Month: February 2007
Good riddance to February. Brutal month of weather, and it began and ended with challenging weekends. March will be better. It’s my birthday month, so at a minimum I’ll …
A documentary film reveals the tomb of Christ . . . and his wife and child. It’ll air March 4th on the Discovery Channel. It’s bunk, of course. In …
Whew, exhausting weekend. Long story short: Weekend company (good folk, but company is company), combined with a group father-son trip to the Pistons game yesterday. We were supposed to …
Yes, and bring on all those things I gave up for Lent: Today is holy to the Lord your God. Do not be sad, and do not weep; for …
Some good late night stuff this week: Leno How many people have been watching the Anna Nicole Smith legal proceedings? I would call it a circus, but I don’t …
Not much autobiography to report today. I’m supposed to take three of my boys to the Pistons/Bulls game tomorrow. I bought the tickets back in December, and now a …
First Friday of Lent, and the Catholic blogosphere has quieted down a bit. Every year, more than a handful of Catholic bloggers give up blogging for Lent. It’s interesting. …
“They Won’t Know What Hit Them.” That’s the title of a scary piece at The Atlantic Monthly. Summary: Led by wealthy homosexual Tim Gill, some very rich homosexuals and …
Happy Ash Wednesday, so to speak. Every Lent has been the same for me: I’ve come out determined to have a holy six weeks, and I’m fading before the …
Happy Mardi Gras. Pack on five pounds for me. Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday. It’s also the first annual Global Fast. If you haven’t signed up yet, consider it. I’ve …
I’m no NASCAR fan, to say the least, but I happened upon the last 20 laps of the Daytona 500 yesterday and decided to watch since it’s the biggest …
Evidence from a video obtained by the BBC points to the stomach-churning possibility that healthy babies born in a Ukrainian maternity hospital were taken their mothers and then murdered …