Don’t ask. Just shut up and go read it. And learn to be grateful. If we can learn to be grateful, we can know joy – true joy – while we live. If we cannot learn gratitude, the joy will always be elusive, perhaps a near thing, but never complete. Gratitude is the secret. I am grateful for this reminder. Read more
Over at Instapundit. So good, I must recap it in full: BEHIND THE CURVE: White House: When Will the GOP Post Their Health Care Bill On The Web? Republicans: “Our health-care alternative — the full text of the legislation — has been available at healthcare.gop.gov for months, which President Obama knows, since he discussed it with us in Baltimore a few weeks ago.” Posted at by Glenn Reynolds at 8:26 am I’ve never seen a president with a staff so... Read more
Got this from Deacon Greg. If you’re at work, turn the volume down a little -it’s got to be annoying to listen to without watching! Read more
“Perhaps it would be a good thing if every Christian, certainly if every priest, could dream once in his life that he were pope, and wake from that nightmare in a sweat of agony.” — Fr. Ronald Knox Today being the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, (which, as one wag notes doesn’t look too comfy) I have decided that for supper we will have a salad and some homemade Quiche St. Pierre. Honoring the Chair of St. Peter... Read more
Decided the aching lungs needed some fresh air and took myself here for lunch: Winter does have its beauties. Do you see the pink hue of the shrubs? Spring is coming! Read more
The coughing and hacking over here continues, but a quiet weekend helped me to get caught up on email, where one question was asked twice: “Anchoress, why didn’t you go to CPAC 2010. Oh, gosh, I could answer that so many ways: that attending it with a rousing case of bronchitis would serve no one well; that I don’t really self-identify as a “conservative.” That lots of “pure” conservatives like to agree with me that I am “no true conservative.”... Read more
Bronchitis has me down; enjoy. Read more
Not the kind you eat (although I am unusually fond of the porridge, particularly with a bit brown sugar) but the website. Pianogirl sent me this link of the Oatmeal’s 15 things you need to know about coffee, and I read it while drinking a cup of Liquid Crack, and thought it was pretty charming, and informative, as well. Next, I am going to learn how to tell if your cat wants to kill you and 8 ways to tell... Read more
I’ve never seen the show Undercover Boss, although I do think the premise is interesting. Deacon Greg brings his appreciation for the program into this week’s homily: [The undercover] CEOs got to experience what their employees have to put up with – indignity, long hours, low pay, sexism. But they also got to share in the spirit that sustains these workers – optimism, faith, love of family. They saw the enthusiasm and sense of humor that some people bring to... Read more
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