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On the Road with DR. EVIL
Vol. VI, No. 11, November 1, 2004
A Missive of Irregular Frequency and Questionable Worth
One Picture is worth 10,000 poofers.
Excerpts
From the Dark Side
"Indians, like many others, ate dogs. So apparently did the Spanish - as did many whites who became desperate for food as they worked their way to the West - but [the Spanish] had a crueler use for dogs: They were 'specifically bred and trained to hunt down and disembowel Indians,' and the Spanish followed the 'practice of bringing along on any campaign chained Indian slaves as food for the dogs.' They were known as 'war dogs,' and they brought terror everywhere they went."
And then: From the Sad Side
"A young mother was gathering beans in front of a newly built log house when she turned to fuss at her little dog for its persistent barking and saw that it was holding at bay a cougar sitting on a stump just twenty feet from her baby. The woman hastily scooped up her child and ran into the house to wait for her husband. He soon returned with his big dog and immediately tracked and killed the cougar. He found in its stomach the remains of their brave little dog."
- A Dog's History of America, by Mark Derr, North Point, 380 pages, Reviewed by Jonathan Yardley. The Washington Post Weekly Edition, September 20 - 26, 2004.
And Finally: From the Frightening Side
"John C. Green, director of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Akron in Ohio, says that despite many variations, evangelicals generally adhere to four core beliefs: the Bible is without error, salvation comes through faith in Jesus and not good deeds, individuals must accept Jesus as adults and all Christians must evangelize." (Emphasis mine.)
Does this mean, to a devout evangelical, that it doesn't matter? As long as one accepts Jesus when an adult, he/she does not have to be a good person and do good deeds.
- A Faith-Based President, by Alan Cooperman, The Washington Post Weekly Edition, September 20 - 26, 2004.
Clay Bennett, The Christian Science Monitor, October
18, 2004
My Kind a Book
As Mrs. Evil can testify, I am an expert at goofing off. I have acquired a special talent for doing nothing. So, when I saw this review of a very special book, I felt that I had arrived. The book? How to be Idle, by Tom Hodgkinson, Hamish Hamilton; £12.99. (That's about $23.75.) The review appeared in the October 16, 2004 issue of The Economist.
It would appear that Mr. Hodgkinson has made it his career to be an idler. Yet, as stated in the review, "If writing is hard work, writing about idleness is doubly so: ... ." Hodgkinson also edits the Idler, which is, of course, dedicated to inactivity. As you might expect, like On the Road with Dr. Evil, it also is a missive of infrequent frequency - published only twice a year.
The author "wants you to rediscover life at a slower pace: sleeping in, staring at the stars, and allowing yourself the sozzled pleasures of a three-hour lunch."
I feel redeemed.
See you at the next rest stop.
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