And other comments about restaurants that lawyers wouldn't let the papers run on their reviews. Find them at ZAGAT SURVEY: BY POPULAR VOTEZAGAT SURVEY: BY POPULAR VOTE
In a related story there was a cooked grasshopper in some greens that I ordered at a restaurant in Chicago. I'm enough of a hick that I wasn't sure if it was supposed to be part of the meal or not?
Thursday, December 18, 2003
To All You Purists and Liturgist Out There...
The Vatican lit its Christmas Tree yesterday (so did we). I guess even the Pope can't wait for Christmas and there is something very, very right about that!
From The Charleston Gazette - APNews:
The Vatican flicked on the twinkling lights of its tinsel-decorated Christmas tree Wednesday evening in St. Peter's Square.
A children's choir entertained the crowd of several hundred with Christmas carols and the John Lennon-Yoko Ono tune "Happy Xmas (War Is Over).''
The 100-foot Christmas tree was placed in the square Friday, transported from an alpine valley where Pope John Paul II has spent many vacations. The fir tree comes from the woods in Aosta Valley, near the French border in the shadow of Mount Blanc.
Not sure why they chose that song (Happy Christmas), next thing you know the be singing "Imagine there's no heaven."
From The Charleston Gazette - APNews:
The Vatican flicked on the twinkling lights of its tinsel-decorated Christmas tree Wednesday evening in St. Peter's Square.
A children's choir entertained the crowd of several hundred with Christmas carols and the John Lennon-Yoko Ono tune "Happy Xmas (War Is Over).''
The 100-foot Christmas tree was placed in the square Friday, transported from an alpine valley where Pope John Paul II has spent many vacations. The fir tree comes from the woods in Aosta Valley, near the French border in the shadow of Mount Blanc.
Not sure why they chose that song (Happy Christmas), next thing you know the be singing "Imagine there's no heaven."
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Country Singer, Gary Stewart Dead
Apparently from suicide, a few weeks after his wife's death.
Sad, sad news. I was a big Gary Stewart fan. Saw him once in Texas. He had a voice unlike anyone.
From TCPalm: Editorials:
"A Fort Pierce favorite son, singer-songwriter Gary Stewart died this week of an apparent suicide just weeks after the death of Mary Lou Stewart, his wife of 42 years. Gary Stewart was found dead in his Fort Pierce home Tuesday from a gunshot wound. "
A native of Letcher County, Ky., Stewart moved to Fort Pierce with his family at age 12 following his father's injury in a coal mining accident. He worked at Northrop Grumman aircraft plant in Stuart and played with country and rock bands before teaming up with Fort Pierce police officer Billy Eldridge in writing country music songs.
In the 1970s, Stewart, with his fusion of country, blues and Southern rock, sung in a powerful tenor with a distinctive wailing vibrato, took the music world by storm. In 1975, he released "Out of Hand," an album featuring the hits "Drinkin' Thing" and "She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)." Country Music Magazine rated it the No. 3 All Time Greatest Country Album.
Throughout the 1970s, Stewart recorded six albums and wrote hits for other country music stars. During the early 1980s, he was largely absent from the national music stage, then made a triumphant return in 1988 with the release of "Brand New." He continued writing and recording. His final album, "Live at Billy Bob's Texas," was released earlier this year.
Stewart's hard-driving, boot-stomping, heavy-drinking, fist-fighting, barroom-weeping music epitomized the essence of honky tonk. No one did it better. Some say he failed to reach the pinnacle of celebrity because his music was too rock for country fans and too country for rock fans.
But, Billboard Magazine's Gerry Wood once said, "Gary Stewart just may be the best singer in the history of country music."
Stewart traveled throughout the country and wrote, recorded and partied with Southern rock musicians such as members of the Allman Brothers band, but his base was always Fort Pierce.
Stewart lived life with passion and his fans were passionate about his music.
