Yesterday I extolled to you the wonders of Mystic Monk Coffee (I am enjoying a hearty mid-day cup right now); today I bring you another Easter/Mother’s Day gift idea: Nun Soap. A New Jersey paper is writing up the bubbly efforts of the good Dominican Nuns at Summit, (whose prayers support us all) as they supplement their income with the craft. Sister Mary Catharine said the nuns have experienced a fair amount of trial and error since they launched sales... Read more
54 I am ashamed. Although in my defense, some of the nations I named didn’t take, like Lichtenstein. As Reader Bill says, I should have listened to Yakko: I do much better at surviving a zombie attack (via Julie) 68% Buster rates a sterling 88%, but he and his brother have carefully studied Zombie warfare. A Kate-a-Lanch! Thanks! Read more
Baritone Buster-the-wise is home on break and he brings with him all the great music he’s been studying. Franco Corelli has blown my mind. The sound this man makes comes from the deepest part of his body structure, and it is glorious. Good heavens! There now, isn’t that better than talking about politics? Read more
A while back, we talked about patronizing various monastic houses at Christmas, gifting others with their candies, jellies, cakes, beers, soaps and more. It occurs to me that Easter is coming and you may be making baskets for family and friends. If you do, you might want to consider adding to it some coffees. I admit I am a sucker for good photography and a well-designed web-site, and those things attracted me to the monks, but I was still leery.... Read more
A week or so ago we talked about how no one escapes heavy trial in life, and I asked readers to pray for the intentions of several, and also to leave their own brief prayer requests in the comments section. One request listed was for Erin, a teenage girl dealing with a very bad fungal infection in her lungs. I mentioned her here, as well because she was in extremely bad shape and treading the deadly dangerous waters. Comes an... Read more
This might be the worst political video ever made. There is one point in the video where John Leguizamo wags his finger at the camera. My response to that was very bad. Very negative. Wag your finger in my face and I say, “c’mere, let me break that for you…” This is not the way to win over an Obama-skeptic. Or, you know, thinking human beings.. The video is independent from the Obama campaign, and that’s good, but perhaps Obama... Read more
I hope to get back to real-time blogging soon, but we’re still sick over here. Since last time I looked at the news Barack Obama was saying the Sermon on the Mount justifies Gay Marriage, I figure this might be timely. GAY MARRIAGE, HATE SPEECH, GOOD LORD! (originally posted June 12, 2007) Let’s put this in chronological order, shall we? Primo: The dispute began in January 2003, when the two Oakland employees created a subgroup at their workplace called the... Read more
Urgent prayers are requested for a girl named Erin who has a fungal infection in her lungs that is spreading; she is very ill. As I am nursing a flu-stricken hubby today, posting will be light. Here is a repost of a column answering Sam Harris’ essay championing atheism over faith, which he had called “God’s Dupes.” Originally Posted March 19, 2007 God’s Dupes? Gadzooks! Seduxisti me, Domine, et seductus sum; fortior me fuisti et invaluisti. You duped me, Lord,... Read more
Thank heavens for Peggy Noonan who so often manages, so elegantly, to articulate the meandering germs running through my brain but remaining unexpressed due to my lack of skill. In appreciating William F. Buckley today she writes: …When Jackie Onassis died, a friend of mine who knew her called me and said, with such woe, “Oh, we are losing her kind.” He meant the elegant, the cultivated, the refined. I thought of this with Bill’s passing, that we are losing... Read more
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