My birthday; I took the Rockport VO2 max test
This is a semi-significant birthday (actually all birthdays are significant…). So I decided to test my VO2 max, which is a measure of cardiovascular fitness – “the maximum rate of oxygen your body can absorb, transport , and utilize during intense physical activity. It stands as the gold standard measurement for evaluating cardiovascular fitness and … Read more
Next Star Trek movie will be changing it’s tune – and focus.
For me the idea of a new Star Trek movie is a big “Who cares?” but I admit I found this online article interesting. In 1987, when Star Trek: The Next Generation debuted, the biggest question was simple: Could the idea of Star Trek exist without the characters and situations from the classic 1960s TV … Read more
Friday cocktail – the Vieux Carre!
this is a wonderful New Orleans cocktail I thought I’d already posted about, but turns out I haven’t. It can be stirred and then poured into a cocktail glass as in the short video, or just made on the rocks in a glass. Farandaville recipe below the video. Farandaville does ’em this way 3/4 oz. … Read more
Democratic Socialists of America Platform – here it is.
Here it is – link below the picture and then a brief commentary from CatholicVote. Highly recommend you hit the link and at least scroll through. They are certainly straightforward about their goals. DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST OF AMERICA. OUR PROGRAM. This from Kelsey Reinhardt – an excerpt emailed from CatholicVote. The Democratic Socialists of America’s newly … Read more
“Bishop Paprocki: SSPX ‘basically another Protestant sect’ now”
The SSPX is a fringe breakaway group from the Catholic Church which officially went into schism when they took it on themselves to ordain 4 Bishops. I think it’s safe to call them fringe – their own directory lists eight Churches or Chapels in NY State (There are 1,644 Catholic parishes in the state). No … Read more