‪ד׳ טבת תשס״ז * 24 December 2006: National Pumpkin Pie Day/Christmas

Greetings.

Sorry about the template post that went out before this one. My computer is in a bad mood today.

Relevant to today’s quasi-holiday: The Wikipedia “Pumpkin pie” article.

Today’s news and commentary:

• “Wiccan lawsuit's goal: Acceptance” (Some people in the US still haven’t figured out that freedom of religion applies even when one doesn’t like someone else’s religion. Not to mention that sometimes people have no clue what other people’s religions are about in the first place.)
  
• “Cease-Fire Watch”
  
• “Science of Santa Claus: Jolly Old Elf Really Can Deliver Presents in One Night, Says NC State Engineer” (I could not make something like this up, even if I tried with both hands.)
  
• “The Independent's "Palestinian Marys"”
  
• “New Research Could Lead To 'Invisible' Electronics” (Cool! I really would like to have a transparent desktop.)
  
• “Mideast Christians Feel the Heat”

Today’s weird things (I couldn’t chose just one) are “The Corporate Scrooge Contest Results” and “Protest or Celebrate?”, the latter which demonstrates that at least some Christians haven’t forgotten what their holiday is supposed to be about. Enjoy and share the weirdness.

Aaron