May 19, 2008

• Indeed!!
• Wow.
• I suppose some sort of bridezilla joke would be inappropriate... seriously tho, those are some amazing photos and it's incredibly lucky they all survived the complete collapse of the church.
• That'll teach 'em to get married.
• Probably caused by the CA Supreme Court legalizing Gay marriage, which does nothing but undermine traditional marriage.
• So you might say that the church crashed the wedding.
• In china... wedding crashes you!
• The bride looks remarkably calm. The groom is nowhere to be seen. What happened to him?
• He was quaking in his boots.
• I think I'd be stunned. I'd just lie down and not get up. Here's some more photos.
• 100-year old churches in China? Bride looking undusted in front of rubble when everyone else is trashed? Something doesn't seem right...
• Undusted? Look at her grey hairs in the bottom photo compared to the shining black in the top. Most likely the grey is now permanent! Very scary. *mutters I wish I'd had some warning before MY marriage! Oh, NOTHING DEAR!
• five bucks says hubby never forgets their anniversary.
• I'm normally happy to settle for a fight and a sausage roll at the weddings I go to.
• "Sausage roll." *snicker
• Don't deny you want to sample my flaky puff pastry.
• Dang, Capt.'s been in the fridge and got all the butter again. Look out kit, he's comin' your way!
• Let us know if he makes the earth move for you, eh?
• Chinese parents protest over school quake deaths: In a rare public protest in China, hundeds of bereaved parents in one town in Sichuan province have angrily demanded the punishment of those responsible for the shoddy construction of schools.
• China victims need millions of tents. It's good to see the Chinese government stepping up on this one a bit. I believe one can donate to the Chinese Red Cross to get more tents out there, as this article mentions they are sending tents: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7396400.stm
• Actually, it looks like you can even just donate to the American Red Cross to help with tents: Response to the China Earthquake
• Chinese Are Left to Ask Why Schools Fell
• Survivors in China Sift Rubble for the Past
• China seeks to quell quake parents' outrage Quake parents apologize to loved ones under rubble
• The window closes
• China buys the silence of grieving parents: Free ‘life insurance’ has been offered to families of children who were killed when schools collapsed
• It's unfathomable for whole villages to lose so many of their children. It's even more unfathomable to be told to be quiet about it and move on.
• In the same vein as "crankily dwelling on old wounds."
• Labour camp for earthquake photo teacher
• Yah, so much for the 'new progressive' China.
• Sichuan's earthquake, six months later
• Chinese earthquake may have been man-made, say scientists: An earthquake that killed at least 80,000 people in Sichuan last year may have been triggered by an enormous dam just miles from the epicentre
• Good grief! How little we understand the consequences of what we do.
• Chinese earthquake may have been man-made, say scientists: An earthquake that killed at least 80,000 people in Sichuan last year may have been triggered by an enormous dam just miles from the epicentre
• Good grief! How little we understand the consequences of what we do.
• Yeah, Mother Nature has a way of letting us know we're NOT in charge of this planet.
• China’s Arranged Remarriages: With help from family, friends and the government, widows and widowers from China’s earthquake are finding each other.