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Archive for October, 2009
Test
Posted in Uncategorized on October 29, 2009 | Comments Off
Into the ring
Posted in Uncategorized on October 25, 2009 | Comments Off
Several people have written me about Maureen Dowd’s column, to which I am mysteriously restrained from linking. Hmmm. My response is that I hope the Times is doing what justice and balance call for: confirming the word count for a response with Archbishop Dolan. (h/t Ann.) Later: By the way, if you would like a [...]
Randomness
Posted in Uncategorized on October 23, 2009 | 9 Comments »
There is much going on. What is going on does not prevent me from rabidly following the news, but what is going on serves as an obstacle to me writing about…anything. I’m in a state of suspended animation on two fronts – not in a negative way, mind you. I’m just waiting on final words [...]
Outcasts
Posted in Uncategorized on October 12, 2009 | Comments Off
Yesterday, we went to Mass at Casa Maria, the retreat house run by the Sister Servants of the Eternal Word. I try to go there when I can (that is, when I am not teaching adults Sunday morning or Katie is not teaching 2-year olds on Sunday morning…which doesn’t happen too often these days…that is, [...]
Why have children?
Posted in Uncategorized on October 12, 2009 | Comments Off
I don’t have any sort of Sitemeter on this blog, but WordPress does have a stats function. Every day – every single day, at least one person comes to this blog with the query, Why have children? And it’s usually more than one. Today it was four. I was curious about that, so I googled [...]
Friends
Posted in Uncategorized on October 3, 2009 | 15 Comments »
Molly and I became friends oh, maybe 13 years ago or so. She was David’s 4th grade teacher. And taught him at other times too, I think. I taught both of her daughters. Never taught her son, but for a year drove him to school. Molly was sharp and true, intuitive. A great teacher. She [...]
Obsolescence
Posted in Uncategorized on October 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Location: Trash collection area. Our apartment complex.
Seriously
Posted in Uncategorized on October 2, 2009 | 9 Comments »
It is interesting to me that two of the major film releases this weekend toy with themes of religious skepticism. The Invention of Lying is Ricky Gervais’ film about a world in which everyone tells the truth all the time until one fellow (Gervais, of course) starts lying. The biggest lie – not revealed in [...]
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