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April 2019

April 04, 2019

#ThursdayThought: Utopia Will Be Awesome

This is a curious thought—the UN has taken it upon itself to design a sort...

March 2019

March 28, 2019

God Helps Those Who Help Themselves Is Not In The Bible

[Jesus excited to see how you’re managing to pull yourself out of the mire without...

March 27, 2019

Apprently Having Babies Won’t Make You Happy

[This cat, like all babies, doesn’t even care if you’re happy.] I think last week...

March 21, 2019

Books Aren’t Dead: A Walk Through B&N

[Oh look! There it was in real life! Too bad it’s out of print.] I...

March 20, 2019

What Matters?

Well, here I am, late as usual, casting my weak-minded net around the internet, like...

March 19, 2019

Of Course A Honeymoon Isn’t Practical

Is it Tuesday already? To wake yourself you might enjoy this. So there you are,...

March 08, 2019

7 Takes on International Women’s Day

Friday, it finally came. One Pretty sure today is International Women’s Day—at least according to...

February 2019

February 28, 2019

Book Notes: The Penguins Won’t Save Your Marriage

[This cat disapproves of your penguins.] Mr. Popper’s Penguins is the worst. I’m pretty sure...

February 21, 2019

Thursday Thoughts

The First Thought Facebook reinstated Faith McDonnell’s account. Which is Fantastic, and thank heaven, and...

February 14, 2019

A Valentine Gift Buying Guide For The Rest Of Us

So I didn’t get to the goop (just to remind you, A Modern Lifestyle Brand)...

February 12, 2019

Cliches on Tuesday

Looks like we have another mini-snowpocalypse. I know this because it is actually snowing and...

February 07, 2019

#ThursdayThoughts

It’s not my fault. Matt made me stay up late watching the day old State...

February 05, 2019

Memes For Tuesday

In the midst of all the real news of the weekend, I came across this...

January 2019

January 29, 2019

Try Opening Your Eyes

Is it already morning? Goodness, that came quickly. Did not intend to fall off the...

January 22, 2019

Are You Sleeping Through Your Impossible?

[Jesus excited to see what you’re beliving him for today.] So there you are, minding...

January 10, 2019

My Definitive Guide To Surviving The First Work Week After A Major Holiday

This is very important, particularly since I didn’t, how shall I put it, wake up...

January 09, 2019

Sparkling Home Decorating Advice for 2019

[me surfing the internet] I have yet to take down my big fat Christmas tree....

January 08, 2019

Don’t Make Me Throw Away All My Stuff

So the push to declutter is on. I haven’t been watching Mari Kondo—I don’t feel...

January 03, 2019

God Doesn’t Lose His Identity When You Dutifully Serve Him

I discovered something foolish on the internet this morning and thought you might like to...

December 2018

December 30, 2018

Come to Church and See a Miracle

In an over-sugared haze I finally read that muddled piece in the Guardian about how...

December 23, 2018

The Washington Post Discovers The Magnificat

[Jesus excited that Americans apparently want to become Christian.] My soul magnifies the Lord, and...

December 21, 2018

10 Steps to a Stree Free Christmas

I haven't been following my own good advice, so obviously I, and probably you, could...

December 18, 2018

Cute Is Not The Word You Were Looking For

I’ve been saving up this charmingly terrible goop gem for a few days. I thought...

December 14, 2018

7 Reasons To Do A Pageant On Christmas Eve

Thought it would be fun to enumerate seven reasons to kill yourself by doing your...

December 11, 2018

A Life Tip To Make Your Skin Glow

This seems really important. You’ll be shocked to know that I’ve been thinking about food...

December 05, 2018

It’s So Crazy It Just Might Work

Is it only Wednesday? But fear not. Twitter was kind to me during the night...

November 2018

November 29, 2018

Click Here To Learn About How To Clean Your House With Children

I had the idiotic idea this week that if I kept the house picked up...

November 09, 2018

7 Saving Takes

You survived the week! So did I, barely. One Yesterday, as you no doubt saw,...

November 06, 2018

Two Trite Things For Tuesday

[Jesus excited about Election Day in America.] Well, it’s Election Day. So that’s going to...

November 04, 2018

Church is Better than Politics, that App, and the Time Change

It is really and truly November. You can know because we’ve had our hour “given”...