His sudden death is tragic. But, he left us a treasure trove of sounds and feelings that will not be forgotten.
Sad, sad news. I was a big Gary Stewart fan. Saw him once in Texas. He had a voice unlike anyone.
From TCPalm: Editorials:
"A Fort Pierce favorite son, singer-songwriter Gary Stewart died this week of an apparent suicide just weeks after the death of Mary Lou Stewart, his wife of 42 years. Gary Stewart was found dead in his Fort Pierce home Tuesday from a gunshot wound. "
A native of Letcher County, Ky., Stewart moved to Fort Pierce with his family at age 12 following his father's injury in a coal mining accident. He worked at Northrop Grumman aircraft plant in Stuart and played with country and rock bands before teaming up with Fort Pierce police officer Billy Eldridge in writing country music songs.
In the 1970s, Stewart, with his fusion of country, blues and Southern rock, sung in a powerful tenor with a distinctive wailing vibrato, took the music world by storm. In 1975, he released "Out of Hand," an album featuring the hits "Drinkin' Thing" and "She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)." Country Music Magazine rated it the No. 3 All Time Greatest Country Album.
Throughout the 1970s, Stewart recorded six albums and wrote hits for other country music stars. During the early 1980s, he was largely absent from the national music stage, then made a triumphant return in 1988 with the release of "Brand New." He continued writing and recording. His final album, "Live at Billy Bob's Texas," was released earlier this year.
Stewart's hard-driving, boot-stomping, heavy-drinking, fist-fighting, barroom-weeping music epitomized the essence of honky tonk. No one did it better. Some say he failed to reach the pinnacle of celebrity because his music was too rock for country fans and too country for rock fans.
But, Billboard Magazine's Gerry Wood once said, "Gary Stewart just may be the best singer in the history of country music."
Stewart traveled throughout the country and wrote, recorded and partied with Southern rock musicians such as members of the Allman Brothers band, but his base was always Fort Pierce.
Stewart lived life with passion and his fans were passionate about his music.
His sudden death is tragic. But, he left us a treasure trove of sounds and feelings that will not be forgotten.
The December Dilemma?
I do find the notion that you can't mention that Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ as nothing short of idiotic, but there does seem to be another issue at play.
We celebrate other historic personages.
No one is cramming Christianity down anyone's throat. In fact I think the government should adopt something akin to allowing everyone to have a "religious holiday or two" off every year and abandon making Christmas a Federal holiday. Let the non-Christian, aethiest work on Christmas. Let them take off the 22nd if they want to celebrate the hiding of the sun.
But I think the move to wipe out any mention of Christ is nothing short of demonic. Its one thing for people who want nothing to do with Him to not follow Him. It is quite another to try to wipe Him off the face of history.
Let's all stop acting like Christmas is anything other than what it is. Merry Christmas by the way...
From CATHOLIC LEAGUE for Religious and Civil Rights: "Catholic League president William Donohue addressed today the claim that there is a December Dilemma in the schools:
“When people say there is a December Dilemma, what they mean is that school officials are in a bind: how can they allow the celebration of Christmas without offending others? The answer? Censor Christmas.
“The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is so worried about Christmas that it issues an annual document, ‘The December Dilemma,’ on how to deal with this problem (in response, the Catholic League offers, ‘The December Celebration’). In a Q&A section, the ADL comments on what is excessive when it comes to Christmas decorations. After admitting that the courts have said Santas and Christmas trees are secular symbols, it warns, ‘Nevertheless, their inordinate usage is inappropriate.’ It does not say what constitutes an inordinate number, nor does it say why secular symbols of any kind should be censored, regardless of their volume. But it does tell us a lot about how the ADL views Christmas.
“Janet Jones is Principal of Adler Elementary in Southfield, Michigan. Scott Finnegan is Principal of Memorial and Burke Elementary in Medway, Massachusetts. Michael Ransaw is Principal of Powell Middle School in Spring Hill, Florida. All three have resolved the December Dilemma by taking a page from the ADL—they censor it.
