“Do Not Be Afraid,” John Paul called out to the world.

April 1, 2005 By

Last night, I was driving my son, Buster to his job and we had the radio on and tuned to talk radio. Buster was a little annoyed that I wasn’t allowing him to listen to a CD, but I told him – “You can listen to ELO anytime you want, right now the Pope is [...]

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Delivering a message to my Military readers…

March 31, 2005 By

I’ve been meaning to say something to you folks for a couple of weeks. I get some emails from guys in the military, and I often peek and find them reading the blog, particularly in the wee small hours – I’m always especially humbled to see whoever it is that’s reading me out of Baghdad [...]

Filed Under: America, Buster, US Military

Hope for Buster and J: Grammy Winner bypasses Music Stores

February 14, 2005 By

When my sons were little, we would ask them what they wanted to be when they grew up and they’d say, “a daddy” or “a firefighter” or “an army guy” or (alarmingly) “a writer.” Then one day, one of them, the quiet dreamer – the thoughtful brainiac with terrifyingly high test scores and so many [...]

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Buster update: There is something about ashes…

February 9, 2005 By

First Reading:Psalm:Second Reading:Gospel:Joel 2:12-18Psalm 51:3-6, 12-14, 172 Corinthians 5:20 – 6:2Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18Turn away from sin, and be faithful to the Gospel. — Ash Wednesday It’s really funny about Ashes and Catholics…tell Catholics they HAVE to do something, and they stick their chests out and fume, “oh yeah? Who are YOU, the Pope?”Sometimes, as with [...]

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Buster, Boy Reagan and Dirty Harry’s flashback to 1998

February 3, 2005 By

In the post below, I wrote a little about my 15 year old son, Buster, and his response to the Reid/Pelosi response to the SOTU, but I thought I’d relate a few more thoughts and observations this playful, but also very thoughtful, kid made during the speech itself. Buster’s response to Bush’s opening line re [...]

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Harry, Nancy, and my son Buster

February 3, 2005 By

Egad. I’m not going to say much about the speech because 30,000 bloggers are talking about it. I’ll just say it gave me goosebumps in some parts – particularly when he looked directly into the camera and said to Iran: if you go for it, we’re with you. And when he talked of the troops, [...]

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Buster’s Top Ten for 2004, and Predictions

December 31, 2004 By

Buster and I were talking about how The Passion of the Christ has made precious few Top Ten Films lists, and (since I fall asleep on most movies – except The Incredibles) he should be the one to discuss year-end film lists. So, if you’re interested in what one rather non-conformist 15 year old liked [...]

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