Miscellaneous

Downtown Detroit Bar Scene This post chronicles my downtown Detroit bar crawl last week with Marie, Abbie, and Alex. This, you might recall, was Alex's birthday gift to Marie and me. We started at the bar on the left. I'm pretty sure this was the old

I know Bishop Bob Morlino, drank beer with him in his apartment one evening. Great guy. > The Attack on Bishop Robert Morlino of Madison, Wisconsin, is Scurrilous; Action Item! -- Fr. Z's Blog#PopeFrancis [https://twitter.com/hashtag/PopeFrancis?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] https:

Yet More Rambling Wow, I'm greatly tempted to buy this book [http://amzn.to/2lEwkfW]. "Recently, the catastrophist narrative [about the Reformation] has become more sophisticated and formidable, seeing Luther and the Reformers as setting in motion the patterns of thought and behavior that have led to

Miscellaneous Rambling The response to Amoris Laetitia? Repression and fear: Give it the liberal interpretation, or you'll be shunned. "Many who have spent time around the Vatican, permanently or temporarily, speak of an atmosphere of fear." Link [http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/issues/october-13th-2017/climate-of-fear-the-new-crackdown-on-catholic-theologians/] . Do

> This church is decorated with the bones of 30,000 plague victims... - https://t.co/5CP1s9a1wQ > — New Advent (@newadvent) October 29, 2017 [https://twitter.com/newadvent/status/924676468352999425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]

Miscellaneous Rambling Man, that Lisa Bloom is apparently one nasty, hypocritcal wench. "[I]n order to protect Harvey Weinstein, the Daily Beast reports that the feminist attorney was prepared to leak files about actress Rose McGowan's sexual history." Link [http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2017/10/

I never thought I'd say that.

I've seen the future, and it works. Detroit is back! Well, not really . . . not quite. I spent nearly twelve hours in downtown Detroit Thursday, re-establishing my acquaintance, hitting old haunts, and, in general, marveling at this great old city that might, just might, be emerging from its dark

Recovering from a Detroit bar hop with Alex and Abbie last night. Nothing much today.