supported the War on Terror? I doubt it. You are a political creature and are a leftist partisian. I thought Jimmy’s site was for some insightful thoughts and some fun, not for political hacking.
Say some rosaries and give it some thought. I know it’s hard, but give thought and prayer a try.
John F. Kennedy
I completely disagree with realist; that’s reassuring.
Jared, you appear to be having a Monday.
O.k., now I am putting Ed Peters on notice for failing to recognize that I didn’t criticize Jared for correcting a typo, but for correcting another’s grammar. My overall point, which I thought was perfectly clear, was that whenever one criticizes another’s writing (on technical, rather than stylistic grounds), one better make sure that their own writing is beyond reproach in that respect. That point stands.
And in any event, I used a smiley face, dude. That was meant to convey to Jared that I was having a little fun at his expense. Geez. Thankfully, Jared took my comment in the spirit that it was offered.
In sum, there’s no reason to be so serious, Ed. You might try switching to decaf. 🙂
It is clear enough that Jared is joking around with his last set of typos.
That said since “Whom” in this context would sound so unnatural I am prepared to say this is a case of accent and/or the English language changing from where it was in the 19th century when these “rules” were written, either case making it wrong to criticize. The correct way to speak English is the way native English speakers speak it. There does have to be a standard for books and that kind of thing, but for a site like this I think one’s personal dialect is fine. Those who say their own dialect is superior to all others is an elitist in my opinion.
Oops, I meant “dialect” up there in the first sentence, not “accent.”
Now in other languages there are “local”words.
But in English, there isn’t much of that, only bad ussage. For the most part.
JFK and bill –
I find it interesting that this web-site is for insightful thoughts and fun whenever anyone slams Democrats or “LLLLiberals” but when someone criticizes the administration or Republicans then it’s politcal hacking.
I did not mention the War on Terror which we all support…and that has nothing to do with the Invasion of Iraq or any of the other plethora of administration policies.
here, President “W” Bush can do no wrong… yet, when he supports the Plan B morning after abortion pill, not one word is mentioned and the silence is deafening.
“Realist,”
“LLLLiberals”
No need to stutter. While your thoughts are unclear we do understand you, unfortunately.
I am putting on notice:
Meeces (mice) invading homes (like, say… MINE)
Backbiting co-workers
Friends who haven’t returned phone calls in two years and show up unexpectedly on your dorrstep while you are napping…
People who ask how many children I have and then immediately ask “are you done?”
people whom I am putting on notice:
* people from companies that phone your home and the first thing they say is “I am not a telemarketer”.
* all those in the advertising industry (yes, including pop-ups) that make their living shoving down our throats and trying to convince us that we really do need everything ever manufactured in human history, especially the latest, newest and “must haves”… the only thing I “must have” is to hear Jesus as say to me on that day, ‘Well, done, good and faithful servant.”
* oil company execs who say “it’s not about the money” as they pull in $10 Billion per quarter in profits as they earn $18,000 per hour.
* east coast media members for their bias against non east coast sports teams.
no matter how important you think your opinion is, 65% of the population could care less about YOUR teams.
* “cafeteria” Catholics… if you don’t believe, hold and profess what the Catholic church believes, holds and professes to be true, then just leave the Church. If you don’t believe Reformed theology, you don’t join a Presbyterian church. If you don’t think that the charismatic gifts are for today, don’t join a Pentecostal church. Worship with those that believe as you.
* TSA, Insurance companies, Pharmaceutical companies, and those “extra” charges that amount to 25% of a cell phone bill.
p.s. on whom I am putting on notice:
* all those people that are brilliant yet mean / evil enough that write and then give us SPAM, computer viruses, trojan horses, phises, hidden destructive computer programs, et alia.
“…I am, btw, putting on notice people who do not know how to conduct debates in comboxes, including those who over-read or under-read their own meaning into the otherwise perfectly sensible statements of others in context, and who are generally clueless when it comes to anything having to do with logic…”
What does he mean by that? and is he talking about ME again?
Tim M. ,
Perfect except for the * east coast media members for their bias against non east coast sports teams.
no matter how important you think your opinion is, 65% of the population could care less about YOUR teams.
Sorry but the East coast runs it. I’d make a joke on making it infallible but that is too much.
Yet somewhat adequate.
Dophins 12-4 district champs.
Super Bowl? Maybe.
I am putting the Patriots on notice.
I am putting the Dolphins on notice, because that 12-4 record is just one less than the Patriots 13-3 record.
here, President “W” Bush can do no wrong… yet, when he supports the Plan B morning after abortion pill, not one word is mentioned and the silence is deafening.
Realist, you clearly haven’t been reading with sufficient regularity. I have been openly critical of several things President Bush has done and expressed my opinion that if I were asked whether I approve of the job he is doing I would presently say no, though that has not always been the case.
President Bush’s support for Plan B has not been brought up because I haven’t done a post on it yet and there are technicalities that I must first investigate regarding the precise way that Plan B works before blogging on it. I check my facts first instead of writing reflexively based on my inclinations (which are to denounce his support of Plan B strenuously).
I would, however, advise keeping the “On Notice” thread apolitical. Otherwise it just turns into a political tit-for-tat with people putting those of opposite political persuasions on notice.
Let’s keep it humorous, not partisan.
Thus note that I included nothing political in my original image–specifically for this reason. The things are all JimmyAkin.Org in-jokes based on things I’ve complained about before.
Bloggers who think they have the right to control their own blogs.(Is that humorous enough, Jimmy?)
Hmm. Who should be on notice…
– J.R. Stoodley, you’re on notice for conspiring to murder the English language. 😉 I agree that we as native speakers do not necessarily speak correctly in casual situations, and I accept that we’ll slip up, but that doesn’t mean it’s right. In fact, when no one points out errors like “who” v. “whom”, we begin to lose our awareness that there *is* a standard English that is used “for books and that kind of thing.”
Some Day, there are “local words” in English – just look at what we call a can of Pepsi-Cola in different parts of the U.S. There are also dialectical differences among native speakers in the U.S., Canada, and Britain, all of which speak English. You, however, are not on notice. 🙂
– “Realist”, you’re on notice for insinuating that people on this blog are looking the other way about Plan B. I know I’ve seen a lot of common names posting around the St. Blogs blogs, and I’ve seen an awful lot of people (a) criticizing President Bush, and (b) specifically taking him to task for not opposing Plan B. If Jimmy didn’t specifically post on it (I don’t remember if he did), I wouldn’t say that that equals a deafening silence.
