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Any Catholics out there that can explain how St Erasmus (also known as St Elmo) is the patron saint of abdominal pain/colic and also the patron saint of Ammunition/Ordnance/explosives workers?

Just curious as to the connection...

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/02/nations-spies-w.html

*shakes head and sighs*
We can't afford to get our troops the materials they need but we can afford to fund this little project.

...was found by my aunt this morning unresponsive and not breathing. The docs believe he choked on his own vomit which caused him to stop breathing. No way to know when it happened during the night. He's on a ventilator now and meds to keep up his blood pressure. He now responds to pain but not to someone talking to him ( Read more... )

ll that you were privileged to do or have while growing up...

Father went to college
Father finished college
Mother went to college
Mother finished college
Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor
Were the same or higher class than your high school teachers (not sure what this is asking)
Had more than 50 books in your ( Read more... )

Just got done having a very strange conversation with a co-worker who's certainly not a cammie. And for those of you who know my phobia its a very strange thing that I made it through such a conversation as it was about vampires ( Read more... )

I Am A: Lawful Good Human Ranger/Cleric (3rd/2nd Level)

Ability Scores:

Strength-15

Dexterity-15

Constitution-15

Intelligence-17

Wisdom-15

Charisma-12

Alignment:
Lawful Good A lawful good character acts as a good person is expected or required to act. He combines a commitment to oppose evil with the discipline to fight relentlessly. He tells the ( Read more... )

Back in September of 2005, on the first day of school, Martha Cothren, a social studies school teacher at Robinson High School in Little Rock, did something not to be forgotten. On the first day of school, with the permission of the school superintendent, the principal and the building supervisor, she removed all of the desks out of her classroom. ( Read more... )

In Ohio, getting ready to head out for Tennessee and ICC

See some people soon! ;)

Gotta make it through one more 12 hour shift tonight and then stay for another 4 hour class. Catch a short nap Wednesday afternoon before heading down to Ohio to grab Matt Niemasz. Arrive sometime Thursday afternoon at ICC ( Read more... )