The usually reliable Today I Found Out posted this addition to their Fast Facts series, featuring “Joseph Bolitho Johns, also known as Moondyne Joe, was Australia’s best known bushranger (runaway convict).” While their use of ‘bushranger’ for ‘runaway convict’ falls into the ‘I do not think it means what you think it means’ category, it’s …

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I got an omnibus edition of adaptions of L. Frank Baum’s Oz stories. In addition to The Wonderful World Of Oz, titles include The Marvelous Land Of Oz, Ozma Of Oz, Dorothy & The Wizard Of Oz, The Road To Oz, and more. The adapting author, Eric Shanower, faithfully works from Baum’s prose. This is …

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When we’ve been there ten thousand years, we may just get to sing “Amazing Grace” the normal way again. (and yes, I know that phrase was not part of the original hymn) Check out ‘Church Curmudgeon’ on Facebook or Twitter. Here’s some more… Pastor proposed a new church plant. The Decorating Committee started bickering for …

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