Current Affairs

Odd feast day today: The Conversion of St. Paul. It's odd because it's an event. The major feasts (Christmas, Easter, etc.) are also events, but most non-obligatory feast days are saint feast days (St. John, St. Thomas, St. John Kennedy [for my Boston readers], etc.

There's some pretty good stuff out there this morning: Microsoft has been caught trying to pay a blogger to edit its Wikipedia entry [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070123/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_wikipedia]. It's no crime, and there are no allegations that the

Sadness in the golden years [http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/retirement/2007-01-22-senior-debt-usat_x.htm?csp=34] : > Retirement used to be a time for people to enjoy life without a mortgage or high credit card bills, a time when heavy debts were mostly a

Off to the drinking club last night with Marie for drinks and dinner. While there, we also sold a few Mardi Gras tickets for our children's upcoming parochial school Mardi Gras party. Then we came home for a family movie night. A pleasant evening, but Saturday morning feels

Long day at the office yesterday, followed by two tall ones at the drinking club, then home to watch the American Idol season premier. I told the guys at the drinking club that I had to head home to watch AI, and they said I was violating a man law.

What do a Michigan State student and an Ohio State student have in common? They both applied to the University of Michigan. With that, you know where I stand on today's game, which arguably has the best "credentials" of all time: big-time rivalry [http://library.

Those crazy Wiccans: > The widows of two combat veterans sued the government Monday for not allowing Wiccan symbols on their husbands' military headstones. > The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs allows military families to choose any of 38 authorized headstone images. The list includes commonly recognized symbols

Groggy morning. The drinking club held its biggest fundraiser of the year last night. I went out early to sit on the deck, quaff a tall one, and enjoy a 68-degree day while overlooking the lake. Fortunately, I didn't stay late, but I'm still paying

Today is the feast of the Dedication of St. John Lateran! What's that? It's " the oldest, and ranks first among the four great 'patriarchal' basilicas of Rome. [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09014b.htm]" You ever run across something only once a