– St. Joan of Arc Parish in Minnesota is on notice for advertising a priestess Mass in their church bulletin (among other things).
– And I am on notice for being a pest about everything I mentioned…except St. Joan’s, which IMHO should be put on notice by the Holy See. I stand by that one unequivocally.
Grin.
I am putting Cheerleading on notice.
THAT IS NOT A SPORT.
AND I”M PUTTING OSAMA BIN LADEN.
And Condalezza Rice. She looks like a tiger.
Don’t ask why.
Shane,
Tom Brady, on notice, because Tom Brady is gonna get run over by the Dolphins’ D.
AND you can’t put me on notice just cause I said that the Patriots suck. Maybe they don’t suck but the Fins are gonna suck it up.
And I’m putting any one who hates the Church on notice.
No wait. They are already on notice.
Guys, “Sa there” isn’t a typo.
It’s an onomatopoetic spelling.
That’s the way I said it in my head.
Sa there.
I’m putting on notice:
– The dust bunnies that accumulate around the house – even thought I vaccuum at least once every other month or so.
– The Dodgers. Knock it off, already! I mean it!
– People who still don’t believe Dumbledore’s dead.
– Any Halloween candy I peep out prior to October 1.
I second Shane. I’m putting Catholic Answers on notice: PUT THE FORUMS BACK UP!!!!! WE AMATEUR APOLOGIST NERDS ARE GOING NUTS!!!!!
I still don’t get the evil .pdf thing. What’s that about?
On Notice: Drug Company commercials: Side Effects include: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, unexplained muscle weakness, and in some cases… even death.
Feddie, i think you did go after nice Jared for a typo, but then, I have not had my ocffee today. 🙁
I’m putting onomatopoeia on notice, because I had to learn how to spell that vile word in seventh grade. Didn’t like it then, don’t like it now.
I’m putting Jared on notice for triggering junior high flashbacks like the Preposition Song. (“With, on, for, after, at, by, in…”)
I’m seconding Some Day’s putting cheerleading on notice, because I firmly believe that one should not have to PUT ON make-up to do a ‘sport’. Any other sport involves taking make-up OFF.
Aaand…I’m putting mortgage companies on notice, especially mine. I want to know how they make money by selling each other mortgages without changing the terms. How?! It’s crazy! And I only closed June 28 – how can my mortgage already have been sold?! (grumble, snarl) …record-keeping nightmare…
I’m noticing this thread might beat the middle east one.
As per Kasia:
I am putting my mortgage company on notice for spiking my premium for no reason that THEY can explain (how does that happen?).
Keep it up, and my lawyer/black-sheep brother will have to get nasty.
(Dad was a social worker, Mom was an RN. Get it?)
Karl Keating, for not writing his *weekly* newsletter since July.
Ed Peters,
With regard to your first post, am I picking up some negative vibes?
Mazurland notices are up!
Wow. All these posts make Stephen Colbert look really good. I mean, how do you put a 40 word notice on the board??
Kasia,
Good call re your notice choice!
Sounds like not only does St. Joan’s Parish advertise a priestess mass, but it also engages in gay/lesbian/transgender retreats for its large population of the same (many with children).
This is part of the reason why my family and I bailed out of the ELCA (indecision on the whole gay issue, and the “gender-neutral liturgy looming on the horizon”)…thank God for the Majesterium!
John
I hereby put my neighbor’s dog on notice. Every morning he bypasses trees in his own yard to do his business on our tree. I’m Like, dude, stop peeing on my tree.
“.PDFS” lol. Your second item Jimmy?
I am putting on notice the people that drive those stinky diesel trucks. The ones that have to open the throttle wide open just as they pass me while I am pumping my legs as hard as I can to get me and my bike over the crest of the hill!
As an individual whose Catholic-Adventist apologetics website includes mostly .PDF files, I disagree. (Do check out my website.) .PDFs are wonderful–preserving the integrity of a page layout (including footnotes) when viewed.
The issue lies in web browsers who must rely on Adobe Reader (which takes a million years to load) in order to view .PDFs. I use Mac OS X; .PDF support is built into the operating system. Viewing .PDF on a Mac is quick and efficient.
I used Foxit Reader for opening PDF files. It’s much quicker than using Adobe Reader. Here is the URL for it: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
I’m also putting Dow Chemical on notice for its TV ads. “The human element.” Give me a break.
And I’m putting on notice all those who don’t think English has dialects and/or who think the “standard” English language is more correct than the way anyone actually speaks.
Goth people are on notice.
And wanna be gangsters.
With regard to Tim M’s comment on cafeteria catholics-
This is something I’ve been wondering about a lot lately: why is schism better than heresy.
its not. It could be less worst. But not better.
Liturgal Dance …
… is on notice.
Clapping at Mass (either “rhythmic” or applause …
… notice.
90% of L.A. drivers
… yup.
Holdin’ hands, rushin’ the altar at the Consecration, and True Presence-denyin’ homilies …
… one and all … on NO–TICE.
Oh yeah, and it’s still …
“WHOM.”
Two excerpts from the current bulletin from St. Joan of Arc Parish in Minnesota, although I’m certain the pastor fails to see the connection:
I don’t say often enough how much I love being a priest. In all honesty I often don’t invite others into the priesthood because I feel how exclusionary it is to women.
…and…
Our income continues to be very soft…and the Finance Committee is having an emergency meeting to try to find some solutions to our financial difficulties.
Do you think maybe he should be on notice?
Joe, it’s not the neighbor’s DOG, it’s the DOG OWNERS. ALL are hereby put on notice. Cat owners too. I can’t tell you how many piles of cat poo I have picked up in my backyard, AND WE DON’T OWN ANY CATS.
Gene, I howled over your ‘Dumbledore’ comment.
I don’t know, Bro C, maybe you should pray about it. 🙂 For the record, I’m with Jared on the WHOM issue. I know you all were dying to know my opinion.
I solemnly proclaim all math and science teachers of all levels of edumacation to be on notice.
Kaisha,
you rock in putting St. Joan’s on notice. I second that! Others on notice include, cafiteria Catholics, young students on my campus who think they know everything, radical fems, absolute idiot bikers who have know concern for others on the side walk and last but certainly never least, professors who don’t make their materials available until the first day of class!
