I have some news that I hope will be of interest to your readers. You may remember that I try to keep alive the memory of the almost-forgotten Pope John Paul I. Well, I just founded a Yahoo group in his honor, called The Papa Luciani Messenger, to mark the 32nd anniversary of his election as Pope on August 26. We talk about his life, works, papacy, death, legacy, possible canonization, and so on. In short, the perfect place to... Read more

Last week, it was 453. As my benevolent discipline for failing to keep an eye on all the guests in my Pits of Despair, remember…. That is all! Read more

A reader writes: Two Catholic schools are in the running for $500,000 from Kohl’s. They could use your vote. You can give 5 votes to each school.Our Lady of the Presentation in Lee’s Summit, MissouriPius X High School in Lincoln, Nebraska Kohl’s Department Stores plans to give half a million dollars to 20 schools this year – a total of $10 million. Our Lady of the Presentation School, in Lee’s Summit and Pius X High School in Lincoln, Nebraska have... Read more

In which we continue to discuss ways to make Amerika affirm the Jolly Lifestyle, as well as how to teach our children to practice safe eating. Say it with me!: We’re out and we’re stout! Gotta run. See you Monday. We’re planning our first Jolly Pride parade. I’m hoping to be one of those giant balloons. (That’s Jolly in-joke humor. We can say things like that. If *you* say it, it’s oppressive obesophobic hate speech and I will have your... Read more

here and here, which will have to serve as a substitute for writing new stuff here today. As we in the Jolly Pride movement say, “Chow!” Read more

However, I found this amusing: Also, the Xander/Harmony slap fight continues as dueling anonymi in the orbits of The American Catholic and Vox Nova continue to caricature each other in the increasingly odd certainty that they know who each other are while pretending that the other guy is presumptuous in knowing it–all of which I also find weirdly funny: http://www.xtranormal.com/site_media/players/jwplayer.swfhttp://www.xtranormal.com/site_media/players/embedded-xnl-stats.swf Last laughs to be had from Catholic Fascist and its discontents before the whole thing jumps the shark. Hurry cuz... Read more

But since it’s always good to have something to argue about, I will post this: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c The Parent Company Trap www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Tea Party …as a way of saying I no longer care about this ginned up controversy. At. All. The Right Wing Noise Machine is playing its suckers again. I’m with Darwin: just build the damn thing. On the other hand, Steve Greydanus... Read more

A reader writes: My wife is a week overdue with our second child, and that’s less-than-good news because we’re hoping to have a VBAC and avoid another Caesarean section. I’d solicit prayer that my wife deliver soon, safely, and naturally. I also start school tomorrow, none of us has been sleeping, and my mom is starting to drive us a bit nuts. We’re fairly miserable, when we should be joyful about welcoming a Little One into the world. And another... Read more

Hey, all y’all. My new email address is chez.ami –at– frontier.com thanks to some sort of corporate shakeup in the stratosphere over which I have no control. Please adjust your lives accordingly. Read more

We’re here and we’re Jolly. Tolerance is not Enough. You. MUST. Approve! You. MUST. Celebrate! Read more