The people at Google have a sense of humor with otherwise dry and technical stuff, like directions:
Take 60 seconds to do this:
1. go to www.google.com
2. click on “maps”
3. click on “get directions”
4. type “New York, NY” in the first box (the “from” box)
5. type “London, England” in the second box (the “to” box)
(hit get directions)
6. scroll down to step #23

A glorious Easter Day to all, and a wonderful, meaningful Eastertide.

A friend of mine sent this along, and, well, I think it is kind of funny.

Well, maybe. After watching this I doubt few people would want to get close to the guy! Okay, be prepared, this is a bit off-color, but hilarious.

This is absolutely gross! It’s so gross you can’t help but watch!
http://www.gofish.com/player.gfp?gfid=30-1056830

These kinds of lists are all over the place. I like this list because it includes Open Theism and Anglo-Catholicism.
So, vai Father Jakes Stops the World:
Stuff Happens
From connexions by way of maggi dawn; an oldie but a goldie:
Stuff happens. What do the world’s religions have to say about this vexing existential problem?
Taoism: Stuff happens. Who gives a stuff?
Hinduism: This stuff has happened before and will happen again.
Buddhism: The stuff that happens doesn’t really.
Zen: What is the sound of stuff happening?
Islam: The stuff that will happen will happen.
Judaism: Lord, why is this stuff happening to me?
Evangelicalism: Jesus, we praise you and just wanna ask why this stuff isn’t happening to someone else?
Catholicism: Stuff happens because you deserve it.
Open Theism: Stuff happens to God too.
Pentecostalism: Tuffs appensh.
Anglo-Catholicism: Verily, verily, stuff happeneth.
Atheism: Stuff happens. Then you die. No more stuff.
Rastafarianism: Let’s smoke the stuff.
…and then a few more from maggi’s comments…
Hare Krishna: “Stuff” happens! “Stuff” happens! “Stuff” happens! “Stuff” happens! . .
Jehovah’s Witnesses: Let us in and we’ll tell you why stuff happens.
Quakers: Quietly praise God for the blessings that stuff brings.
Calvinists: Stuff won’t happen to you if you work hard enough.
Christian Scientists: Agree that there is no stuff.
Televangelists: Stuff won’t happen to you if you send in your love offering.
Any we missed?

Okay, you’ve got to see this Coke commercial on YouTube. I don’t know where it is running, but I suspect that there will be those in the U.S. who will be up in arms about a priest making the sign of the cross on the women’s forehead with a bit of Coke Light. Of course, there will be those who will condemn this commercial just because that’s what they do.

From the New York Times:
Mark Hallett, a researcher with the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, said, “Free will does exist, but it’s a perception, not a power or a driving force. People experience free will. They have the sense they are free.
“The more you scrutinize it, the more you realize you don’t have it,” he said.
That is hardly a new thought. The German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer said, as Einstein paraphrased it, that “a human can very well do what he wants, but cannot will what he wants.”
Einstein, among others, found that a comforting idea. “This knowledge of the non-freedom of the will protects me from losing my good humor and taking much too seriously myself and my fellow humans as acting and judging individuals,” he said.
Via: Titusonenine

From The Cartoon Blog. These cartoons are great, and oh so pertinent!

Cartoon by Dave Walker. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons.

Cartoon by Dave Walker. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons.