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Category Archives: Lighter fare
Google Translator v. Lame-Duck ICEL – COLLECT 27th Sunday
Google Translator has added Latin. I am skeptical. That said. A reader sent this: Noting your skepticism about Google Translate’s addition of Latin, I have a suggestion: What if we tried a head-to-head comparison of Google Translate to the old … Read More
QUAERITUR: Use of the beretta at Mass in the Ordinary Form
From a reader: Can a beretta be used in the OF? When would it be used? Yes, without question! But make sure that it is clean and in good working order so that it doesn’t misfire. I would use … Read More
COFFEE MUGS GONE WILD 4
A kind reader, AN, sent a photo of her travel mug the other day, thus brightening up a pretty dismal battle with the blog. Fill yours with some coffee. And send your snaps!
AIYEEYEEE! TALIBAN CATHOLICS! AIYEEYEEE!
I think the first time I ever heard of “Catholic Taliban”, it was years ago in an editorial by Al Matt, editor of The Wanderer. He was referring to a brand of traditionalist who is, as I sometimes identify them, … Read More
Posted in Lighter fare, Throwing a Nutty
Tagged Austen Ivereigh, John L. Allen, Taliban Catholics
28 Comments
28 Comments
Of Blogs and Magic
In the work going on behind the scenes to make the blog.. well… work, I have had an enlightening experience. Never in life did I imagine I would see this combination of letters in an actual sentence: "I’m using a … Read More
Litany for the conversion of internet thugs.
A work in progress. I am willing to take some intelligent suggestions and additions. Litany for the conversion of internet thugs.(private use only, and when truly irritated, and when the alternative is foul language) Lord, have mercy.Christ, have mercy.Lord, have … Read More
Posted in Lighter fare, New Evangelization, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged digital age, internet
16 Comments
16 Comments
Something I missed in Westminster
I watched the live feed of the Holy Father’s visit today pretty closely. But Vincenzo of Sancte Pater – the official WDTPRS photoshopper – caught a screenshot I missed.
VORTEX REPORT: What is that … growth?
As you know, my friends and I have been exploring … The Vortex. We managed to send in the remote probe to take photos of the thing, a portentous plant or growth of some kind, in or near the epicenter … Read More
Posted in Classic Posts, Global Killer Asteroid Questions, Lighter fare, Linking Back
Tagged probe, The Vortex
5 Comments
5 Comments
VORTEX REPORT: What IS that … portentous plant? That… growth?
Some time ago I was in Kansas City, MO, and I posted about … …The Vortex. Sometime after a frequent participant here posted the comment: Somebody needs to determine the identity of the tree in the middle of . . … Read More
