I have blogged before about the almost cultish nature of some of the Catholic families around here. Right now I am so frustrated I can cry. Quite frankly, if a strange man knocked on my door and said “Hey, if you wanna move now, I got a truck ready, but you gotta go now!” I’d… Continue reading This Is Getting Ridiculous
Um, OK
Madonna: Friday Gigs Are Against My Religion Deeply religious superstar Madonna will play no Friday night gigs on her upcoming world tour – because the teaching of the Kabbalah forbids it. The “Holiday” hitmaker has pledged to respect the Jewish practice of Shabbat, the religion’s sabbath, by dining with her close family every Friday rather… Continue reading Um, OK
Sadness and the soul
There is so much I don’t know. There is so much I don’t know. I wish I could just pour it into my head or swallow it like a pill so I could absorb the knowledge quickly and move on, instead of having to go to the trouble of realizing what I don’t know, finding… Continue reading Sadness and the soul
Bizzarro Blog
aka Catholic Kerry Watch. I would have so much more respect for Kerry if he just came out and said something like, “I was raised kinda-sorta Catholic but I really am no longer Catholic as I don’t believe what the Church teaches on pretty much anything; the missus and I pretty much just worship whenever… Continue reading Bizzarro Blog
More on Pansy’s Garden
that consists of packets of seeds. My neighbor Norman came over and said he will be plowing today and tomorrow and if I wanted to plant a little garden or something, he will be more than happy to plow a spot for me. He said his wife planted peas this weekend, but they like the… Continue reading More on Pansy’s Garden
Did You Know
there is a place in New Jersey on the shore called Cheesequake, NJ? Not Cheese-cake, or Earth-quake, but Cheesequake! Why would they name a place Cheesequake? And how come when people say to you “I went to Cheesequake this weekend,” they say it with a straight face and never say “why is it named Cheesequake?”… Continue reading Did You Know
Happy Easter
Back from visiting the in-laws in Pittsburgh for Easter. We had a good visit, but the logistics of travel kept me from attending any of the Triduum liturgies. How I miss them. The closest I got was hearing the Exsultet on EWTN on the hotel room TV — well, a little, anyway, before I had… Continue reading Happy Easter