http://steveskojec.com "Cogito, Ergo Blog" Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:17:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en (Otherwise, the joke may at least partially elude you): (For the full-sized version, go here) http://steveskojec.com/2008/08/20/if-youre-between-25-and-35-this-is-hilarious/ If you aren't really Web 2.0 savvy, and haven't a clue what social bookmarking is, in my opinion the best example is Digg.com. I use Digg regularly, and often find a lot of interesting stories there that I would probably never find otherwise. The principle involved is quite simple - users ... http://steveskojec.com/2008/08/20/catholic-social-bookmarking/ The Onion reports on an exciting product development: After decades of coddling young children, Johnson & Johnson unveiled its new "Nothing But Tears" shampoo this week, an aggressive bath-time product the company says will help to prepare meek and fragile newborns for the real world. A radical departure for the health goods ... http://steveskojec.com/2008/08/20/might-not-be-a-bad-idea/ There are some headlines you just never expect to see. "Puerto Rico Corpse Kept Upright For 3-Day Wake" is one of them. The story is weird enough on its own. The pictures, though, they elevate the thing to a whole 'nother level of bizarre. I'm a big fan of the corpse's ... http://steveskojec.com/2008/08/19/weekend-at-bernies-iii/ My response to Mark Shea's critique of angry trads is up at Inside Catholic. Let's see if we can get more than 300 comments on this one... ;) http://steveskojec.com/2008/08/19/because-i-hate-to-see-a-good-trad-debate-die/ That's my philosophy on alcohol, and I'm sticking to it. And it's what I couldn't help thinking of when I read this AP story this morning about a growing movement to drop the drinking age back down to 18: College presidents from about 100 of the nation's best-known universities, including Duke, ... http://steveskojec.com/2008/08/19/responsible-drinking-begins-at-home/ You can find it over at Inside Catholic. Students of history will always find the month of August a little ominous. In August 1920, the Red Army invading Poland (led by neoconservative hero Leon Trotsky) nearly captured Warsaw and spilled into central Europe, whence it might well have conquered a prostrate ... http://steveskojec.com/2008/08/19/john-zmirak-has-a-good-piece-on-the-russia-situation/ You just have to know where to look for it. http://steveskojec.com/2008/08/18/catholic-culture-exists/ http://steveskojec.com/2008/08/18/i-want-one-of-these-signs/ Today, in addition to being my Mother's birthday (and the eve of Kiana's, as well) is, of course, the Feast of the Assumption. For Mass today we went to Old St. John's in Silver Spring (also known as Our Lady, Queen of Poland). This parish has the distinction of having been the ... http://steveskojec.com/2008/08/15/a-blessed-feast-of-the-assumption/