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March 2021

March 03, 2021

From the Dead River to the Living River

I walked past the car dealership, the one at the end of LaBelle-- the...

November 2020

November 19, 2020

I Dreamed I Went Swimming

I dreamed I went swimming with all of my friends. I don't exactly have friends....

June 2020

June 10, 2020

If You Need A Statue To Teach You History…

We're getting a lot of news now about municipal statues being torn down, because they...

January 2020

January 14, 2020

Benedict, Sarah, Francis, and the Case of the Exploding Pope

Catholic social media erupted that Cardinal Sarah & Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI were publishing a...

December 2019

December 08, 2019

Caroll Spinney has Died

Today, we're all digesting the sad news that Sesame Street's legendary Caroll Spinney, the...

October 2019

October 19, 2019

Medieval Peasants had it Made: In Dialogue with a Twitter Traditionalist

Last night on Twitter, I had an interesting insight into what your standard Catholic and...

August 2019

August 05, 2019

No, Video Games Do Not Cause Mass Shootings

I guess it's time for a flashback to the 90s. Politicians are claiming that video...

January 2019

January 21, 2019

Why Ask What Martin Luther King Would Have Wanted?

Today is Martin Luther King Junior Day. Today is the day that bloggers are...

December 2018

December 02, 2018

In Infamy

I'm going to teach my first-grader about World War Two. We're listening to Tomie DePaola's...

November 2018

November 23, 2018

What is the Work of the Devil?

Yesterday I had a blast from the past and found myself insisting that Harry Potter...

November 21, 2018

Harry Potter and the Misplaced Terrors

They say that history repeats itself. As far as world events, we stand poised on...

September 2018

September 22, 2018

And Autumn Began

My daughter, Rose, was delivered by emergency Caesarian, on the first day of Autumn, over...

July 2018

July 11, 2018

I Found a Mountain

I took Rose to her annual doctors' appointment. It was in the old medical building,...

May 2018

May 24, 2018

A Bucket Will Not Save You

I saw one of those ads for a kit, to help you survive the...

November 2017

November 09, 2017

Mrs. Pezzulo and Ramona

My daughter has been on a Beverly Cleary bender, lately. Don't get me wrong, I...

October 2017

October 26, 2017

Swinging for Chastity

When I was a teenager, in that strange homeschool group where we kept ourselves pure from the...

October 10, 2017

Baby Boomers Invented Everything

Today, I am tired. I'm always tired; it's part and parcel of having fibromyalgia...

August 2017

August 19, 2017

If This Is Really About Honoring the Old South…

I received a comment to the effect that taking down municipal statues of Confederate generals is...

August 17, 2017

How Will We Preserve History Without Confederate Statues?

I have compiled a brief and non-exhaustive list of ways in which the United States...

July 2017

July 09, 2017

How To Write A Listicle

It seems like nothing gets published these days unless it's in listicle format. In...

April 2017

April 22, 2017

Mr. Rogers and the Terrible Chef

My daughter is on a Mr. Rogers-watching kick again, thanks be to God. We have...

March 2017

March 23, 2017

Film Critique From The Year 5000

Lately, I've begun an exhaustive aesthetic exploration of the B science fiction films of the...

February 2017

February 28, 2017

Does Texting Cause Adultery? Relevant Magazine Has The Answer

Here's an experiment for those of you who are over thirty. The rest of you,...

February 03, 2017

Goin’ To The Chapel

When I was growing up, we had a chapel in our house. I knew that...

January 2017

January 09, 2017

My Latest Hobby and the Mustard House Horror Show

I am not a very tasteful decorator. I have neither the knack nor the funding....

December 2016

December 31, 2016

Cheers and Mourning on New Years’ Eve

Giant pandas were taken off the endangered species list this year. I know, I know,...

December 29, 2016

I Can No Longer Bear The Berenstains

Somewhere along the line, I bought into the escapist fantasy that a large number of...

December 14, 2016

A Christmas List of Nope

The lovely and talented Simcha Fisher has published a list of things she doesn't appreciate...

December 13, 2016

The Annual Christmas Berserker Raid

Growing up, we didn't trim the Christmas tree until we lit the pink candle. We...

November 2016

November 28, 2016

Anything Is Likely To Happen In Columbus

I just turned on the computer to find out that there's been a mass attack on...