"Look at the attention I get: It's because I throw a football. But that's what society values. That's not what God values," Brady said. "He didn't invent the game. We did. I have some eye-hand coordination, and I can throw the ball. I don't think that matters to God."

Solzhenitsyn dead at 89

The Gulag Archipelago is one of the five best books I've read. It should be required reading for everyone. I can't imagine a time when it won't be relevant.

Man decapitates passenger aboard Greyhound bus in Manitoba

To Defend Our Airspace, We Should Investigate U.F.O.s

Wherein they send you nearly plausible news headlines. To wit:

• Paris peace summit cancelled
• Paris Hilton stabbed by stalker
• Beijing bars muslims from entering
• Iran announces completion of nuclear weapon
• Al Gore to issue important challenge

This shit just got real.

Freedom isn't free!

So stupid.

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Not to wish away the summer, my wedding, my honeymoon, my birthday, and so on... but I really wish I could go snowboarding right about now.