Kesher Talk - Pesky Liberal Jews - Republicans need to convince us they will maintain a separation of religion and state. Many of us have personal memories of being forced to pray Christian prayers and sing Christian songs in school, or getting beaten up or ostracized for not doing so. We are acutely aware that large swathes of the Republican religious right still think we are heathens and want to convert us. When missionaries ring our doorbells, we don't think "Democrat."

The Eclectic Chapbook - - The first thing the Jews did was launch a major conspiracy to re-leaf the region as discussed here previously. This was the sinister Tree Conspiracy. The aggressors showed no mercy, buying up land and planting lots and lots of trees. Obviously, the Egyptians were jealous and resentful.

Sports Night
Ipse Dixit - Is The NFL Insane? - Julius Peppers is on his way to being rookie defensive player of the year. He will probably be robbed of the opportunity to achieve that goal - and a considerable amount of his salary - because of a 4-game suspension for ingesting a perfectly legal substance.

This Green and Pleasant Land
Where Worlds Collide - Great Britons? - The BBC have been running a series called Great Britons, with the aim of choosing the greatest Briton of all time. The original 100 names, chosen by 30,000 of the great British public, had some bizarre choices and some notable omissions. There were far too many flavour-of-the- month celebrities like Robbie Williams, David Beckham, and, for Cthulhu's sake, Boy George(!), which goes to show the shallowness of a lot of people's educations.

Turkey Coma
Ravenwood's Universe - It's the end of the world, and I feel fine - One week from today, millions of Americans across the nation will sit down at their dinner table with family and relatives, to celebrate my birthday. I encourage all Americans to feast on turkey, potatoes, and stuffing, while the Cowboys and Lions host their annual football classics, in celebration of the anniversary of my birth.

The Short Strange Trip - Anecdotal Evidence- Ramon, was sort of the village patriarch. He was a wiry, elderly gentleman with grey hair and a goatee. He was also an original BMF (I once saw him shoot a rattlesnake in the head with a .38 from the hip). From previous trips, Dad and Dr. P. had befriended Ramon and they had a pretty amicable relationship. This time Ramon seemed different. Somehow through a mixture of Spanish and sign language he conveyed that he had a bad tooth which had been plaguing him for years. Now, it was reaching critical mass.

Weird Al Has a Posse
Amish Tech Support - Call CDC - SEBASTIAN the Crab, who is no longer a viable property, is about to be cooked for Michael EISNER's boardroom lunch when news of the cruise ship comes over the e-mail system. Sebastian sees an opportunity to save his shell.