Congratulations to progressive people within the Episcopal Church in the United States!

http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/11/110406episc.htm

I'm very excited about the improv comedy show that I directed and am performing in tomorrow night at Christchurch Anglican church in Saskatoon.

There's a booming business for Westerners who pretend to be priests/ministers at weddings in Japan.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6067002.stm

Happy birthday, k d lang!

It's the birthday of critic and novelist Thomas Mallon, born in Glen Cove, New York (1951). He said, "[I had] the kind of happy childhood that is so damaging to a writer ... where our fathers were all World War II veterans and our mothers were always at home."

There's an interesting contrast between a Buddhist temple in Bangkok and the buildings around it.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/06/
asia_pac_monks_in_commercial_bangkok/html/8.stm

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

For a change, I'm posting a link to a news story from Saskatchewan.

http://www.cbc.ca/
canada/saskatchewan/story/2006/10/30/poppies.html?ref=rss

There is some good news for people (like me) who love curry.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6090460.stm

Here's some information about the Central Asian countries that people sometimes call
"the -stans".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/guides/
456900/456938/html/nn1page1.stm