The social, cultural, spiritual, political, academic, and literary rantings of a slightly strange Catholic English teacher.
Recently I helped chaperone a group of fifth-graders on an educational school trip to Spain, a foreign country located in Europe. Our group consisted of four dads, 18 moms and approximately 27,000 children. There was no way to get an exact count: They move too fast.
Austin, TX (AHN) - People who own a pet and plan to live in the upcoming luxurious 55-story condominium at Second Street and Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas, will have a complete floor dedicated to a dog park for walks and pet toilets.
Only the most pampered of pooches will be living there though. This California-esque living comes at a California price. The condos start at $550,000 and go all the way up to 3.8 million.
Via Dave Barry
Holiday gift-giving is a tradition that dates back roughly 2,006 years, to when the Three Wise Men went to Bethlehem with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh for the Baby Jesus. Of course the next day the Virgin Mary returned these items for store credit, because she was a low-income mother with a newborn, and as the old saying goes, ''You can't diaper a baby with frankincense.''
But it was too late: The Three Wise Men had started a tradition. And in keeping with that tradition, this holiday season millions of people will spend billions of dollars to buy gifts that their friends and loved ones do not need.
