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January 2014

January 24, 2014

Sting & The Chieftains: Mo Ghile Mear

One of the tunes I'm glad to be learning on the penny whistle is "Mo...

January 23, 2014

Words I Wish I’d Written: Solitary Rocks

A solitary rock is always attractive. All right-minded people feel an overwhelming desire to scale...

January 22, 2014

S’Mary’s World: The Wars of Irreligion

The first settlements on S'Mary's World were run along the lines of monastic communes: the...

January 21, 2014

Penny Whistles vs. Recorders

I spent several years learning to play the recorder, with the help of a co-worker...

January 21, 2014

The Five Red Herrings, by Dorothy Sayers

In Galloway, according to Dorothy Sayers, everyone either fishes or paints or both. This is...

January 20, 2014

Discipline is for Disciples

Why don't Catholics handle church discipline in the manner described in the New Testament? St....

January 19, 2014

Practice: Living the Interior Life From Day To Day

Reading about the interior life is not the same as living it. (Neither is writing...

January 18, 2014

Time: Quantity Has A Quality All Its Own

This was first posted in January of 2004. I've got three kids (soon to be...

January 17, 2014

Penny Whistles and Me (UPDATED)

I've been listening to a lot of Irish Traditional music recently, and a lot of...

January 17, 2014

Jerry Reed: Tupelo Mississippi Flash

The late Jerry Reed had a knack for novelty songs like "When You're Hot, You're...

January 16, 2014

Either/Or, Both/And, This-then-That

I frequently read on one blog or another that Catholics aren't either/or, we're both And...

January 16, 2014

Word I Wish I’d Written: Self-Confidence

As she plunged down toward the forest roof in a long shallow dive she reflected...

January 15, 2014

S’Mary’s World: The Knights Particular

The colony of S'Mary's World was originally established as a number of politically independent but...

January 14, 2014

The Measure With Which You Measure

Apropos of Monday's post about Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics, Mike Flynn (science fiction writer...

January 14, 2014

Strong Poison, by Dorothy Sayers

Dorothy Sayers' Peter Wimsey series takes an abrupt left turn with the fifth book, Strong...

January 13, 2014

Crusader Cooties!

Seems that Tom McDonald's middle schooler brought home a handout about the Crusades, a topic...

January 13, 2014

Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics

Every day we read statistics about everything under the sun: "Eating a bar of chocolate...

January 12, 2014

Divine Office, Part III: Fruit for Meditation

The Rosary is not just a prayer, it's a meditation on the life of Christ....

January 11, 2014

My Life with the Lord of the Rings

This was first posted in January of 2004. I first read The Lord of the...

January 10, 2014

Wishful Thinking vs. Prayer

It occurred to me after finishing this post that perhaps the individuals in question believe...

January 10, 2014

One Piece at a Time

Because I need a lift, and because Johnny Cash is always good, here's an unusual...

January 09, 2014

Meme Watch: Their Story vs. Your Story

I ran across this meme on Facebook a couple of times recently, and as so...

January 09, 2014

Words I Wish I’d Written: My Wife’s Room

I followed him out, along the hall, and into a room that one glance told...

January 08, 2014

S’Mary’s World: St. Michael’s Old Peculiars

St. Michael's Old Peculiars is the name given by long custom to the Brothers of...

January 07, 2014

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, by Dorothy Sayers

Old General Fentiman has a ticktock life. Every morning he rises and goes to the...

January 06, 2014

Don’t Objectify Your Friends

Last week I wrote about Friendship Evangelism, a technique for evangelism that I was taught...

January 05, 2014

The Evolution of Spam

There was a time maybe ten years ago when most of the spam I got...

January 05, 2014

Service

I'm going to step away from the Divine Office for a moment, and talk about...

January 04, 2014

On Diplomacy

This was first posted in December of 2003. As Christians, Jane and I are a...

January 03, 2014

I Will Go, by Scythian

"When the King's son came along, He called us all together, Saying, 'Brave hieland men,...

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