What the heck. I was the one who put myself on notice, so, darnit!
EVERYONE’S ON NOTICE!
Ya heard. Er … uh … read.
…
But especially Clapping At Mass. That’s on, um, extra-notational Notice. With a capital ‘N.’
…
I have spoken!
My notice list:
George “Plan B/Where’s the WMD?” Bush
Maureen “Eternally Single” Dowd
Planned Parenthood
EWTN
Fr. Richard McBrien
Women “priests”
Scientologists
Haagen/Haas and their respective ilk
I have spoken!
Per the Mammy Yokum Dogpatch Dicshunary Of Linguistification, the correct formation is:
“I HAS SPOKEN!”
Oh dag yo.
“Dear Diary:
“Today, I corrected Jimmy Akin’s grammar.
“Then, he corrected mine.
“I may just swoon.”
On Notice:
Native English speakers for making SEVERE grammatical and typographical errors when they write flame mails or spam. (You guys aren’t included here)
Anti-Catholics who suddenly become prejudiced and hateful to the point that they will threaten, Revile, and judge Catholics as if they were God.
People who think Chinese Characters are cool yet miswrite them or give them some meaning far from the original.
Pouring Soy Sauce over rice in a Japanese Restaurant…the Japanese never does that. They place condiments separate from Rice. The same goes for sushi (Which is distinct from sashimi)
People who still think ‘Geisha’ means prostitute and call Mount Fuji “Mt. Fujiyama”. It’s rather redundant as ‘Yama’ means mountain. Besides,’Fujiyama’ is now obsolete in Japanese.
Historical revisionists who deny that Japanese War Crimes happened.
Racists,Cafeteria Catholics,Feminists, Sedevacantists, Liturgical Abuses, Pro Choicers, People who think Catholics are intolerant bigots.
I’ll post Part 2 later.
I noticed (No pun intended) that I put on notice a lot of things about Japan. I now hereby declare myself aJapanopologist.
People who confuse “dialectal” and “dialectical”. 😉
(Actually, linguists usually just use “dialect” as an adjective to escape these fraught questions.)
Verizon.
The makers of my motherboard.
That’s about it…. 🙂
I’m putting on notice folks who made so many combox comments that I gave up after reading the first five. There are 70+ comments for this thread already!
I have no idea what was said after the first five — maybe even the same comment I just made.
(Were my grammar and spelling OK? I don’t want to incur the wrath of the combox language gestapo, thus eliciting even more combox comments!)
‘thann
I second the second of WHOM. As my 11-year-old daughter once said, “Standard English doesn’t sound awkward if one regularly speaks it.”
Also, why did someone put EWTN on notice?
Patrick:
Native English speakers for making SEVERE grammatical and typographical errors when they write flame mails or spam.
I am quite certain that severe typological errors in spam are intentional, more often than not, in an attempt to evade spam filters. Fortunately, many spam filters are now sophisticated enough to catch them anyway.
Nevertheless, spammers who intentionally misspell words are hereby put ON NOTICE. 🙂
I also put on notice people who abuse their relatives’ handicap parking permits, by parking in a handicap space when they have no need to; and people who stop in a handicap space sans permit with the attitude “I’ll only be a couple of minutes”.
Amen, Edward! I’ll add people who park in Fire Zones.
(I remember reading of a guy who parked in a fire zone and there was a fire inside the store he was parked in front of. The Fire Department broke windows on either side of his car and ran the hose through it. Ah, justice!)
bill912, here’s a photo of that situation (or a similar one!)
http://www.flutenet.com/firemanrevenge.jpg
– ‘Thann, as a deputy of the Combox Language Gestapo, I grant you full immunity from “notice” for any minor spelling or grammar infractions. 😉 (Jimmy and Jared, of course, as the Supreme High Pooh-Bahs, may override me.) You are, however, ON NOTICE for posting without reading the previous comments!
– I want to also put ON NOTICE the people who leave their SUVs running while they’re in stores so their dogs can still enjoy air coonditioning. That kind of s**t is part of why gas costs so much!
– Bro. Cadfael, I agree that Fr. DeBruycker of SJA needs to be ON NOTICE (for SO many reasons).
– I second Laura’s putting ON NOTICE professors who don’t make their materials available before the first day of class. Professors who don’t even bring the syllabus to the first class are likewise ON NOTICE.
– I am amending one of Patrick’s listed items. Anyone who uses Japanese or Chinese characters “because they’re cool” but doesn’t even know how to say “hello” and “goodbye” in said “cool” language is ON NOTICE! >:O Oh – and per another of Patrick’s: historical revisionists in general are ON NOTICE.
– Monica is ON NOTICE for putting me, a cat owner, ON NOTICE. My cats are indoor-only, and the only people who have to deal with their poop are people who have been inside my home. However, Monica brought up a good one earlier. Anyone who presumes to make cracks about how many kids someone does or doesn’t have is ON NOTICE. Monica, for having brought that up, is now OFF NOTICE for the cat crack. 😉
– And J.R. is ON NOTICE for being such a linguistic relativist.
Oops – and I’m back ON NOTICE for having a typo in my post! “Air coonditioning” – how did I do that?!
But note – it’s still wrong, even though someone typed it! 🙂
Alright, Part 2..
Rain. It’s already Autumn here yet it’s still SO HOT. Then today, a typhoon came out and it became severely cold.
Computers with only a few gigabytes of memory.
Windows 98. Limited possibilities.
Curry (as in the food). I don’t understand why Japanese love Curry so much. Add to that Mayonnaise (Mayonnaise and Shrimp Pizza, anyone?).
People who think that Vatican II is the only council that existed. Same goes for people who think the same about Trent.
Bad “Liturgical” Music.
Liturgical dancers. I only saw 2 instances of such, and i hope never to do so again.
People who still think cartoons are for children.
People who argue about English.:) 😀
The clock in my bedroom. Always stops working.
On notice…
…drivers who don’t use their turn-signals.
…people who use “pimp” when they really mean “ladiesman”.
…any commercial that makes an STD seem like no big thing.
…people who are fans of something obscure and then act superior when other people don’t know it. (No, I don’t speak Klingon.)
…giant Gila monsters left on the bathroom floor.
…
“…giant Gila monsters left on the bathroom floor.”
Yeah, I HATE when that happens.
“…giant Gila monsters left on the bathroom floor.”
