In the latest skirmish over a contested Waco-area state Senate seat, Texas Democrats filed a lawsuit today to challenge new GOP state Sen. Brian Birdwell’s eligibility to run in the November general election.

There seems to be a problem with Birdwell having registered to vote and voting in Virginia for some years while getting post-military treatments for an injury he got during the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon, which would mean he hasn’t been a Texas resident for the five required years before running for office. I hope the facts get sorted out, but I have to say that even in Birdwell’s own words, something smells fishy.

Every weekend for the last four years, Dunfee and members of his ministry have stood watch over George’s joint, taking up residence in the right of way with signs, video cameras and bullhorns in hand. They videotape customers’ license plates and post them online, and they try to save the souls of anyone who comes and goes.

Now, the dancers have turned the tables, so to speak. Fed up with the tactics of Dunfee and his flock, they say they have finally accepted his constant invitation to come to church.

The strippers are protesting outside the church, and I say more power to them. The church could just live and let live, but no, they wanted to act like asses at the strip club … so now they have strippers hanging out around their front door. Serves them right.

Now some scientists are willing to venture into the once forbidden territory of the soul, attempting to extract a theory that will allow for its existence. Redefined by the new field of quantum biology, the soul could be the link that connects individuals to the universe, a dynamic connection that could explain how consciousness came about, and why the cosmos itself seems to mirror our own intelligence and creativity.

Sounds interesting, and I look forward to seeing where this research goes. I’m pretty much of the belief that all things will eventually be explained by science, even consciousness and the soul. Though I do have to admit to not being much of a fan of Deepak Chopra, so anything he’s too involved in always requires further study.