Drinking whiskey clear!
This just in from BabyBlue:
The Anglican Church of Uganda has now officially recognized the Anglican Church in North America and has transferred all their bishops and clergy to the ACNA, Bishop John Guernsey just announced to the ACNA Assembly in Ft. Worth.
The march towards orthodoxy continues! Read about it here.
jimcofer.com is officially the last website to report it, but what the hey… Ed McMahon, Johnny Carson’s sidekick of more than 30 years, passed away at the age of 86. This is probably not much of a surprise to many folks, as McMahon was in poor health for at least the last two years. Still, he will be missed.
Not only was McMahon a regular on The Tonight Show, he also hosted Star Search for several years, co-hosted Bloopers and Practical Jokes with Dick Clark (back when bloopers were unseen by most folks), and was a regular at the annual Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon. McMahon was also a spokesman for American Family Publishers (contrary to all the jokes made at the time, which always mentioned Publisher’s Clearinghouse).
Enjoy this clip of McMahon, who had a wee bit too much to drink before going on that night:
That clip is priceless… not only because it’s funny, but because of the unedited nature of the clip. Had this happened today, you know the producers would cut this scene for not being “professional” enough.
I’m not normally a fan of The Daily Show, mostly because the show’s humor is all kind of the same after a while. Jon’s great and all, but the “reporters” all use the same shtick over and over again. I mean, how many times can the show ambush some hapless local politician and make it funny?
This clip, however, had me in stitches. Apparently some folks in Long Island, NY want to secede from the union, and Samantha Bee went to investigate:
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Sorry for the lack of Anglican news lately. It’s just so… depressing.
Here’s something unusual though:
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has sent the Rt. Rev’d Santosh Marray, retired bishop of the Seychelles (2005-2008) in the Province of the Indian Ocean, as his official pastoral visitor to the Anglican Church of North America Provincial Assembly in Ft. Worth, TX. Bishop Marray, was born in Guyana and is a former rector in the Diocese of Florida. He is a member of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Pastoral Visitor Programme started this past February.
I wonder what all this means? Nothing, probably. But it sure is… interesting.
As always, thanks to BabyBlue for the tip.
Hotel Babylon
Season 4, episode 1
Aired: June 19, 2009 on BBC1
SYNOPSIS
Hotel Babylon is being shut down. To that end, baliff Juliet has taken over the hotel to oversee the closing.
Tony is working closely with the Chadhuri family for their “meeting party” (daughter Aishia is the victim of an arranged marriage to Omar, a “down on his luck” Bollywood star. Aishia’s father, Pramit, is throwing the party for the couple who are meeting for the first time). It will be the Babylon’s last big event.
Sweet news for hipster Charlotteans:
The managers of The Penguin haven’t allowed the recession hold them back: They’re opening a second restaurant this fall.
Greg Auten, the minority partner who’s in charge of designing the new menu, said they’ll call the new restaurant “Pinky’s.” It will be located at the corner of Morehead Street and Freedom Drive, a few blocks from Bank of America Stadium near uptown, and he hopes it will open by November.
“We’re really excited about it,” Auten said. “It’s not going to be The Penguin, but it’s going to be a cool place, too.”
Although, to be frank… I’m worried about a restaurant serving fried pickles being so close to Lisa’s work. That could be bad!
via Penguin managers to open 2nd restaurant | CharlotteObserver.com.
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How badass is this? Jonas Brothers video director Steve Fatone hooked up an Xbox 360 to the giant new display at the Dallas Cowboys’ new stadium and was able to play some Gears of War on it.
FWIW, the new screen measures 72×160′, or around 22x49m):
Read more about it (and see more awesome pics) at Engadget here.
A “blood chit” is a piece of paper or cloth issued to soldiers and (especially) airmen operating in areas where the local population speaks a language other than the serviceman’s own. The chit usually states, in the local language, that the soldier or pilot is working on their behalf, and to please give him food, water, shelter and\or medical attention, then give him any assistance in getting back to his or her military base. So if an airman was shot down in a strange land, he or she could simply find a local and hand them the chit. The civilian would then (hopefully) take care of the pilot and get him back an an American base. As an incentive for the local, rewards were usually offered for the safe return of the serviceman.
Here’s an example of a chit from the early days of World War II:
This was particular chit was issued to the Flying Tigers, a group of American pilots who volunteered to fly missions against the Japanese in China. This chit says: “[t]his foreign person has come to China to help in the war effort. Soldiers and civilians, one and all, should rescue, protect, and provide him medical care“. Another Flying Tiger chit read: “I am an American airman. My plane is destroyed. I cannot speak your language. I am an enemy of the Japanese. Please give me food and take me to the nearest Allied military post. You will be rewarded.”
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Thanks for understanding!
Jim