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How does one do this?

This driver should win some sort of award for bad driving: A Bergen County woman was charged with driving under the influence after police said she mistook the landmark Boardwalk in Atlantic City for a road. Capt. Bill McKnight said he was on patrol when the vehicle sped by him Wednesday night. McKnight had given […]

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Your Friday Dose of Woo: Harry Potter called and wants his broom back

It’s Friday, which means that it’s time once again to delve deeply into the world of woo, all for your edification and (I hope) education. Even though I started out with less motivation than usual for tending to the blog, it actually turned out to be yet another rather eventful and surprisingly productive week on […]

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More clowns for Christ?

I’m not sure if the group above, Clowns for Christ, Inc. (complete with Gideon the Parrot, Precious the Super Dog, and illustrated Bible messages, songs, and clown tricks), is the group responsible for the training videos that I posted yesterday. If it’s not, though, apparently clowning for Christ is more widespread than I thought, because […]

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Elder abuse by Christian clowns?

In which Christian “clowns” are being trained to invade a nursing home to “entertain” the unfortunate residents trapped within. Money quote: “If people are in need of touch, you touch them.” Coming from clowns, that just sounds a bit creepy to me. Or maybe, “Clowns can look a bit intimidating if you see a lot […]

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Well, this is useful….

In case you didn’t know, here are instructions for opening your bowels (via Clusterfock, Kottke, and Kevin, MD): I wonder if I’ve been doing it wrong all these years. I mean, I don’t think I’ve ever used a footrest…