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A Star Is Bought

Chuck Simmins | April 29, 2004

(Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)Teen actress twin sisters Mary-Kate (L) and Ashley Olsen pose after receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California April 29, 2004. The Olsen twins’ first film ‘New York Minute’ will be released in the U.S. May 7.
First of all, anyone can get a star if they’re willing to pay [...]

SARS: Interesting Data

Chuck | April 17, 2004

WHO Final Statistical Report:
Communist China and Communist Vietnam had the lowest death rates of any nation with a significant outbreak, excepting the United States. 7% and 8% respectively. Compare that to Free China at 11%, Hong Kong at 17%, or Canada at 17%. Is anyone willing to accept the Communists’ numbers are anything near accurate?
Communist [...]

Happy Birthday, Dad!

Chuck Simmins | April 6, 2004

Happy 88th birthday, Dad. Thank you, again, for what you and your buddies did for us all in the War. I hope you and Mom could see us now. We’re all doing good. Love, Chuck

Bishop’s Statement on Gay Marriage

Chuck Simmins | April 6, 2004

Bishop Matthew H. Clark

What we believe about the Sacrament of Marriage
Much has been written and broadcast of late concerning the movement to legalize same-sex marriages. Such attempts have recently reached New York state and stirred considerable debate. Naturally, questions have arisen among the Catholic faithful about the Roman Catholic Church’s teachings on this issue. Therefore, [...]

There’s No One Else Laughing

Chuck Simmins | April 6, 2004

Look at the photo. No one else is laughing.

Yahoo
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., center, laughs as he is introduced during Palm Sunday services at the Charles St. AME Church, in Boston’s Roxbury district, Sunday, April 4, 2004, as his wife Teresa Heinz Kerry, left, looks on. Kerry was introduced by Rev. Dr. Gregory [...]

Gratuitous Pic

Chuck Simmins | April 6, 2004

Those Damned Handicapped Folks

Chuck Simmins | April 5, 2004

Des Moines Register
A 14-year-old Laurens boy who rides his motorized wheelchair around town because he can’t walk is being accused of criminal behavior. Local officials say Bryce Wiley is breaking state law by riding the wheelchair on city streets and sidewalks. If the riding continues, Laurens police Chief Rod Watkins said he will have to [...]

Tigger Tanked; Tits Touched!

Chuck Simmins | April 2, 2004

© 2004 Orlando Sentinel Communications
Orange County Sheriff’s Office investigators have arrested a Walt Disney World employee who worked as the character “Tigger” and charged him with molesting a 13-year-old girl and her mother while posing with them for pictures in February.
Michael Chartrand, 36, was charged with one count of lewd and lascivious molestation of [...]

New York Late Again!

Chuck Simmins | April 1, 2004

For the 20th year in a row, the New York State government has failed to pass a budget in the constitutionally prescribed timeframe. This is a state where the Senate is Republican, the Assembly is Democrat, and it is virtually impossible to lose an election. Our legislators earn more than post full-time workers for a [...]

Body Dragging in Fallujah

Chuck Simmins | April 1, 2004

Does anyone else Bueller? Bueller?, find it at all curious that Reuters seesm to be able to film this sort of thing, almost as if they knew about it in advance? Perhaps the film crew should assist the Iraqi police with their inquiries?

Uncivil Engineering

Chuck Simmins | April 1, 2004

or Mechanical Engineering. Dammit, it’s some kind of engineering, isn’t it? Anyway… they were jacking up a bridge over I-490, the major highway in the Rochester area yesterday as part of the renovations that are being done in that area. And it tipped leaned slid (yeah, that’s the ticket) and parts of the supports were [...]

April Fools

Chuck Simmins | April 1, 2004

All of today’s posts will be about things that I wish were April Fool’s jokes, but aren’t. Sadly, there are far too many examples of this genre.