You've gotta be kidding.

Priests brawl at Bethlehem birthplace of Jesus

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AFP) - Seven people were injured on Thursday when Greek Orthodox and Armenian priests came to blows in a dispute over how to clean the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.

Following the Christmas celebrations, Greek Orthodox priests set up ladders to clean the walls and ceilings of their part of the church, which is built over the site where Jesus Christ is believed to have been born.

But the ladders encroached on space controlled by Armenian priests, according to photographers who said angry words ensued and blows quickly followed.

For a quarter of an hour bearded and robed priests laid into each other with fists, brooms and iron rods while the photographers who had come to take pictures of the annual cleaning ceremony recorded the whole event.

A dozen unarmed Palestinian policemen were sent to try to separate the priests, but two of them were also injured in the unholy melee.

"As usual the cleaning of the church after Christmas is a cause of problems," Bethlehem Mayor Victor Batarseh told AFP, adding that he has offered to help ease tensions.

"For the two years that I have been here everything went more or less calmly," he said. "It's all finished now."

The Church of the Nativity, like the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City, is shared by various branches of Christianity, each of which controls and jealously guards a part of the holy site.

The Church of the Nativity is built on the site where Christians believe Jesus was born in a stable more than 2,000 years ago after Mary and Joseph were turned away by an inn.

My thought-Since when has anyone heard of a man fighting over NOT having enough to clean?!? But seriously, its ashame that this happened, and for the morbidly curious here's a pic. http://www.flickr.com/photos/anandamurti/2141712171/

Smorgusbord!!!!!!!

(was that spelled right?)

Eat your heart out! This is a collection of all the goodies I got for Christmas. I luuuvvv Chocolate. I am set until Easter. But it's not all candy, I do have some apples and oranges. Mmmmmm, I'm getting hungry. Pic #12

Elegant Rendering.

On Christmas, Hubby and I went to his parents house for the day. His Mother had this absolutely beautiful nativity set up.

The coffee table it sit upon has a glass insert on top. The surface was large enough for all figures, save for one angel. The extra angel was set up on a shelf on the opposite side of the room over looking a glass City of Bethlehem, but back to the Nativity. I love how the attention is drawn to the baby Christ. Just a lovely image.
Pic #11

Funny Dog

My dog has a weird obsession for fingers. I have no idea where it came from or what triggers it. He doesn't bite, or even suck. He just wants someone's fingers to sit in his mouth upon occasion.
Pic #10

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas, Picture # 9

Craftsy!

What else can I say?
Oh, ok. A friend of my mum's made this as a table decoration for her. I think its pretty, but not realistic as a depiction of an angel. Oh well, its picture #8.

Unexpected Sight

Last Tuesday (any one noticing a pattern?) I had to go downtown to clear up some paperwork concerning our dog. There are some areas downtown that just scream, Photograph Me! Then there are, the Federal Buildings. Gov't Buildings. Dull, Drab, and Uninspiring. Well as I was walking towards one of these 'places'. I look up and see...

This stark, bright Yellow surrounded by grey and brown and a little green. Like a glimmer of sunshine on a cold and bleak winter day. And so we have Picture # 7.

Christmas Party

So last Saturday Hubby and I had a party for the Sunday School class we teach combined with the next door class. (3rd graders-6th graders). I know what your thinking, but they all get along well and we actually do combo activities frequently. We had a great time and I got some great shots. (with my camera) I'm not gonna post the better ones, as to the fact that the parents of the children in said pics probably don't want them on the internet. But I do have this pic.
Presenting Picture # 6This is the gift I snagged from the White Elephant gift exchange. Pez candy(!!!Y!!!A!!!!Y!!!!) and a measuring cup full of Smarties. Which reminds me, where are those Smarties?

My Firefox is busted.

So I recently made the change over from IE to FF. I even found a really cool skin of the NASA Night Launch. It's supposed to look like this.

But instead, it looks like this.
Where's the gnarly (zat spelled right?) rocket blast? Hopefully it gets corrected soon.

Another picture, added at a later date.

Long Time No See

My Thanksgiving was good. I finally fixed up our living room, looks nice eh?. I really haven't been doing much lately. I did change Internet Browsers, from IE to Firefox. Let me tell you, FF is good stuff. Great customization (zat spelled right?) and looks great, when you can get it to work. I haven't got mine set up quite right. More on that later. So any~who, this is Picture 5.