Miscellaneous

BYCU During the conclave, the Cardinals are locked away. What do they do during those hours? Meet, discuss, pray, vote, eat. And drink, apparently, based on what I saw at this site [http://osbnorcia.org/2013/03/13/conclavebeer]. * * * * * * * It makes sense. You'll find God in a few

Background: When I was the editor of Gilbert Magazine [http://www.chesterton.org/explore-the-acs/gilbertmagazine/], I was responsible for the "Tremendous Trifles" column. It was occasionally hard to find a sufficient amount of interesting GKC material to fill the page, so John Peterson sent me a file full

"Touch God's heart every day in the only way most of us can: through little things." Francis Fernandez

Pope Stuff Is it just me, or does the entire Cardinal conclave have the media feel of NFL Draft Day? My gosh, the Internet is flooded with Vatican stories, from what the new Pope will wear [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/fashion/when-the-pope-is-chosen-his-tailors-will-be-ready.html?partner=rss&emc=

Not much today. It's been a brutal week. On top of office frenzy, my two eldest are home for spring break, so I'm trying to spend as much time with them as possible, but it's also District basketball tournament time, and son Jack'

Background: When I was the editor of Gilbert Magazine [http://www.chesterton.org/explore-the-acs/gilbertmagazine/], I was responsible for the "Tremendous Trifles" column. It was occasionally hard to find a sufficient amount of interesting GKC material to fill the page, so John Peterson sent me a file full

Happy Birthday Happy birthday to my lovely wife, Marie. I won't mention her age, but I will mention that, last Fall, while working at a long-running county fair food booth fundraiser, an elderly man remarked to her, "It's good to see you high school kids

Detroit I posted the following recently to an online group: > After watching Sugar Man, I went online to try to check out his old haunts. I started "dropping pins" on Google Maps, which enable you to get street views. It was pretty interesting to see ordinary Detroit

Catholics and Friends in Logic "Catholicism is logical." That was the warning uttered by Daniel Webster to Orestes Brownson when the lawyer saw young Orestes browsing a Catholic work in a bookstore. The Protetant Webster was telling him, "Don't wander too deep into those waters,

Bullets Best headline yesterday: "Coffee Shop Is Plagued By Violent Homeless Crowds [http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/02/28/manager-says-chelsea-coffee-shop-is-plagued-by-violent-homeless-crowds/] ." The descriptive headline pretty much says it all. * * * * * * * Time to become an Indians fan: Cleveland Indians lower prices on hot dogs, beer and other concessions [http://sports.yahoo.