Flos Carmeli now blooms here.

This is So Silly , but very funny. Just use the arrow to scroll down the screen to “japanese cartoon”. If you are anime fans, you will appreciate the humour. The other ones are funny as well. Thanks Ed, for the link.

As Suburbs Grow, So Do Waistlines (NY Times article, registration required) …While urban planners tend to discuss the suburbs in quality-of-life terms, researchers increasingly use clinical measures like anxiety, depression and substance abuse. The number of prescriptions for antidepressants has increased remarkably, a point Dr. Jackson makes to suggest that although the suburbs were built… Continue reading As Suburbs Grow, So

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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