Hotter Than New Love

I’m not sad that Chicago lost the Olympics. In fact, it fills me with glee and giddiness that the IOC, possibly the most corrupt institution outside of Cook County, IL, snubbed B.O, Mrs. B.O, Oprah and our old friend Michael Jordan. Apparently, though ‘widely popular’ abroad, B.O.’s popularity could not get Chicago out of the [...]

With all of the heavy dealings of the modern age, here are two websites guaranteed to make you laugh, or cry, or both. www.peopleofwalmart.com www.thisiswhyyourefat.com Cheers?

Lately I’ve been pondering the future of this blog. Initially, I started writing as a volunteer blog with CAP, then as a winemaker/vagabond blog. Throughout the entirety of this experiment I’ve tried to defend and show the glorious beauty of a devout Catholic life. I’m wondering if I should continue writing it as I have [...]

“The State which would provide everything, absorbing everything into itself, would ultimately become a mere bureaucracy incapable of guaranteeing the very thing which the suffering person — every person — needs: namely, loving personal concern. We do not need a State which regulates and controls everything, but a State which, in accordance with the principle [...]

This morning, the kids in Mass seemed particularly unruly. Maybe it’s a full moon, who knows. I try to think of this as an exercise in focus and concentration. There is a passage from C.S. Lewis’ “Screwtape Letters” that speaks to this point, how the devil can achieve a victory by distracting you during Mass, [...]

I’ve noticed, as of late, that when someone dies in our country, the standard method of procedure is to immediately beatify them in a secular way. The best examples I can think of are Michael Jackson and Ted Kennedy. Far from desecrating the memory of the dead, our culture seems to be systematically highlighting the [...]