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October 2012

October 19, 2012

He is now seventeen

Happy Birthday to our oldest! It's been toughest on him. In truth, it was he who was...

October 19, 2012

My stages of history

A whimsical Friday post. As we wander about waiting for tomorrow when our eighth grader returns from his Confirmation retreat, I...

October 17, 2012

To all Internet Catholics who are debating what voting is all about

Who we should vote for, how we should vote, or if you think voting is...

October 17, 2012

Go read Jimmy Akin’s blog

I've never said I was a Catholic blogger. The temptation to go off the rails...

October 16, 2012

Marc Barnes hearts Andy Warhol

Really? I had to read this article three times, but it looks like Mr. Barnes...

October 14, 2012

Where did everybody go?

OK, everyone who has ever visited my blog is gone. The stats section has been...

October 14, 2012

And to our oldest a great finish to the Cross Country Season

Yes, it's another season under the belt, and we can't help feeling a little melancholy knowing there...

October 13, 2012

The last football game of the year

For my super-seventh grader that is. Well done young fellow. Almost a year younger than...

October 13, 2012

Rest in Peace young Jessica Ridgeway

In one of those cases that screams for justice beyond tax supported internment, young 10...

October 12, 2012

The wife of Jesus a fraud?

This may come as a shock, but it looks like, despite the media storm of...

October 12, 2012

Why I’m not sold on Romney

I grew up in a household of Democrats. True, my parents were part of the...

October 11, 2012

Was Biden victorious or was he rude?

That's the question. It will probably be what determines who won or not in tonight's...

October 11, 2012

Newsweek lists its top ten presidents

And I'm still laughing. OK, so anyone who goes to Newsweek for almost anything at...

October 11, 2012

Catholic and Muslim dialogue

So Catholic and Muslim leaders got together and talked for a couple days earlier in...

October 10, 2012

Vincent Price peddles some enchanted wares

I know I already posted this, but every now and then I'll repost something just...

October 10, 2012

Papal audiences to speak in Arabic

Looks like Arabic will be added to the list of languages used during Papal audiences....

October 10, 2012

Meanwhile Mitt Romney

Tries to destroy whatever good will he may have won from his victory in the first...

October 09, 2012

Some autumn fun pagan football style

I don't know what it is about football and bonfires, but they've been having homecoming...

October 09, 2012

Congrats on a wonderful Cross Country Season

To my wonderful 8th grader! Woohoo! What a year. No, he didn't beat his older...

October 09, 2012

Thirty years ago impeachment proceedings would begin

And they would be partaken in by both sides of the political aisle. But in our age...

October 09, 2012

Atheists are so predictable

So the latest Pew Research news is that a whopping one third of Americans under...

October 08, 2012

It’s Columbus Day

Was a time, in the deep forgotten mists of my earliest memories, that Christopher Columbus...

October 05, 2012

I’m OK with this

Really. Even as a Catholic, I see no need to flush America down the toilet,...

October 04, 2012

On the Feast of Saint Francis

October just seems right for being the Feast of St. Francis. Francis, as many are...

October 04, 2012

Jeff Greenfield demonstrates why Obama got smacked down by Romney

In an editorial piece, Mr. Greenfield makes it clear that the best man lost. His piece is...

October 04, 2012

Expected results of the Presidential debate

When Bill Maher has declared Romney the winner, I guess he's the winner. Maybe I...

October 03, 2012

Media to swing into damage control after tonight’s debate

To me there was not a clear winner. Now, that's usually press-talk for The Republican...

October 03, 2012

Help a Protestant Clergy Convert to Catholicism

Who is down on his luck. As I've posted many times before, it's been anything...

October 03, 2012

Note to Fox News

Every time the government does something, or suggests something, or tries to do something to help...

September 2012

September 30, 2012

Trick or treat for Halloween

With this being the last day of September, and a full moon shining over the...