Surely, thereby hangs a tale.
MissJean, please do not leave _us_ hanging!
My two cents…..
On Notice:
Sr Joan Chittiser
“Y’know” and “really” amd “like” (As in, “Like, y’know, I was, like, really happy when this, y’know, topic came up on Jimmy’s really neat, y’know, blog.”)
People who swear by the “spirit” of Vatican II without having read the “Words” of Vatican II!
Oriental Trading catalogues.
Drivers unaware when their directional is on.
Whom do I put on notice?
Let’s see:
Bush and the pro-life with exceptions republican party
The pro-abortion with no exceptions Democratic party
Ex:
John Kerry
Ted Kennedy
Nancy Polesi and the femi-nazis
Hilary Clinton
Bill Clinton
partisan politicians
SSPX
Sede Vacantists
Ex: Mel Gibson
Bush supporters
Kerry supporters
pro-abortionists
zionists
Charitable organizations that put money (either U.S. or foreign) in their mailings to you, which to me has the effect of making me think they’re trying to guilt me into sending something back, are hereby put ON NOTICE.
I’m putting on notice anyone and everyone who puts EWTN on notice.
And people who freek out when they see black squirrels here in Syracuse. Dang squirrel racists.
I’m sorry, but I must agree with Jimmy, Jared and Kasia about standards within the English language. The vocabulary, grammar and diction of most people who are native English speakers is positively dreadful these days. And, if no one corrects you, how will you ever learn what is the correct usage? Of course, it must be done gently, so as not to come across as a know-it-all. I am well-known for telling people in stores and restaurants when something is spelled incorrectly. However, my personal bugaboo is apostrophes. I cannot understand why such a minor grammatical point, and one where the rules are *actually consistent*, should give so many people trouble. My theory (for the benefit of those of you who think it isn’t important to correct written English) is that people made mistakes, were never corrected, and their ignorance spread, like a bad disease. These days, most people get confused by this and the ignorance had become widespread. That’s bad, mmmkay? When I read “Eats, Shoots and Leaves” and the author mentioned wanting to join the Militant Wing of the Apostrophe Protection Society, I laughed out loud. Then I wondered how I could join.
So, to all of you who think it isn’t important to protect our noble and beautiful tongue, shame on you! What would Professor Higgins say? Probably something like this:
“Look at her, a prisoner of the gutter,
Condemned by every syllable she utters.
By law she should be taken out and hung,
For the cold-blooded murder of the English tongue.”
(Why Can’t the English Teach Their Children How to Speak? from My Fair Lady)
Mary
putting further ON NOTICE:
if you put Cheerleading on notice for not being a sport, then I must put on notice:
* poker
it is a fun game but it is NOT a sport and should not be on three different sports channels.
* myself on notice… it is only by the grace of God that I can do anything and as the Psalmist said, “all I have accomplished, YOU have done, O Lord”. every moment of every day I need humility and God’s mercy to please Jesus and not take myself too seriously.
Spiders in the bathroom sink when you want a drink late at night.
People who say “Tex Mexing” when they mean “text messaging”.
Text messaging short hand: “Dud how r u?”
Nick,
If, by “zionist” you mean a Jewish state, I must tell you that G.K. Chesterton once said that the Jewish people probably would be better off with a nation all to themselves.
Now, for my “On Notice” board:
*Katie Couric.
*TomKat, TomKitten, and TomKitten’s doody.
*Rosie O’Donnell, with or without “The View.”
*Pharmaceutical companies with advertising campaigns. What on earth makes them think that we, the patients, should be advising our doctors about what prescriptions we should be on? Did I go through medical school? Then they charge us astronomical fees for prescriptions – gee, could there be any connection? (I believe I’m seconding someone else’s “on notice” there.)
*I must second the “oil companies” one as well.
*Companies that give bonuses and raises to executives while the company is floundering, then proceed to lay off employees or insist that they take pay and/or benefit cuts.
*People who insist that B16 was a Nazi during the war.
*People who throw around the word “Nazi” – words have power, and when you use “Nazi” to describe people who haven’t actually murdered millions of civilians, you take away some of that word’s impact, and belittle the suffering of people who actually suffered at the hands of actual Nazis.
*Blog trolls.
*People who don’t like the Catholic Church, but refuse to leave, deciding instead to try to sink the Barque of Peter from inside the boat.
*Historical revisionists.
*People who are amazed when Nature acts like a wild, untamed thing. (Either animals or the weather.)
*All the news about the new Japanese baby prince. Am I the only person who remembers that the Japanese were supposed to lose their royal family when Hirohito died? It was a condition of surrender at the end of WWII. If Germany and Austria had to lose their royal family, why shouldn’t the Japanese? Fair is fair. Either that, or we ought to find the descendants of the other royals and give them their thrones back.
*”Jeopardy,” for dumbing down the show so much that I am too irritated to watch it.
*Pedophiles and/or child murderers.
Wow! And I’m just getting started! Am I a curmudgeon or what?
JR Stoodley, I think black squirrels are prettier than either red or grey squirrels. But I still worry about my car at night. (grin)
Seriously though, where did they come from? When I was a kid, we only had the red ones in Detroit. Now we have all 3. Where are they immigrating from? Oh, wait. I know. CANADA!!!! Secure the border NOW!
Mary
Larry D. said, “Y’know” and “really” amd “like” (As in, “Like, y’know, I was, like, really happy when this, y’know, topic came up on Jimmy’s really neat, y’know, blog.”)
You forgot “whatever.” Either with the drawing out of the “-ever” (exasperated) what-evvvverrr, or just the general “whatever.”
I love the episode of The Simpsons where Lisa has an opportunity to fit in with a bunch of cool kids (they’re on vacation) and she stands in front of a mirror, practicing. “Like, y’know, whatever.”
I must confess that I believe it was my generation that started this horrendous practice (thank you, Moon Unit Zappa, for introducing all of us midwesterners to Valley-speak), but it seems to have just gotten worse and worse. Or maybe I’m just getting old.
No. It’s worse.
Mary
I forgot the Detroit Lions! How could I forget the Lions?!? The Lions are on SUPER DUPER NOTICE.
Also those stupid walkie-talkie phones that chirp. That takes cell phones to a whole new level of annoying.
Mary
I can’t believe no one’s mentioned the Easter Bunny.
AMEN!!!! Miss Jean!!!
