Brigid and I were in Washington the 28th to the 30th, with a swing down into Virginia to see my brother Jim and his wife Maria. We were in DC for the March for Life, which was mainly virtual but there were still some good activities which we were happy to get to. Thursday evening … Read more
Who I met long ago in Jamaica – he is an engineer – originally Canadian. Living in the USA now. Likes to send amusing stuff around. Here’s what he said in his email – I promise no more trump funnies Best regards GrahamB Pretty good!
I never heard of Barstool Sports until the owner, Dave Portnoy, started giving interviews months ago. I guess it's a sports & pop trends website? Portnoy on his own started raising money for small businesses that were heading for failure in the pandemic. So far he's raised $29 million and carefully vets the businesses he … Read more
UPDATE: Bill Donohue of the Catholic League disagrees with me that Larry King was a softball interviewer. He would know much better than I since he was interviewed many times by King and knew him well. And I hardly ever watched Larry King. Pretty famous CNN host – his show ran 25 years. 87 years … Read more
An editorial from last year, on the 47th anniversary of Roe V. Wade. Of course the March for Life this year will be a Virtual March – and it's next Friday the 29th. Pro-lifers are marching today, as they do every year, to commemorate a great evil that was done in January 1973 and to … Read more
I rarely post anything like this but on the very offhand recommendation of Joe we watched the eight part British Series "Broadchurch". Actually only season one – there are two more for us to look forward to… Great story, great acting, great writing. One catch – it's on Netflix, so if you don't have Netflix, … Read more
Decided to wait til after the inauguration to post this. Stuff sent to me by several people who will go nameless. My sons follow alternative media and when I told them I was surprised by this, they said "You shouldn't be." Naive old me.
Haha. Nice. Good for the New Year. That is Yorkminster Cathedral – in York where Brigid spent her formative years.
My friend Bill sent me this awhile ago – thought I'd wait til the end of the Administration to post – Not open for debate. I have listened to everyone else’s hatred and rhetoric for months, so now I am having my day. If you don’t like it, you know where the delete button is. … Read more
Yes, here it is with Fr. Nelson the celebrant. Brigid and I loved it – but with the pandemic it will not be repeated this year. But next year … ! And the Holy Name of Mary Chapel was packed. The Mass started at 7PM and went til 8:10. Before Mass, a procession getting … Read more