I Have to Sit Down
It’s been released from the nebulous realm of “pre-order,” and now you can just plain order it: from Audible.com, the full text of the Sinner’s Guide to Natural Family Planning, read by me. The perfect gift for a really weird commute! Read more
It’s been released from the nebulous realm of “pre-order,” and now you can just plain order it: from Audible.com, the full text of the Sinner’s Guide to Natural Family Planning, read by me. The perfect gift for a really weird commute! Read more
Great interview questions from Keri Lenartowick; highly long-winded answers from yours truly. One reasonably sensible part: Kerri asks about teaching millennials about NFP. My answer: I think that people of that age are in the habit of questioning reality. When something is presented as true, they just automatically question whether it’s ‘really really true,’ or just ‘fake-true,’ so I think it’s very important to be very clear with people that this is not a trick – this is not some kind... Read more
File under Things Jesus Would Be Okay With: [E]very year, a colony of feral felines seizes control of a nativity scene organized by two Brooklyn sisters. As soon as the creche comes out, with its hay bale and warm lights, the cats take up residence. PIC nativity scene with cats via Jezebel more photos here Read more
Most of my Facebook friends are Catholic, so I often see quotes about spiritual matters on my feed, often with the comment, “Needed to hear this today!” And then the quote is something like, “We must strive to love each other always!” Okay, sure, fine, I guess I needed to hear that. Or sometimes it’s like, “You say to me, ‘I wasn’t feeling up to putting on eyeliner today!’ and I say to you, ‘You weren’t feeling up to glorifying... Read more
This was tons of fun to do, so I’m glad the’re rebroadcasting it. If you hear “Catholic radio” and think “borrrrrr-ing” then you need to listen to the live hour on WNGL. These guys are hilarious. There was shouting. Shouting about NFP. The show I was on will air tomorrow, Tuesday, Dec. 10 from 7-8 a.m. CST and again at 9-10 p.m. CST. You can listen online here. Read more
. . . and always has been. Here’s an endearing story about some centuries-old notes, doodles, and other documents from Russia. Almost a thousand of the perfectly preserved documents, scratched on the bark of birch trees, have been recovered from the deep layers of Novgorod’s anaerobic clay soil over the past century… The birch-bark documents date from the 11th to 15th centuries and include tax returns, school exercises, wills, IOUs, marriage proposals, prayers, spells and curses … The most charming,... Read more
We are doing some Christmas shopping today, and I just discovered that Melissa and Doug make what look like very nice dolls for girls. We’ve always had good luck with Melissa and Doug products. They are sturdy and pleasant. (Not a paid endorsement or anything. We just like Melissa and Doug.) These dolls are 14″, so a few inches taller than Barbie – but Barbie clothes wouldn’t fit anyway, because the M&D dolls aren’t rail thin with giraffe legs. Don’t... Read more
I love, love, love alphabet books. There is something so satisfying about getting everything all squared away by page 26. Here are ten of my favorites: –1– Superhero ABC by Bob McLeod So great. Each letter has its own superhero — no one you’ll recognize from Marvel or DC, but heroes like Captain Cloud, who calmly catches crooks, or Laughing Lass, who laughs loudly at lawbreakers (she’s a little looney). Funny and clever, and occasionally a little crude, but not... Read more
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