Moammar the Absurd

This is too ridiculous to be believed, but unfortunately it is true.  While much of our world was handwringing about the dangers of Glen Beck, a little known visit was paid to Italy by the dictator muslim Moammar Gadhafi (why is it these people seem to have a different spelling to their names every few years? You won't see President Reginaldo Reaganiski or Geogrio Brusch doing this.)
Background: Ghadafi and his Libya have invested hugely in Italy. Libya is the largest shareholder in Italy's largest bank, Unicredit SpA. Italy is predominantly Roman Catholic, by the way.
So on this visit, Ghadafi enlists a casting agency known as Hostessweb (!!!) to encourage 800 or so Italian women to come to a big lecture/meeting.  I say encourage, but really these women were PAID 80-150 euros (?) to attend! I am not and could not make this up!  The robe-clad leader emerged with a couple of his female bodyguards known as his "Amazon Women". Again, not making this up. 
At the meeting, apparently the muslim leader tried to convince the women to convert to islam. 
Okay, so turn the tables, imagine the Pope (or any western religious leader or even our President) going to Libya and having a meeting with 800 Libyan women where he tries to convert them to Christ after paying them to be there.  So we need to pray for Ghadafi, as he really has a lot of influence and is acting apart from God's will. He too needs Jesus. 

How to cook a wild duck

Julia Childs likely cooked domestic ducks, which were raised in pens and killed with an axe. They were probably very plump and tasty, having been fed a ton of who knows what.  Tonight I cooked the breast meat of two wild Mallard ducks that I shot last January. I put them a freezer bag with after soaking them for a day or so in garlic salt and water. After thawing, I pounded them with some pure natural tenderizer, and onion salt, then marinated them in olive and sesame oil, soysauce, a bit of red wine vinegar and a touch of Worchestershire sauce (pronounced however you like).  A few hours later, I sauteed the meat in hot butter until the center was just pink, then covered the juicy filets with all natural hot plum suace that I made recently from fresh plums. This dish was tender and succulent to the point of guily feelings.  No one should eat this well , I thought.  But we eat like this all the time, because we hunt and fish and make food out of things like apples and plums and elderberries.  To round out the day, I shot pellet pistol with the grandkids,  and earlier we went boating on our beautiful lake.  I also had to spend hours laying bricks, but it is honest work and the result is a retaining wall we can be proud of.  Hope you like my first blog.  Take a kid fishing and turn off the tv.