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And Eve said, “I hate mice!”

By ElShaddai Edwards | January 16, 2008

Scientists find 2,000 pound rodent - luckily it’s a fossil
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists in Uruguay have found the fossil remains of a 2,000 pound (1,000 kg) rodent that lived 2 million to 4 million years ago — the largest rodent ever found.
The giant creature probably ate soft food such as fruit or tender plants, Andres [...]

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666: The end for the Church of England?

By ElShaddai Edwards | January 11, 2008

HT: The Riddleblog - The Latest Post and Yahoo! News
Devilish debate on end for Church of England
Thu Jan 10, 7:57 AM ET
LONDON (AFP) - Eyebrows were raised in the House of Commons on Thursday when a motion calling for the Church of England to be disestablished was listed with the number 666, symbol of [...]

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Not sure this is a good thing…

By ElShaddai Edwards | November 6, 2007

Thanks (I think) to Gary Zimmerli for the link…
Update: evidently after making a few more posts today, I’ve managed to pull my site’s ranking down. Go figure…

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A clash of worlds

By ElShaddai Edwards | October 26, 2007

One of the odd things about my professional day job is that our offices are on the 5th floor of a hotel. We rent the space, but it’s rather odd to walk into a hotel everyday and head for the elevators. It’s a business hotel, so there’s almost always one conference or another going on: [...]

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A Biblical “Who’s Who” in the Edwards family

By ElShaddai Edwards | September 27, 2007

I was rereading my grandpa’s obituary earlier this week; dutifully noted toward the end was the list of grandchildren and great-grandchildren:
“He leaves behind … his grandchildren, ElShaddai Edwards (Cindy), Isaac Edwards, Seth Stewart (Marsha), Abel Stewart (Lupina), Daniel Edwards, Megan Edwards (deceased), Matthew Edwards; and his great-grandchildren, Samuel Edwards, Benjamin Edwards, Matthew Stewart, Luke Stewart, [...]

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