I didn't get home from work until 10:00 last night, which is about thirty minutes past my bedtime. By the time I got to bed, it was way past. No time for blogging today, though I have two quick things:
1. One out of every ten adult Americans is a lapsed Catholic. Let that sink in, and you realize that's an amazing statistic. I believe it, though. In my small town, I run into people who "used to be Catholic" all over the place: old adults and young adults, those who now go to other churches and those who only worship in bars. Our parochial school is struggling to stay afloat, but it's not because we're losing Catholic children to the public schools (though that's a small part of it). It's because, demographically, we simply don't have enough Catholics in town that are able to pay the tuition (we have a lot of Hispanics, but the tuition is a real struggle for them). If all of the lapsed Catholics sent their kids to our parochial school, we'd have a waiting list.
2. A red banner month: For the first time ever, The Daily Eudemon has brought in over 6,000 different visitors in one month. And to think it happened in the shortest month of the year, while I was battling illnesses that would've killed lesser mortals, while worrying about my hair loss and my fading Playgirl centerfold gig prospects. Can a call from Oprah be far away?
