… I have the strangest impulses when I get bored. I do things to my hair. It’s a neurotic compulsion I am weak to resist. So naturally when I found myself with some free moments over the weekend I decided to try an at home recipe for shiny and smooth hair. Mayonnaise. Yes, you read that right. I put mayonnaise in my hair. Lots of it. It took 9 washes to get it out and even then it left a... Read more

… some people think me hopelessly silly and naive. I’m ok with that. There’s worse things to be thought of. Like cynical and pessimistic… which I used to be both. One particular evening I was out with my son and another family and we came across a pan handler. I stopped and gave him some change and we kept going. Nothing else was said about the incident. After dinner, on the way back to the car, we passed the same... Read more

… Creative Minority Report declares it “worst church banner ever“. But I don’t know, I kind of like it. I mean a church banner in itself is just unbelievably tacky. Why not embrace the sheer craptasticness of it and be the best at being the worst. Nothing says felt church banners better than “WTF”, don’t you think. Read more

… seems like it’s the fashionable thing to do now-a-days. So in solidarity with my fellow pyromaniac bibliophobes I am proud to announce that I will be burning Gather Hymnals while Larry D burns copies of the National Catholic Reporter. Yeah. That’ll show em. Read more

… a Catholic version of MST3K. Maybe call it Mystery Liturgical Theater Vatican II, or MLTVII. Where three representative from the Church critique Hollywood’s interpretation of Catholicism in movies. Or even better; a LA Religious Education Conference or two. Or is that too much like fish in a barrel… photo credit. Read more

… prepare to be attracted. Paul A. Zalonski writes; “The fruit of prayer and witness to Christ is seen in the admission of candidates to religious life as postulants, novices, simply and solemnly professed members as well as ordinations. Let me give you a sampling of what I am talking about —this is not a comprehensive list…” Just a nice image of Br. Jacob from the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal. Read more

… I can not even begin to describe the irrevocable damage radical feminism has done to generations of women. I think better than any argument against feminism is to examine the fruits this ideology has born. Or lack of. My generation of women, who were reared on this toxic form of self loathing, are beginning to recognize and speak out against what our mother’s taught us. Can you imagine growing up as a little girl and having your mom repeatedly... Read more

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… for THREE days I have been walking around with “Gather Us In” stuck in my head. I’m convinced this song is played in hell. For three days I endured. Then Owen came to my rescue. Now I am sharing with you this new technique in “reverse-auditory-melodic-unstickification technology.” So next time you catch yourself thinking “come to the feast of heaven and earth” you can quickly remedy the situation before anyone gets hurt. Read more

… it is not your over stylized operatic warbling rendition of the Gloria, sung responses or the hymns. Nor is it a weekly opportunity to showcase your “talent” from the pew. Mass is not an audition for America’s Got Talent. Ok. I feel better now having gotten that off my chest. Read more