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2015-01-20T13:20:40-05:00

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Francis Fudd

Last updated on: January 20, 2015 at 1:20 pm By Simcha Fisher

That being said, maybe it’s just my aching tailbone talking, but I’m thirty-six weeks pregnant with baby #10, and something cranky in me wants this to lead off the Pope’s next in-flight movie: I’m multiplyin’, see? I’m multiplyin’! Read more

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2015-01-20T12:33:48-05:00

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About the Pope’s “don’t be like rabbits” remark UPDATED

Last updated on: January 20, 2015 at 12:33 pm By Simcha Fisher

Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons First, kudos for Erin of Bearing Blog for spurring me to reread the full transcript of the Pope’s recent in-flight remarks. He didn’t precisely say “Catholics shouldn’t be like rabbits” (and he never used the word “breed” at all). What happened was that the reporter asked him what he thought about the idea that so many in the Philippines are poor because of the Church’s ban on contraception. The Pope replied: God gives you means... Read more

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The Sinner's Guide to Natural Family Planning

2015-01-19T16:09:46-05:00

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Sheenazing, MLK, Satan’s Fanboi, Theology of the Scarves, etc.

Last updated on: January 19, 2015 at 4:09 pm By Simcha Fisher

1. I’ve been nominated for two categories in the annual Sheenazing Awards! Bonnie Engstrom’s blogger awards are always fun, and I always discover new and interesting blogs to read. Check it out, and vote for your favorites! Thanks to whoever nominated me! 2. Don’t forget to tune in for Mark Shea’s “Connecting the Dots.” I’ll be co-hosting today, from 5-6:00 Eastern. You can stream the show here. Today is a special day, for today is the first time I typed... Read more

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2015-01-16T14:35:30-05:00

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Quotable?

Last updated on: January 16, 2015 at 2:35 pm By Simcha Fisher

Here’s a kind of odd bleg. A few years ago, someone at a greeting card company contacted me, to get permission to quote something I said in a post. I signed the contract, thinking nothing would come of it; but in fact, it’s been a pretty brisk seller. Here’s the card, also available as a magnet (and mug and so on): I thought of it as a graduation card, but apparently it sells well around mother’s day. Since this year’s... Read more

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2015-01-15T16:04:47-05:00

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The Fishers’ Shmedifying Guide to Van Maintenance

Last updated on: January 15, 2015 at 4:04 pm By Simcha Fisher

Drips, smells, rumbles, squeals, groans, blinking lights, shudders, tremors, mice, hiccups, spasms, heat that won’t turn on, heat that won’t turn off, heat that smells like dolphin meat, the unpredictable squirting of fluids, and the occasional refusal to acknowledge who’s in charge here. This is just what it’s like having a car that you aren’t making huge monthly payments on, and if you can’t live this way, then you’re overdue for a fancy pants check, Mr. Fancy Pants. Read the... Read more

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2015-01-15T10:44:37-05:00

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How to tell if you’re in the third trimester

Last updated on: January 15, 2015 at 10:44 am By Simcha Fisher

If you’re new at being pregnant — if this, for instance, only your sixth or seventh child — you probably know how many weeks along you are. You will be able to recite exactly which fetal neurodendons are likely being formed at this moment, and can calculate to the minute how far away your due date is. If this is, however, your ninth pregnancy or beyond, you take the longer view: all you can really be sure about is whether... Read more

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2015-01-14T14:32:32-05:00

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Breasts? Mary? La la la . . .

Last updated on: January 14, 2015 at 2:32 pm By Simcha Fisher

I’m actually working on a post about whether or not breastfeeding is sexy, but in the meantime, this painting of Mary nursing baby Jesus is cracking me up: Our Lady of La Leche by Lorenzo Zaragoza [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Found via Jen Fitz, who used it to illustrate the karaoke party that you narrowly avoided by going to my virtual baby shower hosted by Rebecca Frech, rather than a physical one. (She also included a drink recipe, a trend... Read more

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2015-01-14T11:41:09-05:00

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A baby shower! For me!

Last updated on: January 14, 2015 at 11:41 am By Simcha Fisher

Ideally, I’d love to meet all of you in person, offer you some sheet cake covered with pink, Crisco-flavored icing rosebuds, make you play humiliating games involving the sniffing of diapers, and then you give me presents. Doesn’t that sound nice? But since I am here and you are there, the lovely and intrepid Rebecca Frech is hosting a vitual baby shower for me over at Shoved to Them. Is it a Texas thing to have alcohol at baby showers? Because she’s... Read more

2015-01-13T13:10:39-05:00

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Things You Don’t Want Steam In: A Short List

Last updated on: January 13, 2015 at 1:10 pm By Simcha Fisher

image via Creative Commons Things you want steam in: Your nasal passages, to clear congestion Your bedroom, to add moisture to the air in the winter Your bathroom, to get wrinkles out of that delicate silk dress Your kitchen, to diffuse pleasant, cozy smells of a homecooked meal Things you don’t want steam in: Your vagina. For any reason. Yes, there are people who don’t intuitively grasp this. People who don’t realize that “forgotten ancient wisdom” is often forgotten for a reason.... Read more

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2015-01-13T12:02:18-05:00

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Obedience Gives Us Jesus

Last updated on: January 13, 2015 at 12:02 pm By Simcha Fisher

Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Why tell us that Jesus is the Son of God as soon as He does the one thing that the Son of God doesn’t really need to do? What does this tell us? Read the rest at the Register. Read more

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