ON NOTICE:
* people who do not use their turn signals… to the world – I STILL can not read your minds. You paid good money for that turn signal, please use it.
* people who drive while talking on cell phones.
there, I said it. Studies have been done and the facts are in. If you drive drunk (and do NOT drive drunk!!!!!), then you are still a better driver than someone who is driving while talking on a cell phone.
I’m putting “realist” On Notice.
For the hypocrisy of pretending to care about a particular issue so that he can use it as a tool in attacking a group of people for inconsistency. Whether it’s in defence of his own banal ideology, or a more personal need to attack others (charging inconsistency is a common and cowardly way to do this), he has made it clear that it is not to further any true understanding or camaraderie.
Knock it off, Bernie. No one is interested.
Jimmy,
Maybe you could blog on why the Voter’s Guide for Serious Catholics is in the dreaded .pdf format online.
Walkie-talkie phones are on notice, period. It’s bad enough to be unable to avoid one side of a conversation; do I really need to hear both sides? NO!
Black squirrels are definitely the prettiest squirrels. I, however, do not worry about my car at night, as long as I’m parked at home. My neighbor’s cat keeps squirrels of all colors honest. (Go Petie!)
I can’t believe no one’s mentioned the Easter Bunny.
I’m surprised that nobody’s asked about the house invading bees. That one’s been so long that I’m sure most readers don’t remember it.
Of course, my disagreements with the International Astronomical Union are obvious.
Yes, but is Petey the Cat pooping where he shouldn’t be?
I don’t know if Petie the Cat poops in my yard, but that’s one of the things I pay the condo association to deal with. 🙂 It’s well worth the price of admission to watch him prowl the ‘hood…
Kasia,
You know, I’m just thinking out loud here, but if you were to “harvest” that Petie Poop and have it bronzed, I’ll bet you could sell it on Ebay as the TomKitten’s very first poopie…
Grin.
Kathy,
EWTN is on notice because they have taken a great network and somehow turned it into “cool Catholicism” that is reminiscent of TBN at its worst. If you don’t believe it, watch it for 2 or 3 hours at a time rather than a single program, and you’ll get my drift.
While there are pockets of orthodoxy, EWTN’s theology is now, alas, infested with murky and (sometimes) outright heretical programming.
Don’t want to create anger in the sincere folks who believe in EWTN, nor thread hijack, so if you’d like to engage in dialogue on this, just drop me a line.
Back to the topic, J.R. Stookey(?) obviously disagrees with my choice of EWTN… I merit enough to go on someone’s notice list! That rocks!
Should I add those who add people who added EWTN to their notice list to *my* notice list? =D (I keed! I keed!)
Orthros
Orthros,
Your charge of “heretical” programming on EWTN is unfounded. That is a serious word with serious consequences, and it is a charge that simply cannot be backed up. (I’ve seen you try, unsuccessfully, on other threads.)
Mary,
Am I the only person who remembers that the Japanese were supposed to lose their royal family when Hirohito died? It was a condition of surrender at the end of WWII. If Germany and Austria had to lose their royal family, why shouldn’t the Japanese? Fair is fair.
Why should they loose their Imperial family. The Japanese Empire has been around a whole lot longer than most nations, and have an established tradition of having an Emporer. Let them keep it.
Either that, or we ought to find the descendants of the other royals and give them their thrones back.
Now you’re talking. Sign me up for that movement. Except for Italy, their not supposed to have a king. Put them back in the Holy Roman Empire, or better decentralize them into almost separate states again. Not that what an American thinks should matter in this case.
Orthos,
It is Stoodley, not Stookey. Pronounced “stood” like the word stood, “Lee” like the Civil War guy.
Orthos and I have had this debate about EWTN before. You can read it if you want at the end of the combox at http://jimmyakin.typepad.com/defensor_fidei/2006/08/ive_been_book_m.html#comments
*Walkie-talkie phones are definitely on my list. Talk about being enslaved by your own phone! Not to mention the annoyance you cause others by the constant chirping of that blasted thing, especially when you are trying to hold a *real* conversation with the owner of one of those.
*People who ignore and/or interrupt a live conversation to send or read text messages on their cell phones. Does anybody other than me think that is very rude to the person you’re talking to?
*People who think Bush can do no wrong, who are blind to his faults and/or rabidly defend him against anybody who even remotely suggests that he is in fact, not perfect.
*People who defend smoking just because ‘liberals don’t like it’ or who proudly defend or justify their vice.
*People who attack something popular (whether it is a book, a song, a movie or a custom) as being satanic or evil without actually knowing anything about it, or without caring to verify the facts.
*Tom Cruise
“Am I the only person who remembers that the Japanese were supposed to lose their royal family when Hirohito died?”
For the looks of it, yes, you are.
“It was a condition of surrender at the end of WWII. If Germany and Austria had to lose their royal family, why shouldn’t the Japanese? Fair is fair.”
I don’t think it’s fair to abolish a royal family with a 1400 years of tradition because of an old condition of surrender of a war that ended several decades ago. I see nothing wrong with the Japanese having a royal family
or rejoicing about having a new royal heir. In fact, I enjoy reading about them, it is an extremely interesting subject!
Veronica, you seem to have two different conceptions of time. One is respect for the 1400 years of Japanese royal family (I’ll have to take your word for that one, as I’m not a student of Japanese history), and the other is to dismiss something that happened sixty years ago as “old” and implicitly out-of-date.
I think Mary’s point is that the goose isn’t getting what the gander got, and that either all of the Axis powers should lose their monarchies (like two of the three did) or the two that did what they said they would should get theirs back. I’m all for parity in this case, whichever way it goes. 🙂
But I’ll agree with you on the cell phone/texting issue. 100%.
I’m putting on notice people who have to include the “B.” in my signing name instead of just calling me David. I put the “B” on the end so I’m not confused with other posters.
P.S. Please don’t call me “Dave” either.
PDF’s
And this is also for Hugo and I’ll copy it to him.
I look at a lot of PDF’s as I search the internet for various items and ususally agree with the appellation “Evil-PDF.”
But not in all cases. I’ve found that churches almost uniformly use version 4.0 of Acrobat and most of the individuals who make up their PDF files are not very knowledgeable about how to do it.
Not being a person who likes to read manuals and rarely asking questions before I try something, or even look at the toolbar, I just barge ahead.
