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September 28, 2010

Can you name all these celebs? -UPDATED

Look at how people used to dress! Like grown-ups! And this seems to have been...

September 19, 2010

Defending Christine O' Donnell

A week after her stunning upset in the Delaware primaries, I find myself in the...

September 17, 2010

A little slowdown, but…

I've often said that like a cheap wine, I don't travel well; shortly after a...

September 14, 2010

Exaltation of the Holy Cross

Crux Fidelis Faithful cross, above all other, One and only noble tree: None in foliage,...

September 13, 2010

The Hardest Words

GUEST POST WRITTEN BY DANIELLE BEAN I have been thinking about apologies, as both a...

September 13, 2010

I Am Not a Logical Person

GUEST POST BY SIMCHA FISHER: If I were, I would have won this game much,...

September 12, 2010

Today in History: September 12

As the timeline feature on my iGoogle homepage informs me, Olympic gold medalist Jesse Owens...

September 12, 2010

"Show us your teeth!"

(image source) It's stories like this that make me feel glad I (a) am out...

September 11, 2010

Art and Music: Updated

My digital camera has gone to Germany to see the Oberammergau Passion Play, in company...

September 11, 2010

Irrelevant loveliness

I don't have anything to say on this terrible anniversary. Here is something beautiful to...

September 10, 2010

Eucharistic Congress

This weekend we'll be attending the Diocese of Charlotte's annual Eucharistic Congress, in Uptown Charlotte,...

September 10, 2010

Another Disorienting "Ism"

A little while back I gave you a little taste of Disorientation; How to go...

September 10, 2010

Fr. Barron & Hawking

Excellent video, Check it out! Also, an English non-Catholic gives us Ten reasons to love...

September 10, 2010

And Then He Was Four

Know what I think? I think little boys should not be allowed to turn four...

September 10, 2010

Seven Quick Takes: Movies We're Almost Ready to Watch

In our recent discussion about the dubious heroism of Columbus, Lincoln, and Joel Hodgson (well,...

September 09, 2010

WWJD? Is There a Better Question?

It’s on teen wristbands, hats, and t-shirts. I even once saw WWJD? tattooed on a...

September 09, 2010

Betty Butterfield

I don't think Betty Butterfield is an acquired taste -- I think you either find...

September 08, 2010

A Hymn for Compline

This video's a little New-Agey, but the hymn is a beautiful one for the end...

September 08, 2010

We love Papa! And Espresso!

I had certainly hoped to have posted more pictures of Rome by now, but it's...

September 08, 2010

Narthex! Narf!

A little hopped on espresso over here...Narf! You might like today's Word of the Day!

September 08, 2010

Girls Gone Mild

(I stole the title for this blog post from Wendy Shalit's awesome book on a...

September 08, 2010

A little blaze (Simcha Fisher)

GUEST POST WRITTEN BY SIMCHA FISHER: In discussing history with my older kids, I always...

September 07, 2010

Desperately Not Seeking . . .

Youtube adoramus te christe palestrina. I have a name-twin who plays the violin-a. Unless they...

September 07, 2010

River of clothes

image source In the great river of used clothing that courses through America, our family...

September 07, 2010

Rome is Not to be Shrugged Off!

My column this week shares a little bit of what I have learned from Rome...

September 07, 2010

My Annual Homeschool Freak Out

Tomorrow morning we start our homeschool year. I often choose the Nativity of Mary as...

September 06, 2010

For Square-Note Squares Like Me

When your parish choir has six people, and that number can on any given week...

September 06, 2010

A little game for Labor Day

I hope nobody minds if I re-post something from my blog from last week. (In...

September 06, 2010

Do You Make Your Wife a Better Mother?

(Note: This column was originally published at Fathers for Good, an online initiative of the...

September 05, 2010

A Boppy-cheeked Angel