Vikar’s Rant

Samhain (pronounced sow-en or sav-in) comes from the old Irish for “summers end” or, according to some sources, “November”. To the ancient Irish, there were two seasons - Summer and Winter. In agricultural soccieties, winter could be a very scary time indeed. If there were not enough provisions stored families could starve to death. So, throughout the summer, crops were tended, were harvested, sold and stored for later use. Samhain was the last great harvest. [...]

However, with all that aside, I did watch an abnormal amount of television. I would get home from school and watch TV immediately. This was bad. I would watch TV until about 8:PM, do my homework, and come back downstairs and watch some more until I had to go to bed. My parents actually owned one of the first pilot VCR’s back in 1978. It never really occurred to my parents to actually turn off the TV. Especially when they were getting comments from parent/teacher conferences that I had problems paying attention in class and “lacked self control” (Pay attention, kiddies, these are all symptoms of Attention Deficit [...]

While the fishing stuff was a good idea, my wife, the animal rights activist, did not feel comfortable contributing money to a manufacturer of fish death. My immediate, and to some extent correct, reaction was, “Fine, put it down and let’s get out of here.” No, no, that would have been waaaay too easy. She wanted me to pay for it. There’s one thing about going along with nonsense, it’s another thing having to finance it. [...]

“The World Has Rejected Obama!!! First in the round of voting in the Olympics in 2016!!!”
- Rush Limbaugh

“Doesn’t Rush Limbaugh remind you of one of those gay guys that like to lie in a tub while other guys pee on him?”
- Bill Hicks, Filling Up the Hump (1993)

“Please, please, let me break this news to [...]

I wasn’t worried about the two cats or the three kittens. I certainly wasn’t worried about our Pomeranian or the Border Collie. Plus, as my body is comparable to the wild man of Borneo with layers of blubber that would be the envy of most Eskimos, I thought I could rough it. My wife could wear a sweater and put on an extra [...]