I use a six year old computer and it works for me but it is no way near state of the art: Compaq Presario 900mhz, 128mb RAM, Windows ME, etc. I normally have many difficulties with PDF files.
Thus, I just always have assumed that it was not possible to copy text from a PDF file without purchasing an upgrade version of acrobat.
We’re all familiar with the little hand that is the cursor in Acrobat. But if you look at the toolbar, you will see that you have an option to remove the “hand” and switch it to a cursor that will select text for copying. Just click on the “T” on the toolbar.
My experience though is that it doesn’t always work. And it must relate to how the files are created. Sometimes the text is captured as garbles, nonsense type; sometimes it captures nothing; sometimes it reactivates the last thing you copied, but not something from Acrobat. And sometimes it works, although not perfectly in Version 4.0.
My only conclusion is that there must be some “operator options” that must be enabled to allow text selection.
One day when I was on the Catholic Answers web site and came across a PDF that I was having trouble with and rather than just swear and abandon it, I noted that the webmaster was easy to contact and I laid out my complaints and told him of a parish in Minneapolis where they use Acrobat 6.0 for their bulletin and I never have trouble with loading and navigating and I always find it easy to select and copy text. There is a problem when text is set in columns, occasionally, but usually 6.0 handles that well too.
Well, much to my surprise, a few hours later, the CA webmaster contacted me and asked me a few questions and then asked me to send him a copy of a 6.0 Bulletin from that Parish.
I did and the next day he came back to me, with thanks, and said that he understood what the guy here was doing and he was going to attempt it at CA.
I remember when I first came across that 6.0 file and it worked, I also contacted the Webmaster and gave him profusive thanks for his skill and ability. He was surprised at first and then he must have looked at a few other PDFs on the internet and came back to me and thanked me again because he indeed was doing something differently than the other PDF file makers.
So apparently, after this long explanation, it is indeed possible to make an easily readable PDF file AND one in which you can select and capture text. I think you can capture images too, but I just generally use screen shots for that when I do that.
So, Jimmy, contact your webmaster and see what he has to say.
Adobe doesn’t bother to help us readers because they don’t make money off of us. But there must be some way to inform the huge number of PDF file makers that they would get a lot more power to their messages if they would make them easier to view and read. And occasionally copy.
Here is the URL for a current bulletin at St Olaf Parish in Minneapolis:
http://www.saintolaf.org/Bulletins/091006_web.pdf
Ray Marshall
Ray from MN
Stella Borealis Catholic Roundtable
Minneapolis
“If, by ‘zionist’ you mean a Jewish state, I must tell you that G.K. Chesterton once said that the Jewish people probably would be better off with a nation all to themselves.”
David,
I have no recollection of G.K. Chesterton saying that. The Israelis and the Islamofascists would love nothing more than to see the Christian communities eliminated.
I put Ray from MN on notice for not obeying DA RULZ
Suzy is on noticable tattle tale activity.
JK
Who posted that with my name? Grr
I put Karl Barth on notice.
Can I do that?
Professor Higgins should be hung for the murder of a London woman’s dialect and accent. He personifies exactly the attitude toward language I most hate.
So, would you make us New Yorkers stop using “so” at the begining of sentences? It’s something we picked up from the Irish immigrants evidently, and is a part of our speech patterns. Seamus Heaney’s translation of Beowulf starts with the word “so” because that use of it is natural to him too. To say we use the word wrong and you or your books use it right is stuck up.
English is indeed beautiful in its own way (like most languages, maybe all to some degree though I can’t perceive the beauty in some), and is a fairly unique combination of Germanic and Latin (via French for the most part) elements. Anglo-Saxon was a very beautiful language too, but if you folks with your “no grammer, vocabulary, or spelling mistakes” were in charge we would still be saying “Hwæt þu worn fela, wine min Unferð, beore druncen ymb Brecan spræce, sægdest from his siðe!” Then the “standard” English language you love so much would never have existed.
Have you “correct English language” people ever read The Lord of the Rings, or even seen the movie. Can you not see that Sam Gamgee’s speach is as if not more beautiful in a way than Professor Higgans’?
But enough of that. Sorry if that came out over-serious, I didn’t mean it to be that serious at all. Partially the real purpose was to throw some cool Anglo-Saxon in there for the fun of it.
About squirrels, where I grew up in the general Albany area there are mainly grey squirrels and the rare red squirrel. Up in the Adirondacks there are only red squirrels. These are different species. The black squirrels are just black grey squirrels, not a different species or even sub-species. I would think only one gene codes for the blackness but once I saw a squirrel that was definitely intermediate between the black and grey phenotypes.
Long Island at one time had only the grey ones, but recently a small population of black ones appeared I think in Nassau County, perhaps decended from an escaped pet.
I would propose two hypotheses as to why Detroit once had only red squirrels but now has all three, assuming this is really the case not just a perception.
1) They were kept as pets (I’d think they would make nasty pets but some people do do it) and were released.
2) Do to changing environmental conditions, almost certainly caused by human activity, the range of grey squirrels, including black ones, expanded into the Detroit area on its own.
The black squirrel phenominon is an interesting one. Most areas it seems, even if they have grey squirrels do not have black ones. I suspect the grey coloration must be superior generally, explaining the prevalence of it and its exclusive presence in many areas. However, in the areas where black individuals are present there must be at certain times of the year or under certain rare (but not too rare) conditions an advantage for being black. Otherwise the phenotype would not persist in the population. Given that black squirrels seem to be expanding their range, I wonder if human activity or man-made landscapes are giving new advantage to black squirrels.
It is fun to speculate whether the black squirrels of Mirkwood in The Hobbit and mentioned in The Lord of the Rings are in any way connected to these black squirrels. England has been overrun by American grey squirrels, making the native English red squirrels increasingly rare. As Tolkien clearly percieved black squirrels to be unusual it can be assumed that he was used to seeing the grey variety, but one wonders if he ever saw a black one or heard of their existance, and this inspired him to put them in his story.
In any case their presence there, and the general ignorence that people from other parts of the country about the fact that black squirrels really exist, may help explain the irrational responces I have seen from college freshmen upon seeing their first black squirrel.
Anonymous,
I was citing Joseph Pierce’s Biography of G.K.
“The Israelis and the Islamofascists would love nothing more than to see the Christian communities eliminated.”
I guess the MSM (and the rest of the world, for that matter), didn’t get the memo from Israel on that one.
