Comments on The Morning News

These papers make me wonder how I ever managed to graduate from Gonzaga without beginning everything I wrote by saying, "First, there is no God. Given that..."

I guess the Jesuits always seemed so fragile that they didn't need the aggravation.

All this Phoenix stuff makes me want to build a robotic rover.

Re: Six arrested in federal operation...

I never get tired of seeing rich white men getting the cuffs slapped on them.

@3: I don't think that race or socio-ecomonic status really has anything to do with it.

Nope, it never does, does it?

This is irrelevant, but I graduated from Gonzaga too.

Yay.

@4: It has everything to do with it. That's why it's so satisfying.

from Yahoo:
First off, let's set the record straight on the expression itself -- it's actually "scot-free." And contrary to popular belief, it has nothing to do with Dred Scott or the Scottish.
Sceot is the Old English for "a tax." Scot and lot was a medieval muncipal tax levied on residents. Someone who managed to avoid paying this medieval tax got off "scot free."

Eventually, the word evolved to describe getting away without any kind of punishment, fiscal or otherwise. Kids who fake fevers get out of school scot-free. Cagey adults escape jury duty scot-free. And dogs with remorseful eyes get off scot-free from just about any wrongdoing.

I was kind of hoping for a recipe for Martian Ice Crumb Cake or a good Martian Margarita drink ...

bless you, chas Redmond