Category: Odds But Not Ends
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Two events that occurred close to home yesterday have put me on edge a bit. One took place 175 miles from my home in Austin and the other unfolded a mere 5 miles away in Sugarland. (Updated photo : Dead bird on the side of Colorado highway. Link :Sujatha) AUSTIN — More than 10…
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During yet another direct conversation with God, Pat Robertson has learnt of dire future events that will come to haunt us. He predicts a "mass killing" in the US in late 2007. Although God did not specify what kind of weapons will be used to bring about the mass destruction, Robertson thinks they will be…
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Season’s Greetings to one and all – traditional good wishes from Accidental Blogger to the readers. Here are somewhat more unorthodox holiday wishes – just to break the monotony. Not everyone likes frivolity around Christmas – especially not the residents of Santa’s hometown (no, it is not the North Pole). "ANKARA, TURKEY — What’s a…
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He is bent but not broken. Disgraced but not ashamed. Gone but not vanished. Tom DeLay is back – this time as a blogger. I was really surprised to see his smiling face today on TV, pontificating on issues such as the war on terror, the Iraq war, and the Iraq Study Group, which he…
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The beautiful island paradise of Fiji has been racked with political and ethnic discord in recent years. Last week saw yet another coup in which the military overthrew the government, accusing it of rampant corruption. Although the international community did not approve, the Fijians themselves are quite unperturbed. Now the self installed Fijian military junta…
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Whatever I may think of presidential father George H.W. Bush’s politics, I always found the senior Bush’s ability and willingness to shed tears in public, rather endearing. I have seen him cry at least half a dozen times, mostly while talking about his family, including the tragic loss of a daughter to childhood leukemia .…
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While the jitney is a transportation fixture in much of the world, the only jitney I have ridden in the United States was on Flatbush Avenue, in Brooklyn, New York, around ten years ago. I was with my Uncle Ed, and he was on a hunt for superior Jamaican jerk chicken. Even in New York,…
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(Ideson Library, Houston) What good is Halloween without a true blue ghost story? So here is one from Houston about a long dead man whose music lives on – at least, so claim some Houstonians. (Check out the photo gallery on the right for more photos of the Ideson Library.) "On a dripping, windless night, darkness…
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(click for a closer view) The heavy rain and flooding that have inundated the mid-Atlantic states for the last few days have caused wide spread damage to private and public property as well as to trees. Among the many trees which broke and toppled was an old elm tree that stood on the front lawn…
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Those who wish to scoff at my claim that soccer is indeed the most democratic and ecumenical of all sports, please take a look here! I wonder if the language remains holy when a foul is drawn. And are they playing to score a soccer goal or attain a higher one? What is amply clear…
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I just stumbled upon the Spanish version of Accidental Blogger ! Bloggers linked here, please check out your own Blog names in Spanish. I am sure one can do this in any language – I just don’t know how. Does this mean that someone reads A.B. in Spanish? I love this.
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