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May 2013

May 12, 2013

Karaoke at the gas pump!

From The Tonight Show last week. What happened next? Check out the followup.

April 2013

April 29, 2013

The lesson: capuchins are very touchy

Good to know for all those who have dealings with Cardinal O'Malley or Archbishop Chaput....

April 15, 2013

Pope Francis: Patheos shill?!

Elizabeth Scalia notes the pope tweeted a little something yesterday that sounds uncannily like the...

April 12, 2013

RIP, Jonathan Winters

I don't know what to make of a world in which I exclaim, "Oh no!...

April 04, 2013

Hilarious “Ode to Sleep Deprived Parents” set to “Carmina Burana”

You don't need to know a note of music to love this. Details: We dare...

March 2013

March 07, 2013

Just what we’ve been waiting for: nuns doing the “Harlem Shake”!

Courtesy Sister Rose. Check it out below.

January 2013

January 25, 2013

Instant classic: bad lip reading of the inauguration

They don't get much better than this. Enjoy.

January 13, 2013

Happy Feast of the Ass

I kid you not. I'm actually early with this; today is technically the vigil of...

January 10, 2013

“Instagram dat joint!”

Watch what happens when a clever dude with a camera, a costume and a car...

January 04, 2013

What the angel REALLY told the shepherds …

Ha!

December 2012

December 30, 2012

Here it is: Dave Barry’s Year in Review for 2012

The wait is over. Barry is back. He begins: It was a cruel, cruel year...

December 30, 2012

Photographer sends out family Christmas card—and he plays every member of the family

I guess someone at the Wall Street Journal got one: Like many of us, Gary...

December 29, 2012

A Christmas classic: the nativity scene of Mr. Bean

'Tis the season for playing with your creche! Back by popular demand: a Christmas favorite...

December 24, 2012

“I regret to inform you that my wedding to Captain Von Trapp has been cancelled…”

Another side of the story, for those who caught the movie, again, last night, or...

December 21, 2012

“The Motherhood”: a rap for moms

After this, I guess a rap for mommies was inevitable. But it's pretty funny --...

December 17, 2012

Archbishop, this is why Catholics use a hammer

Or as one wag put it: "Archbishop gets rid of a crook on his staff!"...

December 08, 2012

Man + tomato + tin cup + tea pot = genius

The fiendishly clever, and relentlessly inventive illusionist Yann Frisch is seen here doing some wondrous...

December 05, 2012

When it’s appropriate to clap at Mass: a handy list

Marcel over at Aggie Catholics has a helpful post about applause during liturgy. While it's...

November 2012

November 22, 2012

Best. Thanksgiving episode. Ever.

The classic final scene from the "Cheers" Thanksgiving show, in which Norm's wife Vera finally...

November 19, 2012

Ice skating priests—and, maybe, a deacon?

A deacon reader sent this my way. Just in time for ice skating season! He...

October 2012

October 14, 2012

Must see TV: SNL’s version of the Biden/Ryan debate

As expected, the wizards at SNL didn't disappoint. Herewith, their take on the Biden/Ryan debate.

September 2012

September 15, 2012

Dolan and Colbert yuck it up at Fordham

A few reporters squeezed into the hall and one of them was from the New...

September 15, 2012

Cardinal Dolan on humor, joy and the spiritual life

He appeared at Fordham University last night, in a conversation with Stephen Colbert that was...

September 12, 2012

Want to be ordained? There’s an app for that

Well, you won't actually be a real priest, minister, rabbi or bishop, but you will...

August 2012

August 26, 2012

So a deacon and his pastor are on a missionary trip…

...in a dangerous part of Latin America. They end up being kidnapped by revolutionaries. The...

August 24, 2012

Hilarious: The Parent Rap

If you're counting the hours until they head back to school, Mom and Dad, this...

August 21, 2012

First look: stunning glimpse at the new iPhone 5

Wow. I'm drooling.

August 21, 2012

Roller coasters? Meh.

An interesting contrast to this scream-like-a-little-girl video at an amusement park is the one below....

August 20, 2012

“Every major’s terrible”

Just in time for the back-to-school crowd, this inspired Gilbert & Sullivan parody. I hope...

August 17, 2012

The write stuff: Bulwer-Lytton winners announced!

And here's a good one, winner in the category of Vile Puns: Though they were...