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May 2006

May 24, 2006

Thank you for your donations…

Hopefully, my day-from-the-seventh-ring-of-hades (don't even ask) will soon get better and I'll actually be able...

May 22, 2006

Bryn and Meat Loaf? Hush your mouf!

Okay now, someone who wants to upset me has sent me this comparison of my...

April 2006

April 05, 2006

Looming Deadline means light blogging

:::Stickied to Top for Now:::Scroll down for newer stuff::: For the next few weeks, anyway,...

March 2006

March 30, 2006

Me vs Us: The Return of History

If you read nothing else today, please take time to read Gerard Vanderleun's stunning and...

March 23, 2006

I know He understands…

Related: My Afternoon With Bryn Bryn Terfel Celebrity Blogs A Musical Occasion of Sin

March 23, 2006

Working on the “get cheerful” thing

A picture from my elder son. He's such a good-natured and eccentric fellow.

March 21, 2006

The mystery of my mood…

Hmph. Well, mystery of my mood is solved. My whole mouth is broken out with...

March 20, 2006

O Anchoress, Where art thou?

Here I is! I apologize for the quiet weekend...recall a few weeks ago I wrote...

March 16, 2006

Why you want to marry an Irish girl

Because we sing like angels, our eyes smile and...we make kick-ass Irish Soda Bread. I...

March 14, 2006

My Afternoon with Bryn – UPDATED

Dear Lord; I'm feeling a little overwhelmed here. It's bad enough that the Holy Spirit...

March 14, 2006

With thanks to “Iris…”

I do not know who you are, and so I cannot send you an email...

March 13, 2006

Coffee press w/ carafe?

This looks SO KEWL! I know someone ordered this via Amazon - if you would...

March 13, 2006

Email…I get email….

And I'm still a little overloaded. Going on retreat last weekend seemed to have set...

March 07, 2006

I’s an Iris?

You are an Iris: You are logical, analytical, dignified, and wise. You are studious by...

March 07, 2006

Back from retreat! What’d I miss?

Near as I can tell, I missed the Oscars, but even the dresses didn't seem...

February 2006

February 27, 2006

A dragon defeated…

Okay - I'm back. A little slappy and rubber-kneed, like a boxer who has gone...

February 25, 2006

If you could spare a prayer…

I learned last night that a family member ffamily has cancer that has metastasized to...

February 16, 2006

“EVERYDAY I have to vote for you?”

My poor, much-put-upon l'il bro Thom was a little nonplussed when I asked him to...

February 13, 2006

The death of handwriting?

I hope not but I fear perhaps this article is right. At the very least,...

February 09, 2006

A mea culpa and a bleg – Updated

Mea Culpa: Light blogging so far because I am having serious - and tiring -...

February 08, 2006

Ah, well, so I’m not mainstream…

Never was. Julie at Happy Catholic links to the so-called Top 10 Cultural Magnets which...

February 07, 2006

Two knee-slapping lists!

Two very clever lists - one from Shrinkrapped, in which the good doctor tries to...

February 04, 2006

Down with the flu – the world rages on

Sorry. I know it's a big news cycle, with the cartoons and all. Hate to...

January 2006

January 30, 2006

Jane is gone…

I cannot believe this. No one can. Two days after a wonderful Christmas she has...

January 20, 2006

Thank you, anonymous donor…

From time to time someone hits the Amazon Honor System button and is gracious and...

January 17, 2006

This time of year, my inner gay-man is out!

You folks haven't seen my inner gay man since last year's Oscars but he's in...

January 12, 2006

A day for follow-ups and clarification

I am still trying to plow through a great many emails, and so I hope...

January 10, 2006

Christmas is really over…

In so far as the church calendar was concerned, the season of Christmas ended yesterday,...

January 09, 2006

Sometimes providential…

I've been battling a flu for the past day or so - got a headache,...

January 09, 2006

A million hits, a million thanks!

Reader Miquel, and Sigmund were both nice enough to advise me of what I had...