When the St. Barnabas featured speaker Dr. John Mark Reynolds had been talking for a while, Greg leaned over and said, “Admit it — you’re going to blog about this.” I looked at him in some surprise. I was? What was I going to say? After only a short time, it was obvious I wouldn’t […]

My flight came in on time, but Greg’s was 1 1/2 hours delayed, so deja vu — once again sitting in the LA Airport. Or LAX, as the baggage tags say. Where do they get these acronyms from anyway? Where’d the ‘x’ come from? And if I was sitting outside of the airport, would I […]

Hamburgers on Wednesday. It’s that time again — we’re on the big countdown to Lent, but this week is fast-free. So why the week of exemption? Orthodixie had and interesting thought on that:
…this is a fast free week, so that when we eat our ice cream on Wednesday and pizza on Friday we will remember […]

Well, my flight out to San Diego didn’t go well. It looked like it would go well. I was in the highly-coveted A boarding group on Southwest. I was there in plenty of time and, more importantly, so was the plane. There wasn’t a sprawling long line queued up to get on. And I thought […]

Well, shoot. I really, really wanted not to get caught up posting right now, because I’ve got a million things to do. But then, Greg sent me this article from Peggy Noonan and … well, what’s a girl to do?
When you hear name-calling like what we’ve been hearing from the elite media this week, […]

This was a quote in our choir director’s e-mail, and I thought it was something everyone could use:
“When you worship God with hymns, you should be worshipping Him with your entire being: your voice should sing; your heart should also sing; and your life should also sing. Everything should sing!”
–Blessed Augustine Enarrat. In Ps. CXLIII, […]

Michael Crichton fans won’t be disappointed with his latest. For those who have loved “Andromedra Strain”, “Jurassic Park” and the other, what, 300? or so books he’s written, you’ll find his trademark edge-of-your-seat thriller with pages and pages of enough scientific back-story to make you think that if it hasn’t happened yet, it could at […]

That title comes from a Sondheim song, a primal scream of singleness called “Being Alive”:
“Someone to need you too much
Someone to know you too well
Someone to pull you up short
And put you through hell
…Make me alive, make me confused
Mock me with praise, let me be used
Vary my days, but alone is alone, not alive!”
Fine little […]

I’ve been watching the HBO show “Carnivale” for the past couple weeks. I’m hopelessly behind on all the intricate plot twists and back-story, but I’ve found that that hasn’t kept me from getting a little hooked on it.
Which is good. The classic HBO hits like “Sopranos” and “Six Feet Under” have gotten me in the […]

Vodka Pundit seconds the Wall St. Journal’s opinion on the Eason Jordan story that maybe it’s not such a big deal.

Jordan is Executive VP of CNN and if you who don’t know the story, you shouldn’t feel uninformed. The Mainstream Media (MSM) outlets have once again circled the wagons and decided that nothing is a […]