I’m teaching myself to draw comics (the old school way — on paper) and my first self-directed learning project is an approximate parody of that parish bulletin staple, which features the antics of a hilarious unborn child. My webcomic version, “Ulysses the Undead“, is a lot like that other comic strip, only with more zombies. So that’s what I’ve been up to lately! I really think my son Luke would love to meet you one of these days, Victor. By... Read more

I’m teaching myself to draw comics (the old school way — on paper) and my first self-directed learning project is an approximate parody of that parish bulletin staple, which features the antics of a hilarious unborn child. My webcomic version, “Ulysses the Undead“, is a lot like that other comic strip, only with more zombies. So that’s what I’ve been up to lately! I really think my son Luke would love to meet you one of these days, Victor. By... Read more

A reader insults most decent non-Catholics everywhere by writing (on the thread about the Irish Church scandal): I would just like to say something here as a non-Catholic, so that Catholics can understand how most decent people feel. All defenses of the Church here simply add to our loathing for it.We wonder how you can defend the indefensible. The Catholic Church has been revealed as an evil, vile, utterly discredited organisation that, hopefully, will be brought to an end very... Read more

A reader writes: The contrast between the attitude in this post and this one reminds me of your point about the most strident advocates of the culture of death being uncomfortable with doctors participating in executions. Sort of. To be sure, I do say that we are ill at ease in our enthusiasm for death. But my point was not that we are uncomfortable with doctors participating in executions (and abortions) but that we *insist* that they do. In the... Read more

A reader writes: I don’t know if you’re aware, but baby Faith Hope died on Friday after an amazing 93 days of life. I’m sure her mother and family could really use prayers of comfort. Lord, hear our prayer! Read more

…for stating an inconvenient fact backed up by the John Jay report here in the US. He has sinned against the sanctity of gay sex! Burn him! Read more

I tend to skim my comboxes and can miss conversations, especially when they involve people who a) play well with others who are b) chatting about subjects that I’ve already hashed over with c) people who are saying the same tired stuff. I figure they’ve got things well in hand and don’t need me to net.nanny them. The up side is: Less work for me. The down side is: you can sometimes miss wonderful replies like this one from reader... Read more

Today, my enslaved horde of willing dupes, you must go to McDonalds and order one trillion hamburgers. I want to see all the signs change to “Trillions sold”. Read more

Toodles! Read more

Hey! He liked it! Five stars even! Thanks again, Albert! In Mary, Mother of the Son, Catholic apologist Mark Shea has given a three volume defense of Catholic Marian beliefs and practices. Over the course of the three volumes, he treats the subject from almost every conceivable angle and produces what is certain to become the standard apologetics treatment among Catholics and the target of books to come by their Protestant opposition. He goes on to say a lot of... Read more