SUSPENDED!

"My superiors weren't happy."

Say it ain't so! It's over before it started. What could they have possibly found offense with? That's nunsense, I say. Rev. Run says he was "misunderstood". At least there's still the Backgammon World Cup to look forward too.

Back In The Habit

The Olympics might be over, but fear not competition junkies; you can still experience the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat elsewhere. August is chock-full of events to get your sport fix on. The NFL pre-season kicks off. The ‘08 PGA Championship will be held in England. The World Track & Field Championships are in Goteborg, Sweden. The US Open, Backgammon World Cup and National Hot Air Balloon & World Body Surfing Championships are all being held in the U.S. But the most exciting competition coming down the Pike has to be: “Miss Sister 2008”.

I ain’t talkin’ sibling or best friend sister-from-another-mister here. I’m talking nuns folks. As in Roman Catholic. As in taking permanent solemn vows of poverty, chastity & obedience. As in committing herself to a lifetime of prayer, meditation and service to the needy, sick, poor and uneducated. Mother Teresa, Agnes of God, Sister Act 2 type of nuns.

Miss Sister 2008 was conceived by Italian priest, and school teacher, Rev. Antonio Rungi. His aim is to give nuns “more visibility within the Catholic church and to fight the stereotype that they are old and dour.” And what better way to do that than by posting their pictures on the Internet so the citizens of the world can ogle them and vote on which sister is the sexiest. Or, as Rev. Run puts it: "Vote for the nun they consider a model". He goes on to say: "We are not going to parade nuns in bathing suits, but being ugly is not a requirement for becoming a nun. External beauty is gift from God, and we mustn't hide it."

Maybe so, but this is an awesomely awful idea. Good thinking Rev. The site's not yet up and running, but, trust me, I will keep you posted on the details of this impending train wreck.

Blogs by Catholic nuns.

Maybe You Should Have Uglier Friends

Deutsche Telekom, known Stateside as T-Mobile and in my house as the company that collect our cell phone bill each month, has made a few changes. Along with dumping Catherine Zeta-Jones as their spokesperson, they seem to be discontinuing certain services; such as the picture album I was so very fond of. "Get More" is what Catherine used to say. But she's gone and a lot of the "more" seems to be, well, no more. Their new tag line is "Stick Together"; which I take to mean: "Sorry we screwed you by eliminating those fun and free services, but please don't leave us". It's more of a plea. T-Mobile is now offering land lines for your home though. Yippee? That move doesn't even make sense to me. I’m sure it was costly though. And so it goes.

I was glad to hear, from more than one person, that my pic site was down. That means it’s actually getting looked at. So, I decided it was a worthwhile ingredient of Humdrummy and looked into keeping it in the recipe. Snap shots can now be seen on a spankin’ new Google Web Album. The permanent link in the sidebar has been updated. It’s definitely not as easy for me to post pics, as I can’t simply hit send from my handheld, but now I can upload quality shots from a real camera. The down side, however, is that I have to upload shots from a real camera. Which means more work. And time. Which I don’t have much spare of. Time that is. The work is endless. But I digress.

Check out some new shots of the fam.