Yankee Pastor: Happy Birthday

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Happy Birthday

80 years ago today, the Twinkie was invented by James Dewar. I love the scene in Wall-E in which the cockroach goes into the 700-year-old still fresh twinkie. But anyways, Happy Birthday to Twinkie the Kid.

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The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr by H.W. Brands
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The Meaning of Jesus by Marcus Borg and NT Wright
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