I’ve spent the first five days of vacation with myself or various members of the family enjoying a stomach bug. It seems that every time I take time off or have a long weekend, illness or injury ensues.
We’re really, really hoping that the wee-est ones dont come down with it tomorrow in the car, as [...]

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Indiana Jones movie upsets communists:
MOSCOW, Russia (AP) — Members of Russia’s Communist Party are calling for a nationwide boycott of the new Indiana Jones movie, saying it aims to undermine communist ideology and distort history.

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Please, if you have a moment, say a prayer for a personal intention of mine that is greatly in need of heavenly assistance.
Thank you.

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I just wrapped up an pre-taped interview with Son Rise Morning Show host Brian Patrick of Sacred Heart Radio. The topic was recommended summer reading, and I am long-winded enough that they only had time for three of my five picks.
I think much more clearly in writing, but I enjoy these interviews. That makes it [...]

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Lorraine, former blogger for the Catholic Restorationists project, recently announced her intention to join the monastic life.
Faced with college debt, she wasn’t sure how she could follow the call in the short term, but then the Mater Ecclesiae Fund for Vocations came to her aide.
She sent me an e-mail explaining her story, and how MEFV [...]

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I am a huge fan of Ricky Gervais’s original BBC version of The Office. A buddy of mine discovered it about 6 years ago, and when he came to visit, we watched the entire first season in one sitting.
Perhaps this is why I absolutely, positively, CAN NOT STAND the American version. I want it to [...]

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If you haven’t read anything about Britain’s move to allow human-animal hybrid embryo research, it’s sort of stunning. Stunning in the fact that the limeys seem to be pulling out all the stops for a full-steam ahead changeover from the UK to the Island of Dr. Moreau/Huxley’s London circa A.F. 632:
British scientists will be allowed [...]

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The Jerusalem Post is reporting today that Bush & Co. have revealed plans to attack Iran before the end of the administration to a senior Israeli official:
US President George W. Bush intends to attack Iran in the upcoming months, before the end of his term, Army Radio quoted a senior official in Jerusalem as saying [...]

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I ask because he evidently has no concern for what putting someone like Barack Obama in the White House will do to our already sour economy. While he’s just hit $62 billion in personal wealth - making him the richest man in the world - I just saw him say in a CNN interview that [...]

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I have a lot of bad habits. From eating late at night to getting angry over little things to my inability to let things go (that last one got me in trouble yesterday, and I’m feeling like a real jerk about it.)
Like most guys, marriage has cast a harsh light on my many failings. The [...]

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