Keeping up with the Priebuses

 Keeping up with the Priebuses 

I’ve been sick abed almost a week – when I haven’t been leaping out and rushing to drain orem, anum, or stelionem.* Thank God for my facebook and twitter friends, who have been keeping me up with the news, old, new, and uplifting. Some links for you to follow. (Get this week off to a good start!):

From yesterday’s “Borowitz Report” in The New Yorker:

“This fall, we will ask the American people, ‘Do you want four more years of knowledge, or do you want something else?’” [RNC chairman Reince] Priebus said. 

Because: Ignorance is bliss. – The Bible [Two Corinthians 14:4]

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From April 28’s NBC10.com:

Headline: Worshipper Faces Manslaughter Charges in Deadly Church Shooting in Montgomery County

Apparently the argument began over whether or not a pew could be reserved. [Two Corinthians 15 addresses this issue: you can reserve a seat, if you come early and put your Bible in the place you plan to sit.]

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But, from Carina Storrs' Special to CNN, also yesterday.

Headline: Going to church could help you live longer, study says

The study showed that:

    “Women who regularly attended religious services also had higher rates of social support and optimism, had lower rates of depression and were less likely to smoke. However, the researchers took into account these differences between churchgoers and non-churchgoers when they calculated the decrease in death rates of 13% to 33%.”

     Granted, “The study also did not explore the association in men. Previous research suggests that male churchgoers also benefit, though their decrease in death rate is not as large as among women . . . .”

05.17.16

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* modern Latin: mouthus, anus, and lizardus.