This is really unprofessional, but after mulling it over all weekend, I’ve realized that it would be cuh-razy to go to DC in November.  The baby is just too young, is the main reason — and we don’t have a network of babysitters or anything.  It’s just us chickens, with our multiple jobs, multiple schools, multiple personalities, etc.  I am still looking for speaking engagements in New England, though.  And the little guys won’t be little forever, goodness knows, so... Read more

I don’t know about you, but I had quite a weekend.  How about a stupid little game, to ease ourselves into another stupid week? Just open up a comment and press ctrl + V.  Whatever you copied last will get pasted in.  Then we’ll see who we’re dealing with here. Here’s mine: hid his eyes behind his wing) Doubled the flames of sevenbranched candelabra Don’t that make me sound smarty and arty?  It’s from Eliot’s The Wasteland, as Melanie Bettinelli... Read more

Voting opened yesterday at BrandonVogt.com!  He’s collected the names of 250 Catholic speakers, and is asking people to vote for their favorites — or for lesser-known names who deserve more recognition.  You can choose 15 names. You may notice my name is on the list  — thanks, Brandon!  I am now booking speaking engagements, mostly in the New England area for now, because Benny is only 8 months old and she wuvs her muvver. I am especially interested in finding... Read more

Ms. Brown tried to walk forward to greet him, but she started tottering. Archbishop Dolan spotted her and jogged up the steps to help. Meanwhile, the school’s marching band burst into the Cardinal Hayes marching song, inspiring the archbishop to take Ms. Brown in his arms and twirl her around. The dancing lasted only for a minute or so, Mr. Meenan said, but he will not soon forget the image of the bearlike archbishop squiring Ms. Brown. He wore his... Read more

Puh-lease. Read more

Dostoevsky and Dumbo. Here, by the way, are some links to the books and movies I recommend.  Buying anything through these links will contribute to the “Don’t Make Simcha’s Children Wear Discarded Newspaper For Their Back-To-School Outfits” Fund.  Thanks! Sound and Sense by Laurence Perrine The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky Fairy Tales (including “The Selfish Giant”) by Oscar Wilde Mouse Tales by Arnold Lobel Fiddler on the Roof (DVD) The Iron Giant (DVD) Dumbo (DVD)     Read more

Yay, a book post!  I decided to go with this instead of my original topic, which was wifely obedience, because I’m only 37 and I’m not ready to have my first stroke. As always, if you are inclined to buy any of the books I recommend (or to buy anything from Amazon!), it would be wonderful if you could click through using the links below.  I get a small percentage of the sale.  Thank you so much to my readers... Read more

My only question is, do other people say, “Ohh, by joe?” Read more

Feelings!  Wo, wo, wo feelings! Read more

Yeah, yeah, it’s about a month too late.  I just happened across an anti-stroller article and a Facebook group dedicated to women giving birth not only not in a hospital, not only not without a doctor, but without a midwife or any assistance of any kind — even without your husband or “partner,”  because it’s, like, freer, or something.   And I says to myself, I says, I may be the only normal person left in the world. (I do actually... Read more