In which yr. obdt svt. gives a highly incomplete and non-exhaustive list of things you should oughtta wanna do before you kick the bucket (assuming somebody handed you a million bucks, a limo and the keys to your own private jet). Read more

The EU rules no company can claim regular water consumption is the best way to rehydrate the body. Favorite passage: The EU has a long history of passing bizarre regulations, the most infamous being 1995 rules setting out dimensions for fruit and vegetables which led to excessively curved bananas and ugly carrots being banned. Read more

Over-protective ninnies will not rob your kids of the right to play with any ball except a nerf ball. Poor Kathy Shaidle, Trapped Up There in the Land of the Smothering Bosom of Care. Meanwhile, here in the US, upscale fools send their kids to an upscale school so they can become skilled fornicators. The Grey Lady naturally makes a heartrending plea for this elitist approach and laments the barbarity of abstinence education or the savage connection of sex to... Read more

Novovoronezhatomenergoremont girls. Is there anything that needs sexing up less than post-Soviet nuclear generation plants? Do be sure to read the commentary and scroll down to the runner up. Weirder than the Trolololo guy. Read more

A heartening stat from Marcel LeJeune. Of course, the loss of a single soul is a tragedy. And the sin that occasioned those losses represents a lot of millstones around a lot of necks. Still it is something to be grateful for that people were mature enough to distinguish between the Church and her sinful members. “That there should be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over all the hosts of the just, is an anti-... Read more

Progressives for More Death fret that not enough people are committing suicide. Funny thing is, when our euthanasia referendum was first on the ballot its critics were mocked when they insisted it was a slippery slope. Well, here we are ♪ Slip slidin’ away ♪ Read more

For instance, theft. Read more

A reader writes: Would you and your readers please pray for a friend of mine? She is depressed and suffering from low self-esteem and even entertains thoughts of suicide some times. Please pray that she feels the love of God, that she stops feeling so bad about herself and accepts who she is – a daughter of God, and someone whom her friends love and care about – and that she be given the strength to go through the next... Read more

…for Thanksgiving weekend. It is a thing to be grateful for that God still hears the cry of the weak and judges the pride of the mighty. Read more

A reader writes: Hello, I am writing on behalf of a friend of mine who is facing rather serious problems in his life at this time. As of writing this my friend is living in New York with no heat and barely any roof over his head. Money is increasingly tight, and he worries over whether he will even be able to afford to buy food soon. His family is supposed to be on food stamps, but haven’t received any... Read more