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The perfect car for commuting to Spacely Sprockets
By
jmcgee
The self-driving automobile is no longer a fantasy. All they have to do now is figure out how to make it fly. Check this out: Anyone driving the twists of Highway 1 between San Francisco and Los Angeles recently may have glimpsed a Toyota Prius with a curious funnel-like cylinder on the roof. Harder to…
“Smell like a monster”
By
jmcgee
An inspired little take-off on those Old Spice commercials, courtesy The Muppets. Go ahead. Laugh. I did.
A funny thing happened on the way to the pulpit
By
jmcgee
Did you hear the one about the people who are trying to find humor in ministry? Check it out: Can you say the word “breast” in a sermon? If so, how often? When trying to keep a congregation’s attention during a long homily, how much disrobing in the pulpit is too much? And what is…
Surf’s up: California’s annual Blessing of the Waves
By
jmcgee
While countless churches around the country were blessing animals for the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, some of the faithful who live on the Pacific coast were offering prayers of blessing for the waters whose name means “peaceful”: Hundreds of Californians joined surfing priests and religious leaders from multiple faiths Sunday to honor the…
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