I Have to Sit Down
Happy 50th anniversary to Doctor Strangelove! I came pretty durn close to naming my book How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love NFP, with a special bonus chapter on p.o.e. Yeah. Imagine that cover. Read more
Happy 50th anniversary to Doctor Strangelove! I came pretty durn close to naming my book How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love NFP, with a special bonus chapter on p.o.e. Yeah. Imagine that cover. Read more
Look, I know Taylor Marshall is a good guy. He is a courageous and clear spoken advocate for the faith (a little bit of “NFP is for when you’re schizophrenic or in a concentration camp” kookiness notwithstanding); and he has that wonderful, alt-universe-Johnny-Cash face: But this aggression will not stand, man: Marshall asks, Did the Beatles Promote Abortion? Marshall zeroes in the covers for the albums Sgt. Pepper and Yesterday and Today as evidence of the Beatles’ sinister influence. Let’s look... Read more
Take a squint at how you’re raising your kids. The general impression should be “up, up, up.” Read more
In the interest of environmental responsibility, Al Gore suggests that all African women should bear four children. This is, at least, what Al Gore surely anticipates when he speaks of “making fertility management ubiquitously available” to African women. He says that “If you get the health improved, if you get the availability of contraceptives, then families will voluntarily choose to have less children.” Surely he and Tipper had good health and access to contraception when they bore their four children. ... Read more
I don’t think it describes everyone who accepts abortion, even those who accept it enthusiastically. People and their motives are more complicated than that. But I don’t know how else to describe people like this. For their sake, I’m hoping they suffer from some kind of mental illness, because otherwise, damn. Read more
Because all of a sudden, it’s in stock!!!!!!!!!!!! Buy The Sinner’s Guide to Natural Family Planning straight from the publisher, Our Sunday Visitor or from Amazon. I just happened to go the page and realized it was in stock! It says there are only 19 copies left! If you were darling enough to pre-order my book a month ago, it should be winging its way to you very soon! Good heavens! Read more
WordPress is being extra special today and won’t let me upload any images, so you will just have to imagine that peppy yellow 7 Quick Takes logo here. When I banned reading at the table, my kids used to do dramatic readings of condiment labels. The mustard was the best. Sadly, the length of a mustard label is about as long as I am able to sustain my attention while I’m reading, lately. If you have but attention the... Read more
Wow – not sure what to think about this: Nine women in Sweden have successfully received transplanted wombs donated from relatives and will soon try to become pregnant, the doctor in charge of the pioneering project has revealed. The women were born without a uterus or had it removed because of cervical cancer. Most are in their 30s and are part of the first major experiment to test whether it’s possible to transplant wombs into women so they can give... Read more
As long as old lies keep circulating, we have to keep the truth circulating. Read more
A nice way to add some color to a house full of people who are pretty much tired of brown, white, brownish white, and black. This is one of those crafts that is easy, but you have to not give a crap about your furniture or clothes. Step 1: sit on a bunch of coffee filters to flatten them. Irene, 4, notes that this step is important, “although it’s a little bit vulgar.” Step 2: drip some water on them.... Read more
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