Weekly World News

Lest you think that I’m changing direction of my blog from Mika-esque to Mika-profound…

Weekly World News is not being published anymore!!

This is a very bad thing. In case you don’t know, Weekly World News is a periodical full of off-the-wall “true” stories (it proclaims itself to be The World’s Only Reliable Newspaper), like “Mother Nature Endorses Al Gore for President!” The Romgi (thanks, ‘sposita, for the new name) and I used to pick up a copy at the grocery store every few months for entertainment.

But according to MSNBC.com, WWN will publish its last issue in August, and after that it will no longer be available in newsstands.

Mourn with us!

Only One Church

I read an article on MSNBC about the Pope’s recent statement concerning the universal primacy of the Roman Catholic Church. He reaffirmed that Christ established only one church, and that all other Christian denominations are “ecclesial communities” without the means to salvation. An interesting quote:

“Christ ‘established here on earth’ only one church . . . [Other communities] cannot be called ‘churches’ in the proper sense” because they do not have apostolic succession — the ability to trace their bishops back to Christ’s original apostles.

I don’t know, it sounds an awful lot like they’ve got the right idea and the wrong church…

Weight Loss Program

Jenny, Sally, Peggy, and Alice all went through a weight loss diet program. Their combined weight loss after the program was equal to Sally’s weight before the program. Jenny weight before the program was twice Peggy’s weight after the program. The combined weight of Sally, Peggy and Alice before the program was four times Peggy’s weight after the program. The combined weight of Jenny and Sally before the program was thrice Sally’s weight after the program. Peggy and Alice both loss the same amount of pounds. Twice Sally’s weight loss was equal to thrice Alice weight loss. Sally loss 20 pounds more than Peggy. The combined weight loss of Jenny and Sally is equal to 140 pounds.

What are the weights of Jenny, Sally, Peggy, and Alice before and after the weight loss program?