I posted this yesterday, Pope Francis – all religions lead to God? and the usual suspects complained. I'm just sooo dumb. Here is just about my favorite prelate, Capuchin Archbishop Charles Chaput on the Pope's comments. It's in the journal First Things. 11 paragraphs, if you hit the link it takes five minutes to read. … Read more
Radiation directly to the cancer cells.
All the Pope haters immediately jumped to a certain conclusion. Here is what he said in Singapore and a correct interpretation.
People in the know, will know.
“Both are against life, be it the one who kicks out migrants or the one who [supports] killing babies,” Francis reportedly told journalists during a press conference aboard his papal plane. “Both are against life.” He argued that Scripture says migration is a right and that anyone who doesn’t welcome a stranger is committing a … Read more
This is from Callista Gingrich who is the wife of Newt. I had forgotten or never knew that she had been the US Ambassador to the Vatican. It's a nice summary of his trip and where he visited. Brigid and I did watch some bits on EWTN and youtube. Love this picture. Pope Francis’s 45th … Read more
Another three ingredient cocktail – cognac, orange liqueur, and lemon juice – which changes as you vary the ratios. You don't have to sugar the rim, and you can add demarara syrup. The link below the video shows four variations and answers the question of which came first, the cocktail or the motorcycle attachment. … Read more
Good on Bon Jovi! Here is the short version and a link to a longer – 3 minutes version – is below it. Here's the long version – Incredible moment Jon Bon Jovi stops woman from potentially jumping off a bridge
I am reading this guy’s original huge bestseller Sapiens. He presents a number of interesting arguments on the development of “Sapiens” (that’s us). I am only a bit more than 10% through the book but so far finding holes in his various arguments.
Like for most people today is a sorrowful day. Below is a posting I first put up in 2006. Tommy should be 53. The comments on his Legacy Tribute page are 100+ pages. I knew seven people killed on 9/11. But I only knew one of them real well. I knew Tom Knox (“Tommy”) because … Read more