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What could possibly go wrong? > Asia's largest statue of Jesus Christ, measuring nearly 100 feet tall, has been unveiled in Manado, Indonesia [http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=55281]. > Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation, with almost 86% of Indonesians

I'm a little strapped for time again today. I took the three oldest boys to the high school basketball opener. It's "free" ($175 all-sports family pass), two of my boys love sports, the other was playing in the pep band, I know a few

A TDE Reader sends this along: > I thought you might be interested in watching the music video that a group of students from my local Catholic high school submitted to the Wells Fargo contest. Their video is in first place at this time. The winning video is to be

I have an odd request this time: I'm looking for the best Catholic blogs that don't get updated every day or even regularly. These might be hard to find, since irregular posting usually means low popularity. Still, if you know of a talented blogger out there

Ad controversy in Poland: The 30-second animated commercial depicts the Magi visiting the Christ Child, with a 4th wise man bearing Red Bull [http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=55014]. The ad doesn't offend me, but doggone it, why must the corporate advertisers trivialize (and thereby

Hey, it's the holiday season. Heck, it's Black Friday. If you're going to Amazon, please go through the link on this blog. I get a kickback. It really adds up. Last year, I was able to use my credits to buy four DVDs of

My traffic almost doubled the last two days, but I can't figure out why: no new incoming links, the com boxes are slow, no email from someone saying he saw my blog linked at rosieodonnel.com. If you know why my traffic has jumped (besides the obvious: my

It's been a brutal period at the office: worked until 8:00 Friday night, worked a few hours Saturday morning, brought work home with me, worked 90 minutes Sunday morning (a formerly-strict prohibition due to my desire to keep the Sabbath holy) and thirty minutes Sunday afternoon. On

One of the more intriguing new blogs I've seen: Old World Swine [http://timothyjones.typepad.com/old_world_swine/] by artist Timothy Jones, whose interests include Catholic faith, fine art, hiking, camping, brewing, bread and cheese, the usual dead British suspects (Chesterton, Belloc, Tolkien, Lewis), old movies, and