There Goes Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner“Once they were a byword for mindless docility. But cows have a secret mental life in which they bear grudges, nurture friendships and become …
Month: February 2005
The Swimsuit Issue The Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue came out earlier this month. We subscribed to SI for years and have seen over twenty swimsuit issues. We finally concluded …
One Rock QuoteRock didn’t discuss much religion last night, but he did have this comment, which we found kind of funny: “A lot of Jewish people were offended by …
Pro-Life Commies!“A pro-Putin youth group organized by the Kremlin, Idushie Vmeste (“Moving Together”), represents a kind of model for how Patriotic Orthodoxy aims to renew Russia. The group is …
B.T.K. Serial Murderer Well, they caught the B.T.K. murderer in Wichita, Kansas. The initials stand for his mode of operation: bind, torture, kill. He’s Dennis Rader, a 59-year-old municipal …
Don’t Know How We Missed ThisFrom Friday’s New York Post: The New York City man infected with the “superstrain” of the AIDS virus had sex with at least 10 …
Vulgar but Funny and On Yet more about Chris Rock and tonight’s Academy Awards. This time, from Slate Magazine: “Rock may speak the irreverent language of blue comedy, but …
Dysfunctional Oscar For those who missed the Catholic League’s William Donahue’s comments on tonight’s Oscars. LINK. Here’s the opening paragraph: “This year’s Oscar nominees tell us a great deal …
Teens Don’t Still Worship Elvis? To be published this week: Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers (Oxford University Press). The book is based on a …
An Art Linkletter AnecdoteAt bedtime last night, Eric Scheske’s Kindergarten son Michael informed his Dad that he knew the Holy Family’s last name. “Really?” Eric asked. “What is it?” …
The Heart Every sin gushes from a complex soul. The Pseudo-Macarius, a master of intimate theology, described the heart (a term nearly synonymous with soul) as follows: “The heart …
Better than the Boston Tea Party We’ve been blessed with plenty of drinking items lately. Now there’s this story about the Japanese’s efforts to get around their government’s onerous …