Lemme get this straight:

A team sinks what it thinks is the winning basket, starts their victory dance, only to discover the clock is still running? And the other team wins?

Phew. And thanks, Bro. Jay, for the link.

Depending where you’re sitting in the pew…

…or if you’re sitting in a pew, but this news — that Virginia state police chaplains may once again use religion-specific words like “Jesus” when they pray — may come as either a shock/outrage, or a no-duh.

I leave your reaction to you. And thanks, Bro. Tod, for the link.

All that time? It was a lack of the right nose spray

A special kind of nasal spray can make men all cuddly n’ stuff.

I have literally nothing to add but this: Thanks, Gawker, for the link.

Where da wimmen at, Part 2

Feminist Peace Network goes exploring some (liberal) sacred cows and finds a bunch of white guys.

If we’ve already had an Exxon Valdez…

…did we really need a Deepwater Horizon?

Yes, as a matter of fact, we CAN be high-minded

But not about this. Sorry.

No accents need apply?

Fluency, I get. A teacher should be fluent in the language in which s/he is teaching, but accents are a problem in Arizona now?

And ethnic studies? Jaysus.

Here’s why I look forward to being 107

Mostly? You can say anything you want, even to the Leader of the Free World.

(Now if I could just find my garlic…)

Palin’s former beauty pageant competitor is entering politics, too

Maryline Blackburn, who beat Sarah Palin for the 1984 Miss Alaska crown, is throwing her…uh…tiara in the ring, and running for a seat in the Georgia House of Representatives.

And yes, Ms. Blackburn, who is also a singer of some reknown, is a Democrat.

And thanks, Bro. Jay, for the link.

Dear Yahoos on Facebook:

Joining a group named

“DEAR LORD, THIS YEAR YOU TOOK MY FAVORITE ACTOR, PATRICK SWAYZIE. YOU TOOK MY FAVORITE ACTRESS, FARAH FAWCETT. YOU TOOK MY FAVORITE SINGER, MICHAEL JACKSON. I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, MY FAVORITE PRESIDENT IS BARACK OBAMA. AMEN”

is ignit.

You can pray for the homeless, the hungry, or the winning lottery ticket (though we may want to get a ruling on that) but praying for the death of someone is simply bad form.

Thank you. And thank you, Sis. Sensible, for your persistence in finding the link.