Pope to Initiate Live Bible Reading Online

He’ll read the first chapter of Genesis on October 5th, others will continue to read through the entire Bible, from the Irish Independent:

On October 5 the Pontiff will read aloud the first chapter of the Book of Genesis over the internet. The reading will then be continued by an estimated 1,200 volunteers who will recite the entire Bible through to the closing Book of Revelation.

Running Off at the Typewriter

From Mike Bianchi in the Orlando Sentinel:

Have you heard the one about Phil Fulmer possibly leaving Tennessee to take a job with FEMA? Evidently, they were impressed with his ability to evacuate more than 100,000 people in less than an hour last week at Neyland Stadium. . . . A columnist for South Carolina’s student newspaper has called for Steve Spurrier to be fired and described the head ball coach as “a greedy, arrogant old man.” Personally, I don’t think of Spurrier as either greedy or old. Arrogant, I’ll give you. . . . A moment of silence, please. Larry Munson has called his last game as the radio voice of the University of Georgia. It feels like somebody just stepped on college football’s soul with a hobnail boot. . . . And speaking of Georgia football, did you see where an oil executive in Atlanta is saying that the Bulldogs’ monumental game with Alabama tonight should have been canceled because of a gas shortage in Athens? “That gas needs to be used for people to go to work, and for people to take care of their families,” the exec told a TV station in Athens. Does this guy realize where he’s at? In SEC country, the financial priorities go like this: (3) Taking care of your family, (2) Donating to your church, (1) Contributing to the recruiting slush fund. . . .

Paul Newman Dies

His Cool Hand Luke is a classic, from the AP Press:

Paul Newman, the Academy-Award winning superstar who personified cool as an activist, race car driver, popcorn impresario and the anti-hero of such films as “Hud,” “Cool Hand Luke” and “The Color of Money,” has died. He was 83.

Newman died Friday after a long battle with cancer at his farmhouse near Westport, publicist Jeff Sanderson said. He was surrounded by his family and close friends.