“That’s the most sobering thing that Pete Rose, Roger Clemens, or anyone who tries to outrun the truth, has to face: The truth is never out of breath.” -Johnette Howard, ESPN columnist. Amen. “The truth is never out of breath.” Amen.

Suggested reading: The Great Divorce by CS Lewis. He is by far one of my favorite writers/thinkers/philosophers/apologists, and this is one of his most thought-provoking works.

Lest we be seduced by the allure of iPads and “advances in science,”  to be sure, we the people of  the 21st century, are not more evolved than our medieval ancestors.  We may be the new management, but we are every bit as hopelessly depraved as the old management.

Guess who said this:  “I want women and men to feel empowered by a deeper and more psychotic part of themselves. The part they’re always trying desperately to hide. I want that to become something that they cherish.” Did you guess Charles Manson? Marilyn Manson? SATAN??  Bzzz. Wrong.  Lady GaGa.

“Our awesome president has once again been vilified on a horrific billboard in Missouri that compares him to homicidal maniacs Hitler and Mao Tse Tung. When asked for his reaction, the president said, “It’s horrifying. Disgraceful. Ignorant. And I hope and pray someone tears it down before the Chinese [...]

Gay marriage. I must confess I am profoundly confused by the whole thing. It goes against everything I have ever been taught. It wracks my brain and tortures my sensibilities. That is, I have always firmly believed from my head to my toes that the point was to break OUT of prison.. not [...]

Seen on Craig’s List:  “Pizza Guys will be holding a “job fair” on Tuesday, August 10th at 2713 Citrus Road, Rancho Cordova, CA 95742 from 10am to 1pm.”   Somehow I get the feeling there won’t be many positions to choose from. Call it a hunch.

“A couple of hits – and wooooo. … “  -78 year old Robert Girvetz, who recently started smoking marijuana again for the fun of it, in a SacBee.com article 8/8/2010

Is it possible for one to give, give, give so much of themselves for others that one day they find themselves unable to give anymore, and thence unable to live?

Mayor Kevin Johnson will hold his wedding reception at mega developer’s Angelo Tsakopoulos’s crib. One thing’s for sure; the KJ haters can no longer accuse him of not being transparent!  This has to be one of the biggest political conflicts of interest of all time. =)