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Catholic Pick-Up Lines

From Daily Theology (a site I'd not previously visited) comes this year's list of 20...

July 2014

July 16, 2014

Poodle Skirts

I once knew a lady who house-trained poodles for poodle skirts. It's a harder job...

November 2013

November 28, 2013

Thanksgiving

I could write a post about how thankful I am and how important it is...

November 27, 2013

Woof Guide to Obscure Catholic Music: Teresa and the Scapulars

The general attitude toward Teresa and the Scapulars by those in the know is "the...

November 22, 2013

Woof Guide to Popular Music: The White Collar Holler

And it's oh boys, can't you code it? Huh! Program it right! Nothing every happens...

November 20, 2013

Woof Guide to Obscure Catholic Music: Magisterium

Magisterium is an orchestra of sorts, with full choir, playing original compositions as well as...

November 15, 2013

Woof Guide to Popular Music: Thomas Aquinas

Dominican philosopher Scholasticism was his game Summa Theologica Aquinas was his name. Well, OK, I...

November 14, 2013

Words I Wish I’d Written: Talents

Music, landscape gardening, architecture—there was no start to his talents. — Terry Pratchett, Hogfather, speaking...

November 13, 2013

Woof Guide to Obscure Catholic Music: The Conventional Friars

The Conventional Friars are a Catholic novelty band started by six sophomores from the Franciscan...

November 06, 2013

Woof Guide to Obscure Catholic Music: Deacon Greg and the Dalmatics

New York cover band Deacon Greg and the Dalmatics is a regular sight on the...

November 04, 2013

The Dogmat Sez

When you're a layperson, the world is your cloister.

November 02, 2013

Limericks

This was posted to my old blog in February of 2003. I was reciting limericks...

November 01, 2013

Woof Guide to Popular Music: Gopher Tuna

For all Carmina Burana fans, I present the misheard lyrics to O Fortuna. Yeah, if...

October 2013

October 30, 2013

The Woof Guide to Obscure Catholic Music: The Chasuble Project

The Chasuble Project's unique style of liturgical music, based on a unique fusion of Gregorian...

October 25, 2013

The Woof Guide to Popular Music: Snoopy vs. The Red Baron

For some reason the subject of Snoopy and the Red Baron came up in conversation...

October 24, 2013

Word I Wish I’d Written: Pragmatism

The Patrician was a pragmatist. He never tried to fix things that worked. Things that...

October 23, 2013

The Eight Types of Photographers You’ll Find in the Wild

Alan Steadman has compiled a kind of bird-watcher's guide for photographers. I'd like to say...

October 23, 2013

Woof Guide to Obscure Catholic Music: The Dogmatics

Los Angeles-area group The Dogmatics are a straight-up no-nonsense rock-and-roll oldies cover-band. They claim to...

October 19, 2013

Politeness in All Things

A slice of life from when my sons were eleven years younger than they are...

October 16, 2013

The Woof Guide to Obscure Catholic Music: The College of Cardinals

Choral group The College of Cardinals is one of the longest lived ensembles in history,...

October 12, 2013

Bolinda

This bit is a re-run from November, 2002. "From what I just read, she was...

October 09, 2013

The Woof Guide to Obscure Catholic Music: Pauline Privilege and the Annulments

Born Minerva Murphy, Pauline Privilege was a singer and band-leader in the waning years of...

October 05, 2013

Beauty and the Beast: The Secret History

So what's the real story of Beauty and the Beast? This is a post from...

October 04, 2013

The Warden

The Warden is the first of Anthony Trollope's Barsetshire novels, which I started reading many...

October 02, 2013

Chicken-based Camera Stabilization

You too can use a chicken to stabilize your long video shots! This one's for...

October 02, 2013

Woof Guide to Obscure Catholic Music: Wimple

The girl group Wimple emerged on the Seattle music scene in the early 1990's with...