Something for Sunday Morning
> To suffer lovingly is to suffer no longer. To flee from the cross is to be
crushed beneath its weight.
From Bartholomew O'Brien's little book: The Cure of Ars, Patron Saint of Parish
Priests.
Eric Scheske
Rich Dead Guys
Three of my favorite 20th century dead guys made the rich list: Elvis, JRR, and
Johnny:
> When Elvis died he came back as a cash cow.
> Elvis tops the annual Forbes list of celebrities who are the top moneymakers
from the crypt. He made an estimated 45 million
Catholic Student in Trouble for Anti-Homosexual Comment
I just want honesty. Truth in advertising. If you're not a Catholic school,
don't call yourself a Catholic school.
> A Duquesne University sophomore who is in trouble for online comments said he's
not backing down -- that he'd rather be thrown out
Cologne Cathedral
I'm posting it simply because it's magnificent.
> One of the great monuments of the world is the Cathedral of Cologne. Some have
called it the grandest in the world. Look at the picture and you will be able to
pick out nearly all the Gothic
Digital Essay: Lights Out, Halloween
I was pulling a child's wagon. Running with it, actually, with two of my
children, ages eight and six, loaded in the back. It was my exercise for the
day. There were a lot of cars on the road, using the mechanical Jacobin to make
more stops. I
Opus Dei
I'm no expert on Opus Dei, but this review
[http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2005/0510.baumann.html] of John
Allen's Opus Dei: The First Objective Look Behind the Myths and Reality of the
Most Controversial Force in the Catholic Church seems like a balanced account.
Spooky Sampling of Books
WaPo also ran blurbs on six "Halloweenish" books this morning
[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/27/AR2005102701774.html]
. A nice read. Excerpt:
> Most Americans know about the infamous Salem witch trials of 1692, but a more
lethal outbreak of witch hysteria infected
Black Hole Novel
WaPo reviews a new work of fiction by Charles Burns. It sounds pretty cool, and
it reminds me of the theme behind E. Michael Jones' Monsters from the Id
[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1890626066/thedailyeudem-20]: pop
culture reflects our society's buried fears about
The Weekend Eudemon
A much abbreviated Weekend Eudemon this week. My wife and I are dealing with
dueling croup [http://health.yahoo.com/ency/healthwise/hw31906] banjoes. Max
(turned two on August 1) and Tess (seven months) both have it. One cries, gets
the other going, the first cries more. There's
Letterman on McDonalds
> How many folks been to McDonalds lately? They're trying to improve their image.
They now have big screen TV's and leather coaches”¦I'm thinking wouldn't that
money have been better spent on actual beef?