I think you’d be surprised at how long I thought about whether today’s post at the Register should be titled “The Communion of Virtual Saints” or “The Virtual Communion of Saints.”  The good news is, I managed to sneak in a Blazing Saddles reference, thus keeping pace with my goal to bring, however tangentially, more fart jokes to the Catholic blogosphere. Read more

cruel defeat for you all. There were 116 entries, and nobody guessed it!  Are you ready?  Inside the bag was . . . mix for making homemade vanilla ice cream.   How can I be sure?  After some deep cleaning, we noticed a carton which was split open, from which a stray bag might reasonably have been separated.  The box held most of the pieces of an ice cream maker, as well as other little similar bags holding ice cream-making things,... Read more

7-year-old son:  BANG!  BANG!  BANG!  I’M A ZOMBIE KILLER! 5-year-old daughter:  Well, I’m not a zombie. 7-year-old son:  Wait here, I’ll get my other gun. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Also, my post is up at the Register:  Pro-Life Euphemisms:  What Do You Think? ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Also, last day to enter in the contest! Email your answers to [email protected] (sorry, I can’t seem to get WordPress to make that a live link).  I have to say, I think I figured it out from other clues... Read more

ITEM!  My new post is up at the Register:  “Hey, You:  God Is Here.”  We all know God is everywhere, but how do we help ourselves remember it, and feel it?  Rejected title:  “You Can’t Have Prayed, You’re Still Dry!” ITEM!  The Faith and Family Mom’s Day Away last weekend was really wonderful.  I’m going to write about it this week, and steal other people’s pictures, because I couldn’t find my camera.  Danielle, if you’re reading this:  sorry I forgot... Read more

#1 –  Go see my post today at the Register:  “Santo Commodius, Ora Ro Nobis.” #2 –  Okay, this may be the stupidest contest ever, but here we go. I had a bunch of ideas, but chose this idea among all the fabulous ones that set my mind aglow with whirling transient nodes of thought, careening through a cosmic vapor of invention.  As you may have noticed, my mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought, cascading into... Read more

But first, come see my Register doo-dah, doo-dah, called “Is the world getting worse?”  Short answer:  no.  Long answer:  well, go see! I had the misfortune to somehow accidentally post this piece yesterday, but didn’t realize it until someone who disagreed with me left a comment.  So I took the post down, and then had the lovely time-warping experience of being able to craft a reply to the comment that will be reappearing today.  Ha ha! In other news, I... Read more

Thanks again for all the prayers and good wishes.  My husband says her stitches look really, really good, and she is finally awake, so they will be leaving the hospital soon.  He said that the drug they gave her has the side effect of vivid dreams.  This is a kid who lives life 200% more vividly than most people already, so I hate to think. Read more

Here is my post today at the Register:  There’s no such fing as grace! Thanks so much for all the prayers and concern.  Kiddo still hasn’t seen the doctor yet.  My husband says she is alert, so that’s good — no sign of concussion or anything! Read more

This morning,  my three-year-old daughter apparently decided that, while she was waiting for me to wake up, she’d just go into the attic and jump around for a while.  Only she accidentally jumped on the trap door in the attic floor.  So I, sleeping in the room below, woke up to see her dropping from the ceiling onto the bedroom floor. She’s okay, but has a really bad cut on her face.  We spent a few hours in the local... Read more