Wednesday

Bullets

Leave it to illiterate computer geeks: "Every instance of the word 'kindle' has been replaced by 'nook'" on the Nook e-reader." The result? Passages like this from Tolstoy's War and Peace: "Captain Tushin, having given orders to his company, sent a soldier to find a dressing station or a doctor for the cadet, and sat down by a bonfire the soldiers had nookd on the road. Link. * * * * * * * Are you ready? The earliest Catholics died for their faith. Will we be ready to suffer a hit to our pocketbooks? The United States Catholic bishops are readying American Catholics for what may be the largest campaign of civil disobedience since the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's. * * * * * * * iPhone or iPad at Mass? If the topic interests you, great post here. I especially liked this passage:

I find it awkward to use electronic devices as an aid at mass. It has nothing to do with the device itself (either a Touch, an iPhone, or a Kindle), but with what I perceive to be the thousand eyes glaring at me under the assumption that I'm playing Plants Vs. Zombies. Honestly, I'd love to be able to whip out one of my devices, which are all loaded with Universalis and other mass and prayer apps and texts, to follow along at mass and supplement my devotions.

Amen to that. I used to use my iPhone during Mass, but a friend emailed me once and said (with no ill-will): "Texting during Mass!?" I was bummed. On the one hand, I'll do what I want during Mass, if it furthers the reasons I'm there. But on the other hand, it's apparently a distraction for others. * * * * * * * It's time for election posters to start rolling off the press. The Atlantic has posted a great assortment of presidential posters over the past 200 years.