I was tagged by Handmaid Mary Leah to give eight random facts about myself.
It actually took me a little while to come up with them, which ought to knock down the idea that these are all that random. But anyway, I’ll try not to make a simple thing complicated …

I’ve sung a Blues Brothers medley […]

I can sum up all the recent conversation about the problems with movies these days by saying this about the video clip below:

My sister e-mailed me the link for free
I’m embedding the link here for free
It’s five seconds long

I laughed harder at this than at anything I’ve seen recently in a 90-minute “comedy”

The title […]

As sometimes happens, the conversation that emerged from this post became more interesting than the original post, and so I’m bringing the conversation into a new post. Make sense?
Barbara commented:
The last time I saw a full house at the cinema was for the three installments of the “Lord of the Rings”. Friends in France and […]

(One of the reflections in “My Life in Christ” gave me a quote to add to the random quotes that appear as “A Word” on the blog. Those quotes have to be short to fit in the space I’ve got, and I’m always on the watch for ones that are pithy enough to give a […]

I just rented a pay-per-view movie that I really, really disliked. I disliked it so much that I didn’t pause it when I went downstairs to get a snack. And once I was down there, I unloaded the dishwasher and took the astonished dog out for a long backyard potty break. But it was no […]

My godson Nicodemus has started blogging and asked me if I had any words of advice. On this subject (as with so many others), there are others that would have much more wisdom to offer, but since they are humble enough to stay quiet on the subject, I’ll go ahead and give my idea of […]

(I have a friend who is a serial e-mailer — everyone has one or two of those friends, right? They send everybody e-mail humor, cons, inspiration and supposed news bulletins that are usually bogus (”Send this e-mail to 3000 of your friends!!! Congress is passing a bill to tax churchgoers and casserole-makers up to $30,000 […]

It seems certain that I’m going to start quoting this one as I did with “Diary of a Russian Priest” so I might as well give a bit of introduction and information to anyone who isn’t already familiar with this Orthodox gem.

“My Life in Christ” is a volume full of snippets from a short paragraph […]

Watch your heart during all your life — examine it, listen to it, and see what prevents its union with the most blessed Lord. Let this be for you the science of all sciences, and with God’s help you will easily observe what estranges you from God, and what draws you towards Him and unites […]

Just using the blogosphere for my personal gain, but do any of you good cooks out there have a recipe you really like for Peach Cobbler? My mom is coming in about a week and she and I both love it, but I’ve never found a recipe I quite like. I could go internet hunting, […]