“Conventional wisdom has it that No Pants Day (which takes place this Friday, May 2) had its beginnings in Austin in the mid-1980s…”
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By Restless
Found this great post about 10 Divinely Designed Churches today. I’ve always been fascinated by the works of the Catalan architect Gaudi and used to have a dozen pics of his works up in my apartment in San Francisco, however I don’t know much about the man other than the coolness of his work.
The […]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By Restless 
The last week of the year, a time to rest, contemplate, celebrate. That’s what I’m doing, that’s what I hope you’re doing. I’ll drop more articles at the beginning of 2007 but, for now, the accompanying picture was shot Christmas Eve in front of the New York Stock Exchange.
To see more shots taken that […]

Ho Ho Ho… Merry Christmas from Racine Wisconsin!
Here’s a special Christmas day “Morning Cup” for you:
Sad news today, as the Godfather of Soul has died.  A really great gallary on CNN on James Brown can be found here. 
Did you get your kid a Sony Playstation 3, or a Nitendo Wii for Christmas?  
If you couldn’t find one, maybe you were […]

Have you ever wanted to dress in a green elf costume and dance and prance around as if you were one of Santa’s finest?
Well now you can!   Thanks to the internets, and ELFYOURSELF.COM

From MSNBC.COM: 
‘Why Frosty?’ Yuletide crime victims ask
As many learn, ’tis the season for snowman stabbing, Grinch snatching
NEW YORK - There’s nobody nice on this Christmas list: snowman stabbers, Grinch snatchers, wreath-robbing weasels.
’Tis the season for strange crimes by even stranger people, with police blotters expanding faster than a 6-year-old’s wish list of gifts.
David Allen Rodgers, […]

 
From Yahoo News:
Furor in Italy over “gay nativity” in parliament
ROME (Reuters) - Two leftists in Italy’s ruling coalition on Wednesday outraged fellow lawmakers by placing four dolls representing homosexual couples near the baby Jesus in the official nativity scene in parliament.
The two parliamentarians from the small “Rose in the Fist” party said their gesture was […]

 
By Restless 
Highlighting our (the U.S’s) vast differences to the rest of the civilized world in regard to benefits to its citizens (health care, basic freedoms, etc.) is a new article regarding the days of vacation mandated by law in other countries. Though Mexico and Hong Kong are chincy (their laws say 1 week), only China […]

I’ve been watching this guy from time to time on You-Tube for a few months now.
Interesting Jolly old chap.
Check out some of his other videos too, his stories about WW II, and England during the 30’s and 40’s are fascinating.
It’s all on his website here.

 
 
Ok maybe I’m some kind of freak, but nothing is funnier this time of the year than seeing a kid screaming his head off on some poor Schmucks lap.

From YahooNews: 
Thousands set new world record in ‘Santa Dash’
LONDON (AFP) - Thousands of people dressed as Santa Claus took part in the English city of Liverpool’s annual “Santa Dash”, setting a new world record in the process, organisers of the event said.
To raise money for local charities, about 5,000 people dressed up in red suits, […]

A special Thanksgiving greeting from Dolly!

From YahooNews: 
World Toilet Day seeks clean restrooms
SINGAPORE (AFP) - Cut-price toilet paper, brushes and detergent are on sale to help promote clean restrooms as part of World Toilet Day on Sunday, the campaign organizer said.
It is the fifth annual World Toilet Day, organized by the Singapore-based non-profit World Toilet Organization (WTO), which lobbies for better […]

From The Chicago Sun Times: 
Meeks sends kids to ‘hell’
Christian fright house depicts abortion, gays
This Halloween, Chicago’s Salem Baptist Church wants teenagers to go straight to “hell.” Admission is $7 and passengers arrive at its gates on a yellow school bus.
Salem’s “Nights of Terror” promises to “scare the hell out of teens” by guiding them on a half-hour […]