… because I trust none of you have been voting more than once a day. Not you. Surely we have more integrity than that. Nope. No Chicago style voting going on here, folks. Many blogs have died for your right to vote… exercise your right by voting in the 2010 Cannonball Catholic Blog Awards. God bless America. Amen. Read more

… an old favorite originally seen years ago @ The Ironic Catholic. Read more

… if you live in Charlotte, or within reasonable driving distance, check this out tonight. St. Ann’s Missa Cantata @ 7pm. See ya there. Andrea Mantegna. Read more

… I normally steer clear away from news stories, leave that for others. I have my blood pressure to watch you know. But this whole thing about “being offended” is, well, offending the hell out of me. Where does it say in our constitution “I have the right to not be offended”? It doesn’t. That’s because there is nothing you can do to avoid offensive topics or people. I am offended many times through out my day… your Axe Body... Read more

… read this, entertaining angels. Read more

… inside every Catholic lies a fire bug with deep seeded pyromaniac tendencies. Just ask Fr. Erik or any other priest whose Easter Vigil fire can be seen from space. That is why I marvel at parents who lament they can’t get their kids to pray. Sure you can! Give ’em some matches [with adult supervision] and let them be in charge of lightening the votive candles. Bonus points if you incorporate incense… kids love smoke as much as flames!... Read more

… full details. Read more

… I am a note writer. I am forever jotting down ideas and reminders for myself. I doodle. I fidget. I chew on my pens. I always have a pen in my hand. Because of that I sometimes will have an ink stain on my right index finger. Imagine me rubbing my finger across my upper lip and it leaving a nice ink smudge that, say, resembles a hilter mustache. Now imagine me walking around a good portion of the... Read more

… St. Benedict’s Abbey, Atchison Kansas 1955. I love how watching a man in a habit or cassock walking almost appears like they are floating past. Read more

… Amy Welborn is following me on Twitter and Mark Shea friended me on facebook and has even heard of me. Guess I better start carrying a pen with me at all times… you know for all those autographs people will be asking for. Poor, Terry. I promise not to forget you, my sweet. Oh, and by the way… I am not a real blogger either, I only play one on the internets. Read more