In the news

I've been a bit remiss in noting some news items I've found "interesting" over the last few weeks. I'll probably never get around to putting down full details, but here's a bit about them:

• Reuters: Bored bureaucrat begs for escape. After working in the Canadian civil service for 10 years, an unnamed man has set up a website seeking $1 million dollars in donations so he car quit his job.
• Reuters: Florida catches thief in prison football scam. A prison gave a former professional baseball player a job in the library so they could use him as a ringer to win a softball tournament. The player has been ordered to pay back the salary he pocketed (but didn't work for).
• BBC? Scientist says Sea of Galilee could have had frozen patches in Jesus' day. The suggestion: Christ walked on ice, not water.