A required taste

The funeral services and cremation for my wife's uncle is tomorrow. Afterwards, the family is gathering for an informal remembrance and barbecue.

Is it just me or is there something a bit wrong about attending a barbecue after a cremation?

The Mother of All Office Pools

Attacking Iraq is now merely picking the right date on the calendar. A few defense experts on the Web have taken it upon themselves to predict when the bombs are going to fall. Their pick: November 6. Mark it on your day planners, people.

History lesson

Today is the 57th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki.

Again, as I said a few days ago, let's just ditch all the damn nukes. Why do we have them? To feel stronger? To feel safer? Why do other countries get them? So they can feel safer? So they can even the playing field? To have some sort of say in global affairs? Would we even have cared about India's and Pakistan's hostile poses to each other a few months ago if they didn't have nukes?

Here's a good way, via the Web, to educate yourself on nuclear weapons and understand the damage using such a weapon makes. I guess using the bomb back then was fine because the Japanese were the enemy; now, it's just heartbreaking to learn about the carnage.

In other news

A Canadian man dies of the human form of Mad Cow disease, becoming the country's first confirmed case of the disease.


Jesus got game

Saved maybe the best for last. Seriously...some company is attempting to build a role-playing video game based on The Bible. Read for yourself.

French Word of the Day

Pas devant les enfants (pah duh vah lay zah fah): Not in front of the children.