Category Archives: Lighter fare

Coffee and You. A POLL.

Thanks to all of you who have been ordering Mystic Monk Coffee and Tea from the Carmelites in Wyoming.  You are helping them build their new monastery and put groceries on the table.  You are also helping me put groceries … Read More

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LATINUM ITER MONTANUM … WYOMINGENSE

My friend Prof. Nancy Llewellyn of Wyoming Catholic College sent the following: Since you’re a fan of Wyoming and a strenuissimus fautor of Latin, I thought you might be interested to know that the Latin Program here at WCC has … Read More

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“The People’s Gasoline”

A friend sent me a link to this clip from Volunteers: [wp_youtube]6qLzQ4uOvio[/wp_youtube] Mind you, I am not deeply versed in or devoted to the films of John Candy, but there was something about this which sounded resonated with me.  There … Read More

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Horsing around

There are famous horses.  I’ll bet you can think of a few with no effort at all. Off the top of my head there were famous real horses, such as Alexander’s Bucephalous, Caesar’s strange toed-steed which I think was also … Read More

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Listen closely.

From a priest friend comes this. [wp_youtube]bYI_aOyCn9Y[/wp_youtube]

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I just don’t get it. Do they hate what they claim to want to be?

Over at Coo-ees In The Cloister: Look at this photo.  What does it say to you?  What questions come to mind as you look at the way these people are dressed, at the signs they are holding? Is there any … Read More

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The Pope, The Pill, and the Renewed Babylonian Captivity of the Church

Robert Mickens has shared the angst of his publication The Tablet (aka The Bitter Pill) about a piece of clothing.  Not just any clothing, papal clothing. Pope Benedict, Yes, Benedict XVI wore over his choir dress a stole decorated with … Read More

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A fun commercial back on the air

These days a slightly shortened version of this fantastic commercial has found its way back onto TV. One of the best commercials I have seen in years.  I think it was a big Super Bowl commercial. [wp_youtube]R55e-uHQna0[/wp_youtube] I don’t watch … Read More

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Of things astronomic and thanks to readers on the Autumnal Equinox

Firstly, as I reported before there is a huge piece of flaming hurtling death-inflicting space junk falling to earth even as I write.  I calmly explained the facts here in my post entitled “RUN! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES! FALLING BURNING … Read More

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Peace bee with you.

Not since the Barbarini will there have been so many bees around the Pope. This is from VIS: BEES FOR THE PONTIFICAL FARMS AT CASTELGANDOLFO VATICAN CITY, 20 SEP 2011 (VIS) – As part of its initiatives to mark the … Read More

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