Oh dear. The patriarch of our chinchilla family is gone. Brigid found him around 5 pm yesterday at the bottom of his cage. She called me quite upset, and I came back from my office and had to tell Joe, who was taking a nap. We don’t know what happened. We got him about 6 … Read more
Stuck on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, students from Nebraska and Iowa who’d traveled to DC for the March for life – whole story at the the link. At about 9:30 p.m. Friday, the buses lurched to a stop at mile marker 133, and the group had to become comfortable for awhile — because there they stayed … Read more
Nice little job by the Jesuit publication, with mostly interviews with young students.
The bus was cancelled, so a few of us drove down. The weather was really not a problem; started snowing after one o’clock & didn’t affect the drive back. The numbers were MUCH lower – probably 20-25,000, a quarter of the #’s for the last few years. The weather. Media coverage -. Nothing on … Read more
In a talk he gave yesterday. Pope strongly upholds Christian marriage The Roman Rota judges individual cases against the laws of Christian marriage, and thereby fulfills a dual role, showing the Church’s compassion and at the same time its fidelity to Christ’s teaching, the Pontiff said. Through the tribunal, he explained, the Church “can show … Read more
Which of course makes Gina Woman of the Year! This is from last Thursday’s dinner honoring Joe for his last four years as the Knights of Columbus local Council’s Grand Knight. And Joe and Gina are a big presence in our community and our Parish. Or as Mike Reynolds, our new Grand Knight says, our … Read more
January 16th was the tenth anniversary of my autologous (given my own previously harvested stem cells back) transplant. (If you hit that link you'll see what is probably not the greatest picture of me.) The stem cells then rebuilt my immune system which was compromised by my prior six days of high dose chemotherapy. That … Read more
I vividly remember this guy, with his "screwjie" (screwball pitch), as described by Phil Rizzuto. He saved Whitey Ford's bacon during Ford's great 25 win 1961 season, which was far and away Arooyo's best season. He was 88. Some nice photos at both of these links. He was an All-Star in his rookie season in … Read more
Played great rugby at 33 years old in the World Cup. when he first played for hte All Blacks in 2003, he was a wrecking ball, headhunting center. By the end of his career with New Zealnad he was the ultimate inside center. Now playing for Toulon in France.
A very fine short (14 paragraphs) essay yesterday. As an aside, many of the comments left about the essay (NY Times readers after all) show a real disdain for religion in general and Christianity in particular. If you doubt me or think I'm being unfair, just read the comments. We moderns assume that compassion for … Read more