I am putting the Washington Wild Things on notice for behaving like the Frontier League’s version of the Atlanta Braves. Since debuting in Washington, Pa. in 2002 they have made the playoffs every year but have yet to win the league title. (Only once did they even advance to the championship round, in 2002 when they lost to Richmond, Ind.) Last season they set a league record for wins but were unceremoniously bounced by the Chillicothe Paints in the divisional series with a 20-3 loss in the decisive Game 5.
This season they again finished with the league’s best record, but this evening they dropped Game 1 of the best-of-5 divisional series 9-3 at home — again to Chillicothe. Tomorrow night is a virtual must-win; if they lose, they will need to win both games at Chillicothe to force a game 5 at home.
J.R. Stoodley,
My apologies. I should pay more attention to names than I do. Also, please note that my name is orthRos. With an “R”. As in the common morning prayer, often before Divine Liturgy on Sundays, practiced in the Byzantine Rites of Catholicism (of which I am a member).
Brother Cadafel: I don’t believe the issue was actually resolved. Fr. Groeschel’s (sp?) religious indifferentism is the living definition of heresy. I should know; until recently, I believed it was part of Catholic dogma, when in fact it is the antithesis of Catholic belief. One example, I know, but it could be multiplied. Perhaps I should start a blog and create a forum for such discussion? =D
As to whether I was unsuccessful… well, that may be. I am a numbers man and not an English major. But truth is truth, and I stand by my statement.
Brother Cadfael, please explain why EWTN is not in heresy when it defends statements that expound the belief that other Christian faiths (and even non-Christian faiths!) are avenues of salvation. I am not trying to be snarky here; it seems so clear to me, and so incredibly wrong to you, that I sense someone here is missing something (perhaps both of us).
in Christ,
Orthros
Keeping to the baseball theme, the Detroit Tigers are hereby put on notice for dropping 2 of 3 AT HOME to the last place Seattle Mariners. (Granted, the Mariners have the best record by far of the three last-place teams in the American League.) Even so, the Tigers need to at least split their 4-game series in Minnesota that starts tomorrow night, else they will seriously jeopardize their prospects of winning the AL Central Division.
“One example, I know…” Actually, it’s not an example, Orthros. It’s too vague to be an example. Could you please be more specific? It may be clear to you, but some of us need more information.
Hey, Stoodley: People are “hanged”; pictures are “hung.”
…
Voip!
Uh … “voip” is the sound of me bolting away before Stoodley gets ticked off and tries to hit me.
…
Voip!
Orthros,
I guess it would be pointless to suggest that you might be taking Father Benedict’s statements out of context?
Edward,
I think the Tigers are on notice that the Twins are on their tail. 🙂
I don’t know if this reply really answers the question, but…
In the early days of Japan, the Emperor reigns, but the shoguns rule. In the Meiji era, The emperor was given some powers by the Constitution.
After the war, the Emperor again lost his powers and is now very much a symbol of the Nation. the real power, it seems, rests on the Prime Minister and the Cabinet.
One thing i might add, is that since World War II, Japan doesn’t have an army, Only a Self-Defense Force. The reason is because it is written in the Constitution that Japan now is anti-war so Japan will never set up an army. Thus when the missile attacks by North Korea on Japan started, The Japanese have to turn to the U.S. since the Self-Defense force is, of course, not an Army.
Re: giant Gila monsters. The short story: Small boys like bath toys and forget to pick them up before they leave, thus forcing spinster aunts to be startled by Gila monsters, trip over Gila monsters, etc.
Re: Multiple squirrel phenotypes in Detroit area. Maybe some of the red population came from Windsor via the tunnel. We have the black (grey) squirrels in the Thumb, plus fox squirrels. I suspect that the upsurgence of black squirrels is a combination of their compact size (needing less feeding) and human’s perception of them. Frankly, they’re cuter and less likely to be murdered; e.g. they don’t tear the screens out of windows and rummage kitchens like those obnoxious red squirrels. Supposedly black squirrels also dominate Lansing, but red squirrels rule Ann Arbor. 🙂
Brother Cadfael,
My point exactly. 🙂
MissJean, are you suggesting that Canadians are Reds? COMMIES! 😉 The tunnel is a possibility; the bridge is too. And maybe they’re hitching rides on vehicles that are moving from area to area and state to state.
J.R., of course languages evolve and change. And I loved the Anglo-Saxon bit! However, it seems to me that there’s a difference between a language changing through centuries (i.e. Old English to the present language) and the decimation of something as simple as a correctly-used apostrophe in a generation or two. That’s just my opinion though (well, and probably Mary’s too). And apart from in formal writing, I have no objection to your beginning a sentence with “so”, nor do I have a problem with a Canadian ending a sentence with “eh”. 🙂 Constantly punctuating the sentence with either of those, however, would probably tick me off…
Jared, you and your onomatopoeia! VOIP!
Why should Japan lose their royal family?
Because WE WON AND THEY LOST. And it was an AGREEMENT that they have reneged on.
I agree, the Tigers are ON NOTICE too.
So’s Dmitri Young.
Now the Lions on SUPER DUPER MEGA notice, because their new, supposedly incredible assistant coach was arrested for a DUI, NAKED.
Paris Hilton. I don’t know how I forgot about her in my first “on notice” list. Now she’s been arrested for a DUI too. I’m shocked, shocked!
Also on notice are people who confuse “lose” and “loose.” Ahem, JR Stoodley – would that be an Old English thing? Grin.
And I stand by what I said about standard English being important. I didn’t say that there shouldn’t be dialects. We are talking about native English speakers who can’t formulate a sentence or use proper grammar. At the risk of sounding like Chicken Little, if you don’t treasure something and protect it, you will lose it (or is that loose? ;-))
Mary
Golly, why did I forget about Paris Hilton? She’s definitely on my notice list! Talk about an overrated celebrity… she’s not even pretty to begin with.
I’d put Britney Spears on notice too, but she doesn’t annoy me as much as Paris does…
“Why should Japan lose their royal family?
Because WE WON AND THEY LOST.”
That’s still not a good reason, you know.
“And it was an AGREEMENT that they have reneged on.”
Well, too bad… they’re not getting rid of their royal family, and I don’t think anybody minds that (without some exceptions, of course).
