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Category Archives: Lighter fare
Thinking “outside the box” in Blackfen
Over at Mulier Fortis place, there is a post about the angst, the deep frustration, of my friend the Parish Priest of Blackfen, Fr. Tim Finigan, His Hermeneuticalness himself. Apparently the Parochus Nigerpaludensis is struggling with the news that a … Read More
Pres. Obama didn’t build that deli… this guy did!
Is a picture still worth a thousand words? Has there been inflation? Here is a shot of a deli-owner in Iowa who recently helped to cater a visit by Pres. Obama. In the WaPo story we learn that this is Ross … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Lighter fare
Tagged 2012, Davenport, deli, November 2012, Pres. Obama, socialism
48 Comments
48 Comments
A reader’s liturgical observation and Fr. Z’s ironic ranting light-heartedly serious response
From a reader: Tonight [15 August], due to work, I was not able to attend mass at my parish for the Feast of the Assumption. That was not a problem, because my office is a block away from my diocese’s … Read More
Our Lord on Liturgical Abuses
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Wherein Fr. Z Makes a Suggestion for the Vice-Presidential Candidates’ Debate
Other people are starting to comment about an upcoming vice-presidential candidates’ debate. I have a suggestion. Perhaps the organizers should have something like the “mercy rule” used in some sports. You know the rule: when one team runs up … Read More
Posted in Lighter fare
Tagged debate, mercy rule, November 2012, Paul Ryan, Pres. Obama, Vice President, VP Biden
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70 Comments
LCWR Nuns are “the real thing”
Tom Fox of the Fishwrap was one the honored invited speakers at the recent meeting of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR – a subsidiary of the Magisterium of Nuns). He has a brief but gushy post at … Read More
At loggerheads over “pluck-buffet”
Yesterday – I forgot to post this – the Oxford English Dictionary‘s Word of the Day was appropriate both for the Olympics but also -if you stumble into the pronunciation trap English sets for us all – for Chick-fil-A Appreciation … Read More
Posted in Lighter fare
Tagged >Oxford English Dictionary, Chick-fil-A, Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day, e, English, Etymology, loggerheads, pluck, pluck-buffet
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8 Comments
Spiffy photo of real nuns on Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day!
For Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day, a friend sent me this spiffy photo of real nuns. I’ll bet the Magisterium of Nuns has boycotted Chick-fil-A. Tonight I will make chicken in solidarity with Chick-fil-A. By the way… on Monday I ate beef, … Read More
Posted in Fr. Z's Kitchen, Just Too Cool, Lighter fare
Tagged beef, Chick-fil-A, Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day, chicken, nuns, USDA
91 Comments
91 Comments
2012
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