This is the greatest letter I’ve gotten in a million years. It’s from MightyMighty at Letters To Us. I’ve bolded the best lines. She mentions Greg Popcak’s excellent book Holy Sex, which I’ve been meaning to review for a long time; and also references the Real Catholic Love and Sex blog, which is full of good and honest discussions. Here’s the letter: I don’t want to be a freaky fan girl, but would like to take a sec to tell... Read more
Here’s a rightfully exasperated post on why we shouldn’t teach kids that Jesus is just playing teddybear switcheroo with us, like so: PIC Jesus with even bigger teddybear Urgh. She spells out what the problems are with this image (including that alarming blue necrotic tissue. Seriously, did The Big One fall, or what?), and what would have fixed them. She opens with something that rang oh-so-true: when I first saw the pic, I actually thought someone was just making fun of... Read more
BECAUSE I LOVE TO GIVE ADVICE! And my life is not a complete and utter catastrophe, so I must know something, right? Read more
Here we see a cartoon meant to illustrate why it “makes more sense” for the priest to be facing the altar and the crucifix, as he does when celebrating the Traditional Latin Mass: PIC ad orientam versus populum cartoon I’ve seen this cartoon in various places, most recently here. It’s cute, but misleading. Recall what the catechism says: 1368The Eucharist is also the sacrifice of the Church. The Church which is the Body of Christ participates in the offering... Read more
Freedom vs. freedom is always a little messy, but this one worked out just like it’s supposed to. (If the link doesn’t work, please cut and paste: http://www.ncregister.com/blog/simcha-fisher/tug-of-war-at-harvard-is-a-sign-of-good-civic-health) Read more
For more *ahem* brilliance, see “Michelle Obama trusted the internet with a picture of herself holding a sign.” Read more
We all know that marriage rates are dropping, even here in New Hampshire. But do we know why? Science says . . . it’s because of margarine. The less we eat, the less we stick together. Don’t argue with me! It’s science, with a chart and everything! Proof. If that’s not enough sciencing for you for one day, feast your peepers on this science, which shows a clear correlation between the consumption of high fructose corn syrup and the amount... Read more
This is just lovely. Brazilian students who want to become more fluent in English connect via Web chats with elderly men and women in a retirement home. The conversations are saved and evaluated by an English teacher. And in the meantime, more than a better grasp of English can develop. Adweek says: The differences in age and background combine to make the interactions remarkable to watch. And the participants clearly grow close to one another, to the point where they... Read more
I don’t know which I like more, the fact that these guys pulled over and played jazz for cows, or the fact that the cows were clearly digging it. The dairy farm we visit always has the radio on in the cow barn. I don’t know any music-deprived cows to which to compare our local cows, but our local gals do always seem calm and happy. Apparently it’s an unsettled question, whether or not slow jams make cows give more... Read more
My sister, Devra Torres, shares a few of the things we love about our mother. My Personalist Mother includes this tribute, which is absolutely true: If there was anything that needed correcting about the way we dressed or talked or treated each other, she was going to correct it because it was stupid or evil, not because it reflected badly on her self-image. It was part of a theme that ran through our childhood: Take truth seriously, but don’t take yourself seriously. ... Read more
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