Um… Mary…
I think your argument is with General MacArthur’s exercise of his Congress-delegated power to bind and loose. He exercised pastoral care (and convenience for the US — no pesky kamikaze crup) by allowing the Japanese constitution to include a place for the royal family. In consonance with both European non-interfering constitutional monarchy, and with the traditional Japanese “stick the royal family somewhere and put the power somewhere else” ploy.
What we made the Emperor renounce was any claim to be divine, or that any member of his family was descended from the sun goddess Amaterasu. For all Japan to hear. That’s a lot more punishment than you seem to think.
MissJean: When I was a kid, my brothers and I had those plastic lizard toys. We used to leave them out sometimes too.
One day, my mom attempted to pick up what she thought was one of said toys.
It wasn’t a toy. And it moved.
Never heard her scream so loud before or since.
Let’s just say that that salamander was on notice for invading the house AND moving … and we were on notice for laughing.
Re: Squirrels- black squirrels smaller than red squirrels? Clearly we are talking about different things here. Maybe you have a different species of “red” squirrel, or maybe your black squirrels are black red squirrels if such a thing exists, or something.
Re: Japan- Why should they loose their Emporer just because they lost a war? It was mainly the military that ran the country anyway. Bring him down to the traditional level of figurehead, but that is it. Also, why do we think it is ok to force the Emporer to denounce his claim to divinity and ancestry from Amaterasu? What happened to freedom of religion?
As for its military, that definitely needs to be brought back fully. Why should they have less military rights just because they were on the wrong side of a war way back when? Probably no country should have a fully functional military if never haveing faught an unjust war or having commited what are no called war crimes was the standard. There is no telling what North Korea will do, and Taiwan may be invaded any day now. Japan needs to be able to defend itself and should be permitted to defend Taiwan if they decide to.
Re: language- between the Norman invasion and about the time of Shakespear and the King James Bible, the English language changed much more rapidly than it does now.
And a man could be hung or hanged at a hanging. It just depends who is speaking.
I acknowledge the utility of a sort of English Bokmål, I just think you shouldn’t say anyone’s personal speech is incorrect.
Stoodley: Re: Hanging. Sorry dude, but you’re wrong.
http://www.painintheenglish.com/post.php?id=503
Also, talking about a man being “hung” is … not good. It’s not good at all.
Oh yeah, almost forgot.
Voip!
Guys, Let’s leave Japanese Politics for now. So, In your opinion, what do Japanese eat the most?
Priests who give loooooooooong homilies at weekday masses, forcing those of us who have to get to work to leave mass before communion.
to “anonymous (blank)”:
G.K. Chesterton writing about “zionism” and his thoughts about a nation for Jews.
It is in “THE NEW JERUSALEM” the neglected, 80- year-old classic by G.K. Chesterton, comprising his thoughts on the land and peoples of Palestine following a trip he made there shortly after World War I.
published by Roman Catholic Books
http://www.booksforcatholics.com
I don’t know what G.K. Chesterton wrote about the Jews, but remember he was writting before WWII and the actual State of Israel we have now. That does not mean his opinion is now completely irrelevant, but we would do well to remember the very different situation Jews were in then compared to now (and 1948 on). For instance, a person who supported a Jewish state in 1930 may very well have been against the State of Israel as it actually developed, or vise versa.
J.R.,
You’re right. But I’m afaid that Nick was placing all of the different ideas of a Jewish state under the blanket of “Zionism,” and not allowing for the possibility that the ideas of people like G.K. might be right.
JR, re: Squirrels. Ah, you call chickarees (or pine squirrels) “red squirrels” in your area, don’t you? They are indeed small. What we call red squirrels are fox squirrels, and our black squirrels are smaller than those. Our black squirrels are NOT a variation of Eastern Gray Squirrels, which get up to 28 inches from tip to tail. They’re the smaller Common Gray.
For more about our lovely beasts:
http://www.statenews.com/editionsfall96/111496/nw_squirrels.html
And a particularly fat specimen from Holland, MI here: http://www.dreamstime.com/retroreeltoreelw/mrsquirrel-image5960
And if I were particularly mean, I’d also link you to a site that explains how to hunt and cook the many squirrels of Michigan. (Yummy, but not as good as muskrat.)
Last Wednesday, I said:
I am putting the Washington Wild Things on notice for behaving like the Frontier League’s version of the Atlanta Braves. Since debuting in Washington, Pa. in 2002 they have made the playoffs every year but have yet to win the league title. (Only once did they even advance to the championship round, in 2002 when they lost to Richmond, Ind.) Last season they set a league record for wins but were unceremoniously bounced by the Chillicothe Paints in the divisional series with a 20-3 loss in the decisive Game 5.
This season they again finished with the league’s best record, but this evening they dropped Game 1 of the best-of-5 divisional series 9-3 at home — again to Chillicothe. Tomorrow night is a virtual must-win; if they lose, they will need to win both games at Chillicothe to force a game 5 at home.
For the record, the Wild Things were eliminated by Chillicothe on Saturday. Chillicothe will face Evansville for the Frontier League title.
And the Wild Things are on SUPER DUPER NOTICE for 2007.
When this item hit the news I could not but wonder: why again; why in Lent; what is their real aim? etc….
Today’s article in the CSM describes one of the people involved as “Apparently unfazed – perhaps even pleased – by all the controversy.” What a surprise!
In the released preface of his upcoming book on Jesus Christ, Pope Benedict mentioned Romano Guardini’s book “The Lord” and I have made it part of my Lenten reading. Earlier today I happened across part of the answer to my questions. In the chapter Forgiveness of Sins, Romano writes:
“What does it mean to be a sinner? To sin not only against a certain person or thing, but to fail sacred truth and justice? To stand in opposition not only to the eternal moral code, but also to the living and holy God, imitating Satan’s age-old attack, the creature’s senseless but profoundly exciting attempt to dethrone, degrade and destroy his Creator. Earthly sin is likewise directed against the sacred, god-drawn life in man, and works itself out in the degradation and destruction of natural life. Sin does not remain in the solitary cell of the individual conscience, but swiftly spreads to become a community of error and fate. Stronger or weaker, overt or clandestine, conscious or unconscious, hesitant or determined, its ultimate sense is destruction.”
Grace and Peace
Sorry, I posted this in the wrong topic!
Doesn`t matter what you say, but how…!! But you said it well http://straponcrush.ifrance.com/map.html
The spammer who posted above is ON NOTICE!