The mockingbird is the Pentecost bird.

Source: Episcopal Cafe

At Pentecost, when the Christian Church remembers the day on which the disciples “were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability” (Acts 2:4), I think of the mockin ...
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Meghan McCain is a Dim, Tubby Slut, and She Speaks Only for Herself

Source: Minority Report

Our good friend Jessica Cybulski penned and sent us the following: John McCain is a war hero, and he is the son of another war hero. As a conservative and a patriotic American, I’m required to display appropriate reverence for the sacrifices Mc ...
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Johnson: Signing Off for Now, Poised to Return Next Year

Source: The Carletonian

I’m not going to be here in the fall. I’m going to be thousands of miles away, in Rome, and as much as I like the idea of doing a Feigenbaum and writing long-distance for the ‘Tonian, I think in practice it’s pretty unlikely. Sitting down in my bunker in ...
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Source: Guardian Unlimited

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Happy 35th Anniversary, Star Wars!

Source: Comic Book Movies

It’s a big day for Star Wars fans; especially for those that are older than 35. Why? I will tell you why…Today is the official 35th anniversary of the release of Star Wars. The first film in the epic series was released on May 25, 1977, under the title S ...
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Super-Secret Sci-Fi Projects: J.J. Abrams Producing Thriller for Paramount, Warner Bros. Developing David Koepp’s ‘The Wind’

Source: Slash Film

Posted on Friday, May 25th, 2012 by Angie Han If the current wave of prequels, sequels, threequels, remakes, reboots, and retellings is wearing you down, the good news is that Paramount and Warner Bros. have just put a couple of original sci ...
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Parenting.com blogger leaves for Babble

Source: InVocus

May 25, 1986: About 6.5 million people participated in Hands Across America, a charity event that raised money to fight poverty, hunger and homelessness. Participants donated $10 to reserve a spot in the ch ...
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Source: The Big Picture

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Source: Entertainment Weekly

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