Today brings us the feasts of three great saints, a bishop, Paulinus of Nola, and two martyrs, St. John Fisher, and St. Thomas More. Therefore, the day gives us a wealth of choices in the Office of Readings. After the scriptural reading from the first book of Samuel, we can peruse an edifying letter by Paulinus, (“only recently have I begun to breathe in the air of life; only recently have I put my hand to the plough and taken... Read more
Joseph Bottum tells a too true story: There are some real championship athletes on the rodeo circuit, and she wasn’t that. But she was good enough to get a minor riding scholarship to a school off on the other side of the state, joining the rodeo team of one of those big land-grant state universities that engulf midwestern and western towns. And she lasted less than a year. Three, four, maybe five months before she dropped out and turned up... Read more
Oh, this is rich, and as tone-deaf and irony-challenged as ever: A White House spokesman had a little fun at the expense of BP CEO Tony Hayward at the daily briefing Monday, tweaking him for taking his yacht out on the water for a race off English shores while the waters of the Gulf become ever more polluted. “You know, look, if Tony Hayward wants to put a skimmer on that yacht and bring it down to the Gulf, we’d... Read more
I posted briefly about how a certain facebook page did not belong to me, and find that the post generated visits from the DOJ, the House, the Senate… That’s just weird. You people stop lollygagging about and get back to work! Read more
Go here. It’s the devil’s own sound. Put your cursor over the fellow with the horn. Read more
In fact, I do not yet have a page on facebook; I have been trying to resist. But that may soon change. In any case, I cannot help but note that there are people commenting on this page as though it is mine. I like the picture quite a lot, actually, but it’s not my page; I have no idea where it came from or what the hs in the url is all about. Suggestions as to what all of... Read more
I noticed that someone purchased these noise-canceling earbuds through the site (thanks, btw!), and am just wondering: do they work? I have a neighbor who is enamored of his leaf-blower. His leaf blower is his morning and evening prayer; his lauds and vespers. His leaf blower means morning and after-supper coffee cannot be enjoyed outside. Given his attachment to the thing, I don’t know how he has any hearing left, but these earbuds may save my already-damaged hearing, and give... Read more
This is why aliens like ET have one exceptionally long finger. We’re evolving! Read more
And it is not difficult to see why when she shares her research into baby shower games: What could be so bad about candy bars? Well, howzabout we take a nice selection of them, melt them down until they’re gooey and shapeless, and slap each one into a diaper. Yes, pooplike. Then we pass them around . . . at a party, let’s not forget . . .and we poke them into each guest’s face, and we say, “Smell!” The... Read more
I’ll be attending a writer’s conference and won’t be back until later in the evening. Please remember that comments are moderated. I’ve eased up some of the cues, but new commenters may still find themselves held, and if you slip an unembedded link into comments it may get hung up until I get back (I really must get an iPhone or something with a data plan…) Read more
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