My Own Thoughts

“Saints are not supposed to rest in peace; they’re expected to keep busy, to perform miracles, to intercede. Being dead is no excuse for nonperformance of the supernatural.” I read it at Happy Catholic.

he was watching the news with his parents. The announcement of Roe v. Wade came down. He looked at his mother and said, “If that had been when I was born, I would be dead.” I grieve for the millions who are dead in the last thirty-five years and for their families who will never [...]

Fred Thompson has withdrawn from the race. The only true conservative in the whole race is gone.

My work on the youth ministry search committee is finished. Now I am attending a new church. That’s a bit weird. I put off leaving, even though I knew I was leaving, to finish the search committee work. Why? I thought the search was important. I thought God put me on it for a reason. [...]

Let us all breathe a sigh of relief. And, if you are able, sing loud and joyful hosannas. I’ve learned things about myself that I did not know. 1. I am not willing to let my son grow up in a church that is as conservative as some of the ones I grew up in. [...]

The Plague: Past, Present, and Future First Temple Seal found from the Jerusalem Post. There is a picture. The seal, which was bought in Babylon and dates to 538-445 BCE, portrays a common and popular cultic scene, Mazar said. The 2.1 x 1.8-cm. elliptical seal is engraved with two bearded priests standing on either side [...]

Et tu?, a new blog read for me, has started praying three times a day through The Liturgy of the Hours. I admire her decision and wonder what else I can do to make my prayer life more consistent.

The Onion has an article entitled “Area Eccentric Reads Entire Book.” That’s not as funny to me as it might be to other people, but…

Well, okay, it’s not Tetris. It’s a geography game. But I’ve been working on it for hours. And having fun. And learning. Travel IQ Challenge. I’ve played it a lot. My highest score so far is a 114. Supposedly I can upload this here, but I couldn’t figure out how. Thanks to Ravenwood’s Universe who [...]

I teach Oedipus in freshman classes at college. My students never can get how Oedipus could end up married to Jocasta. How about this for a real-life example? Separated Twins Marry Each Other Twins separated at birth have married each other without realising they were brother and sister, it has been revealed. Case has thrown [...]

I took my class yesterday all day long. I passed my written test with a perfect score. I passed my shooting test with about a 90%. I was nervous, but there was plenty of time and nothing was moving, so shooting wasn’t too bad. I know I wouldn’t be anywhere near that calm and accurate [...]

I went back through my blog looking for things that I noted for Dielli and my book. I have 31 pages worth of notes (single-spaced) on my blog. It was good to go through them all again and get them in my head, keeping them fresh. I wrote a short story last month. I want [...]

Roman warriors repaired their battle accessories with a superglue that is still sticking around after 2,000 years…. Roman glue was made of bitumen, bark pitch and animal grease from Cronaca Dielli

Citi Merchant… has decided not to “process credit card transactions between firearms retailers, distributors, and manufacturers.” See the press release from National Shooting Sports Foundation. Do we have a Citibank card we can close the account on? Say Uncle has comments on this. One says: Oh, BTW. Watch how you handle Citi and closing accounts [...]

Another 2750 pages read in romance novels for a total of 9554. Then three more… 750+9554=10,304 And another 57 days’ posts from various internet blogs. Total: 246 And 100 pages of science fiction. Total:1352

Blogburst blockbuster: Professor who white-washed the Crescent of Embrace was Paul Murdoch’s classmate at UCLA An excerpt from the Park Service investigation into the Flight 93 memorial identifies one of their consultants as a scholar from MIT who “wishes to remain anonymous.” Another document identifies this person as a religious scholar or a professor of [...]

This was my personal favorite. When I asked him about what he would say to an atheist and explained about my son, he immediately stopped and prayed for him. He also has the most experience of any of our candidates. My husband didn’t think he was a fit with the church after meeting him at [...]

Web MD has an article on the 7 pains you shouldn’t ignore. I have had the first four without it having been the extreme things it might have been. And the last… yeah, I’ve had the last. And must I remind you that just because a doctor doesn’t know what is causing the pain, it [...]

I’m five seconds after midnight here, but my last post says it was posted at 12:53. Why am I on Eastern time? And how do I change that, oh IT Guru and all around sexy guy?

The Prodigal Valentine by Karen Templeton has a main character who is hyper and talks a mile a minute and goes jumping around and is just gosh darn fun. I liked the book a lot. 245 pages