“In every instance, school officials say they must censor Christmas because the holiday is not inclusive. But if they were advised to censor Martin Luther King Day celebrations—on the grounds that it is not inclusive (it represents only a small minority)—they would respond by saying that white kids who feel left out should respect diversity. Why, then, should not those who are not Christ"
We celebrate other historic personages.
No one is cramming Christianity down anyone's throat. In fact I think the government should adopt something akin to allowing everyone to have a "religious holiday or two" off every year and abandon making Christmas a Federal holiday. Let the non-Christian, aethiest work on Christmas. Let them take off the 22nd if they want to celebrate the hiding of the sun.
But I think the move to wipe out any mention of Christ is nothing short of demonic. Its one thing for people who want nothing to do with Him to not follow Him. It is quite another to try to wipe Him off the face of history.
Let's all stop acting like Christmas is anything other than what it is. Merry Christmas by the way...
From CATHOLIC LEAGUE for Religious and Civil Rights: "Catholic League president William Donohue addressed today the claim that there is a December Dilemma in the schools:
“When people say there is a December Dilemma, what they mean is that school officials are in a bind: how can they allow the celebration of Christmas without offending others? The answer? Censor Christmas.
“The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is so worried about Christmas that it issues an annual document, ‘The December Dilemma,’ on how to deal with this problem (in response, the Catholic League offers, ‘The December Celebration’). In a Q&A section, the ADL comments on what is excessive when it comes to Christmas decorations. After admitting that the courts have said Santas and Christmas trees are secular symbols, it warns, ‘Nevertheless, their inordinate usage is inappropriate.’ It does not say what constitutes an inordinate number, nor does it say why secular symbols of any kind should be censored, regardless of their volume. But it does tell us a lot about how the ADL views Christmas.
“Janet Jones is Principal of Adler Elementary in Southfield, Michigan. Scott Finnegan is Principal of Memorial and Burke Elementary in Medway, Massachusetts. Michael Ransaw is Principal of Powell Middle School in Spring Hill, Florida. All three have resolved the December Dilemma by taking a page from the ADL—they censor it.
“In every instance, school officials say they must censor Christmas because the holiday is not inclusive. But if they were advised to censor Martin Luther King Day celebrations—on the grounds that it is not inclusive (it represents only a small minority)—they would respond by saying that white kids who feel left out should respect diversity. Why, then, should not those who are not Christ"
According to Passion Mystic, Christmas Really is on November 25th...
We probably should just go ahead and change it, then everyone would be celebrating it for a month, (if we didn't let them in on the secret)! Or another way to look at it is perhaps mystically we all are celebrating because in fact it was a month earlier than the calendar dates it!
From Spirit Daily - Daily spiritual news from around the world:
"Kislev was the ninth month, corresponding approximately to our November-December period; according to Catherine Emmerich, the Lord was born on the twelfth of Kislev -- which that year was dated November 25."
From Spirit Daily - Daily spiritual news from around the world:
"Kislev was the ninth month, corresponding approximately to our November-December period; according to Catherine Emmerich, the Lord was born on the twelfth of Kislev -- which that year was dated November 25."
Wednesday, December 17, 2003
A Great Christmas Story
Found at Bruderhof Communities - The Guest by Nikolai S. Lesskov Here is a sample:
"In the snowstorm he had lost his way completely, and he was so cold he was afraid he would freeze to death that night. 'Suddenly,' he said, 'I met someone who said to me, 'Go to that house, over there, where you see the lights. Take my place, and you will be warmed and fed; you may eat out of my plate!' "
"In the snowstorm he had lost his way completely, and he was so cold he was afraid he would freeze to death that night. 'Suddenly,' he said, 'I met someone who said to me, 'Go to that house, over there, where you see the lights. Take my place, and you will be warmed and fed; you may eat out of my plate!' "
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