Father Dan on January 4th, 2005
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Nothin Up My Sleeve . . .
In November, the mind reader, The Amazing Kreskin, wrote to the acting governor of his home state of New Jersey that he wanted to help the state shed its image of unethical deals and thus volunteered to sit in government meetings and identify which officials are secretly up to no good.

Breakfast on the Go - Take 2
German news organization Deutsche Welle (DW-World) reported in November that the reason that motorist Julia Bauer of Bochum, Germany, lost control and smashed into a parked car and a lamppost was that she was preparing cereal and milk on the passenger seat while driving to work and tried to catch her bowl as it was falling to the floor. The cost of her breakfast (in damages) turned out to be about US$27,000.

Here! We Can Help!
In November, a Hindu seer in India’s Orissa state drew large crowds, inspired by his calmness in the face of his announced, spiritually-induced death, which was to come before noon on November 17. At noon, however, he was still alive, and, according to Asian Age newspaper, the crowd of 15,000 suddenly turned ugly, berating him for not dying, and police had to intervene. The man, who is chief cleric of Srignuru Ashram, told reporters, “I wanted to leave my mortal body, but I could not. Please forgive me.”

Your Honor, My Client is . . .
In a Miami, Florida, courtroom, while the lawyer for defendant Raymond Jessi Snyder vociferously protested a prosecutor’s demand that Snyder be locked up pending trial as a “flight risk,” Snyder slowly eased from his seat and bolted out the door (but was recaptured across the street).

BRILLIANT! Coming Soon on FatherDan.com
Overworked Catholic clergy in the U.S., Canada, and Europe are outsourcing ritual prayer requests from their parishioners over to Catholic clergy in India, according to a New York Times report. Indian priests said the requests are typically accompanied by $5 or $10
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