My house has been taken over by a robot with a rake I made the mistake of showing Victor’s new animated short to little Hambet. Now, every time he sees me sit down at the computer, he comes running up asking, “Fahmuh Joe? Please? Fahmuh Joe?” And since Hambet is two, one viewing is not… Continue reading My house has been taken

My Grandmother’s House is Haunted Or whatever you want to label it. Before my fellow Catholics start throwing virtual rotten fruit at me, how about I label it “there are creepy things that go on there that fit the ‘haunted’ description.” How’s that? Before my husband and I were married, he blew my description off… Continue reading My Grandmother’s House is

A hair-raising story Crisis magazine’s story on the Wizard Clip incident. Another account. The Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston’s account.

Catholic Light has moved…. and has a snazzy new look, which seems to include joining the elite ranks of Moveable Type users. We’ve updated our blogroll. Do check out Sal’s coverage of the Lord’s contribution to a parish renovation.

Things out of this world and random creepy things Mark Shea has an interesting piece up on the paranormal. Stories like this really interest me. I am not one to run around discerning the spirits binding or unbinding every article in the house, but at the same time the invisible is every bit as real… Continue reading Things out of this world

Being Part of This World My husband and a gentleman from Church have been having very animated and enjoyable conversations about the theology of The Matrix(yes, I am being sarcastic). The gentleman sees a great deal of Christian symbolism, which is a great deal of fun to discuss. Afterwards he said something that rang so… Continue reading Being Part of This World

Racist Classic Remixed Into ‘Rebirth’ In 1915, “The Birth of a Nation” changed the art of filmmaking. It also celebrated the Ku Klux Klan as heroes of the Civil War and Reconstruction. Now the movie itself is under reconstruction. The artist and musician DJ Spooky is treating the seminal but racist film like a piece… Continue reading Racist Classic Remixed Into ‘Rebirth’

Saw Two Cute Movies at the Drive-In Last Night The first was Finding Nemo. I am not going to say too much about it because I am beat and there was not a whole lot in the way of substance to talk about. I will say that out of all the Pixar movies, I enjoyed… Continue reading Saw Two Cute Movies