.And this story comes out of Australia….the would-be favorite country for serial killers…..anyway,….Crystal and Rick were walking their dogs along a beach in North Queensland….when they saw a bottle wash up on shore….they’ve seen them before but this one had a message inside….so they grabbed it….dump out what looked like dirt inside and read the note…..and soon found out…..they made a major “OOPS”….the note said…. “Here lies the ashes of Geoffrey….if found please throw bottle into outgoing tide….so I can continue my journey”….like I said…..major “OOPS”…..and to restore my faith in humanity….the responses from people who read the article are classic…. “Well anyways, welcome to Australia…..Looks like his journey ended twice…..OMFG MY JAW IS ON THE FLOOR-kinda feel bad laughing…..Just put some sand back in there and chuck it back in….no one will ever know”….and the couple wrote back…. “That’s exactly what we did….tried to get all of him back in there….felt bad bro.”
A BRIEF HISTORY OF HELL….They’re not talking about Cleveland….and the history of Hell doesn’t begin with the Old Testament….it took shape in the 2nd century from Mediterranean cultural exchange…..it’s sparingly mentioned in the Bible….with many translations being….either ambiguous or mistranslations….and since then each era has refashioned Hell in its own image…..for better or worse…..my favorite hell is still Dante Aligheiri’s whirlwind tour of the nine circles of his Inferno….because till this day….scholars are still dedicated to unpacking its secrets….because they’re so vivid, grotesque, imaginary….and has inspired artist such as Sandro Botticelli, Auguste Rodin and William Blake….hell,…..it’s even been made into a video game…..anyway, back to Inferno…..Dante’s other two poems….The Divine Comedy and Purgatorio and Paradiso explore the realms of purgatory and heaven….but they don’t receive the love, attention and adoration like Inferno…..let’s face it….heaven is a little one note…..hell is where the party is….where the drama happens….given its prominence and imagery…..and storytelling….like I said before…..hell doesn’t appear that much in the Bible….most of its references to Satan’s scorching domain are the results of later translators….mapping their view onto older concepts of the afterlife….which means….hell as we understand it today….is an afterlife the biblical writers….had no real conception of….but “Sheol” is mentioned 66 times in the Hebrew Bible…..but the exact meaning and etymology of the word “Sheol” is debatable….some biblical scholars argue it is a synonym for the grave itself…..and some argue Sheol is a realm for the dead…..even so….Sheol is a far cry from hell….more like a realm designed to punish sinners….its a place where all souls congregate and exist…..in listless nothingness…..there is no pain or suffering….but there is no joy or celebration….even in the New Testament references to hell are sparse…..this is a long, deep and very interesting article….that will definitely spark conversations….and piss people off….my kinda article…..anyway…..if you want to know more….go to biglink.com….and learn more about a place I call…..Cleveland…..if you ever visit Cleveland…..you’ll see what I mean.
TEACHERS SOUND ALARM ON STUDENTS FAILING TO MEET GRADE LEVEL STANDARDS…..To quote one seventh-grade teacher…. “I’ve never seen anything like it”….she also said many students are still performing at a fourth grade level…..across the United States teachers are sounding the exact same alarm….and claiming students are being pushed to the next level without meeting academic standards…..many cannot do basic computations…..adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing….math score were the worse among eighth graders with 38% earning scores deemed “below basic”…..another teacher said her students frequently fail to properly read, decode, have no vocabulary and no background knowledge…..a San Diego, California teacher suggested that some issues with students education….stems from parents indifference when kids get poor grades…..El Paso, Texas teachers are leaving their jobs at a record rate……with the tension existing within America’s culture right now…..I think it would be a “life-risk”…..for a teacher to tell a parent…..their child will have to repeat a grade…..due to the fact he or she didn’t meet the educational requirement to proceed to the next class…..hey, people have been killed for less.
WORLDWIDE, WOMEN COOK TWICE AS MUCH AS MEN….I don’t know if that’s true….but the article said….women cook under nine meals per week…..and men only four….these are the results coming from an annual survey by Gallup and Cookpad…..which tracks how often people prepare and eat…..home-cooked meals in countries around the world….this survey started in 2018…..by 2022…..men started cooking less….as little as one meal per week…..that is not happening in our house…..anyway,…..it seems like traditional gender roles are starting to reassert themselves…..but the gap varies by country…..in the United States…..women cook about two more meals than men…..countries with the largest gaps include…..Ethiopia, Tajikistan, Egypt, Nepal and Yemen…..where women make eight more meals per week than men…..the countries with the smallest gender differences in cooking are clustered in Europe…..Spain, the UK, Switzerland, France and Ireland…..and guess the one country where men actually cook…..more than women?…..what?…..I’m not telling you…..do your own homework…..but I’ll give you a hint…..it’s my favorite country…..now back to our house…..it’s not up to Nicole or myself to cook a meal…..we cook…..and if there’s a dish she makes better than I do….or I can’t but would love to eat it……she does it…..and I have meals ready when she walks through the door…..anyone who thinks your partners place in a relationship is to cater to you according to mythical gender placement theories….you need to grow up…..and learn how to cook…..or order in every night.
RICHARD ROUNDTREE STAR OF “SHAFT” DIES AT 81…..The moment I read this…..the theme song from Shaft immediately blasted through my head…..rest well Mr. Roundtree….your work will live on…..shoot, as a matter of fact…..I’m twisting one up….and have me a Shaft marathon…..I think I’ll start with…..Shaft (the first one)……then Shaft’s Big Score…..Shaft in Africa…..Q…..Charley-One-Eye…..Seven…..the Shaft re-make…..and end with the other Shaft.
EX-TRUMP LAWYER JENA ELLIS PLEADS GUILTY IN GEORGIA ELECTION INTERFERENCE CASE….And that’s rat number 4….jumping the ship…..and did that MF compare himself with Nelson Mandela?…..wow, a racist using a Black man’s image…..to better himself.
WEDDING RUINED AS GROOM’S EX THROWS POO OVER NEWLYWEDS OUTSIDE THE CHURCH…..Talk about a shit storm…..she did not handle being dumped very well….she threw a bucket filled with crap and oil….all over the bride and groom….because her ex is happy with someone else….jealousy can make people do some crazy shit…..the bride took to social media and said she hopes….this crazy bitch…..will let us live in peace….after getting her revenge….I don’t think that’s gonna happen.