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May 2020

May 09, 2020

Something to Astound You for a Saturday

You're welcome!

March 2020

March 14, 2020

Since it’s Saturday…

I decided to just post one joke that cracked me up: But then I thought...

February 2020

February 29, 2020

More information on Ish Kabibble and his odd relationship with MAD Magazine than any normal person could want

... is just what this blog needs on a Saturday morning. Who or what is...

January 2020

January 18, 2020

Interesting Interview with Tolkien

...from the mid-1960s: I sense a certain impatience with some of the interviewer's questions. But...

January 11, 2020

The Tale of the Warrimoo

The story of the amazing ship that was "not only in four different hemispheres, two different...

December 2019

December 21, 2019

You know, I could have Rick-Rolled You

But instead, I chose to do something even joyous and wonderful on this, the last...

December 20, 2019

Brushes with Fame

I did this over on Facebook and it was fun, so I thought it would...

December 14, 2019

Since it’s Saturday….

what better to do than offer 1) an analysis of the single greatest short cartoon...

November 2019

November 09, 2019

So this was hilarious

A reader sent me this since I'm working on a book on the Creed: So...

October 2019

October 19, 2019

Since it’s Saturday Morning, Cartoons are the Thing

October 12, 2019

The More You Know: Star Trek edition

Something educational for a Saturday morning: It is, however, my painful duty to inform you...

September 2019

September 23, 2019

Fun with Readers’ Names

I have many readers about whom I know nothing except their names, and I sometimes...

September 14, 2019

What a time to be alive!

Some fun for you on a Saturday morning!

July 2019

July 13, 2019

John Cleese is feeling his way closer to a theistic worldview

Fascinating to watch him breaking with the dim shallow atheism of Dawkins and the pop...

July 06, 2019

Since the last Saturday post was so fun…

...I thought it would be good to hear another amazing history (this time of Japan)...

June 2019

June 29, 2019

So this is pretty amazing…

It leaves out a tiny bit of detail, but it actually does a pretty good...

June 17, 2019

Hilarious Israeli Magician…

...is very Chestertonian. He would have loved the whole concept of finding magic in everyday...

June 08, 2019

Carl Sandburg Reads One of His Stories from the Rootabaga Country

If you've never had a chance to read (or better yet, hear Carl Sandburg read)...

March 2019

March 23, 2019

A Lawyer Looks at Jurassic Park

What better way to add some penitential buzzkill to your Lent than to bring in...

February 2019

February 06, 2019

Jimmy Akin Stands in a Grand Tradition of Catholic Speculation

One of the curious contradictions to grow up over the centuries is the double assertion...

January 2019

January 26, 2019

Your Saturday Dose of “That’s Not Something You See Every Day!”

Say what you will, Catholics throw the best parties.

December 2018

December 12, 2018

Something fun for you

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in 9th Century Chant:

November 2018

November 26, 2018

Partly because I’m lazy and it’s Monday after Thanksgiving, and I’m working on a huge project

...but mostly because this truly is amazing, here is Overly Sarcastic Productions' astonishing summary of...

November 27, 2017

The Star Trek Transporter Problem

Is it a suicide machine? CPG Grey messes with your mind.

November 13, 2017

Washington state is the place for all your bead needs

We've got your sacred beads (click the link for the whole story): Travelers who happen...

November 10, 2017

It’s the Brush with Fame Thread!

So here are my Encounters with Famous People. I once shook hands with Jimmy Carter....

June 2017

June 19, 2017

Take a Band Name and Make it Catholic

Examples: The Beatitudeles, Gladys Knight and the Pyx, Ignatius Pop People on Facebook lost their...

May 2017

May 17, 2017

So Here’s Something Fun for the Comboxes!

I sit in a room, staring into space. Periodically, I type things to strangers and...

May 16, 2017

The Dunning-Krueger Effect

March 2017

March 10, 2017

Name the Exoplanet Contest!

A reader writes: You commented on the buzz regarding earth-like planets recently. You know, since...

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