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Archbishop Dolan’s response to the Celibacy Letter I admire Archbishop Dolan’s directness and his blunt rebuttals of certain media-driven cultural assumptions: …the impression is often given that, as an archbishop and a so-called “Vatican loyalist,” I have to support the church’s tradition of priestly celibacy, but that my heart, as the hearts of most other… Continue reading Archbishop Dolan’s response to the

Abandon all hope… KMartCircle I Limbo Republicans, DemocratsCircle II Whirling in a Dark & Stormy Wind HipstersCircle III Mud, Rain, Cold, Hail & Snow Bill Clinton, Hillary Rodham ClintonCircle IV Rolling Weights PETA MembersCircle V Stuck in Mud, Mangled River Styx Katharine GrahamCircle VI Buried for Eternity River Phlegyas The Jesus SeminarCircle VII Burning Sands… Continue reading Abandon all hope… KMartCircle I

At this moment…. my little boy is marching around the family room waving a whisk, reciting snatches of Green Eggs and Ham: “I eat them, wif a mouse! I eat them, in a house! I eat them, on a truck! I eat them, on a bus! I eat them, on a train, Sammy Yam!” Actually… Continue reading At this moment…. my little

Pulitzer Prize-winner Louise Gluck named poet laureate The Gift Lord, You may not recognize me speaking for someone else. I have a son. He is so little, so ignorant. He likes to stand at the screen door calling oggie, oggie, entering language, and sometimes a dog will stop and come up the walk, perhaps accidentally.… Continue reading Pulitzer Prize-winner Louise Gluck named

RSS/XML syndication for dummies We have received a very nice letter inviting us to consider adding RSS/XML syndication to the weblog. We would be happy to consider it, but we have no idea what RSS/XML syndication is. (I always thought it was some kind of Moveable Type thing, invisible for those of us in the… Continue reading RSS/XML syndication for dummies We

Grand-names My children like to watch a show on the Disney Channel called The Proud Family. I think the show is kind of cute. One of the characters is the grandmother named Suga Mama. I decided yesterday that when I am a grandmother I want to be called Suga Mama too. Why? I cannot think… Continue reading Grand-names My children like to

More Sabbatical-ising I am seriously stressed about moving. I finally admitted to my mother how stressed I am and she said “well moving is extremely stressful Pansy, I lost thirty pounds last time we moved.” That made me feel so much better. But the past events of my life need me to pay more attention… Continue reading More Sabbatical-ising I am seriously

Sabbatical Starting tomorrow morning, I am going to be taking a little break from the blogosphere for at least one week, maybe for two. I need to catch up on some projects, and it will be easier to avoid procrastination if I set a “no blogging, period!” rule for myself. (I will be checking email,… Continue reading Sabbatical Starting tomorrow morning, I