We don’t do this too often, but judging from the number of off topic discussions that have erupted in some of the threads recently, I decided that some of our commenters might enjoy a post where they could discuss what interests them. The usual blog rules regarding charity and not engaging in personal attacks apply. Otherwise, this forum is yours, so long as the topics, broadly speaking, relate to the Church and/or the US.
Off Topic
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 41 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
Will the *Catholic* Church survive in America in more genuine form? Or, given current events, will it eventually morph into a mutated, Protestantized version yielding to the dominant American and even secular culture?
In other words, how will the Catholic Church in America look like 50-100 years from now?
“Catholic begins with CAT it’s got to be good”.
Vashi T Cat
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Both. Pray for the Church.
I like Empire Total War.
I played as Catholic Austria today. Does that count?
Another geek. Pray.
On a more important topic, has the designated hitter rule corrupted the American spirit?
Hank,
That’s what I was afraid of.
God Save His Church in America.
“On a more important topic, has the designated hitter rule corrupted the American spirit?”
As the Gospel According to Matt clearly teaches:
“Our Salvation doesn’t depend on Baseball!”
I love Empire Total War Joe! I can’t wait for the Napoleon Expansion before Christmas. We’ll call this commentary on American culture!
I have to admit, I think I’m addicted to Civ4.
Love those Romans!
LOL @ e. about the Gospel According to Matt!
“Our Salvation doesn’t depend on Baseball!”
I hope you have it Tito with the Beyond the Sword Expansion which, in my opinion, is when the game came into its own.
About the “Beyond the Sword” expansion, I find the description of the Apostolic Palace in Wikipedia humerous as well as eerily realistic!
Civ4 is awesome, but you have to have the Beyond the Sword expansion. That way you can–as you must–play the Byzantines.
I want to see a graphically up to date game set in the 16th-17-th centuries. These are the neglected centuries of historical strategy games.
One exception was Cossacks: European Wars. But its old.
This one looks promising Joe.
http://games.gamepressure.com/game_info.asp?ID=12467
Try Europa Universalis.
Europa Universalis III In Nomine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_Universalis_III:_In_Nomine
My favorite bumper sticker of all time was not a bumper sticker at all. Someone had simply written on the back of their car with a big black marker, “So many cats, so few recipes.”
Also:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8585196278388210835#
I’ve always wanted to drive a beat up, rusted out car with the bumper sticker “I Used To Be An Honor Roll Student”
Brett’s a kind soul, is this website only allowing pre-teens to post??
Thanks . . I think?
No, Tom. But you’re allowed to post as long as your parents say it’s ok. I may have to give them a call if you keep being rude….
“I’ve always wanted to drive a beat up, rusted out car with the bumper sticker “I Used To Be An Honor Roll Student”
That’s me to a T… I was an honor roll student and I actually do drive a beat up, rusty old car (just had to spend $400 today to get the catalytic converter, coil, and a couple of spark plugs replaced… oh well, it’s still cheaper than buying a new one) 🙂
Is this truly an off topic thread then??
“It was a crazy ditty with a swingin’ tune
Sing a boop boop aboopa lopa lum bam boom.”
Yeah, my car’s nothing to brag about, but isn’t quite old enough yet – and it would just look wrong on my wife’s minivan with our kids in it ;-).
I wonder if there’s enough interest among the AC readers to participate in a game of Civ4?
Not as awesome as the cat video, but I think it was curt jester that pointed out this cool pic.
That was great foxfier!
From the post foxfier linked:
“(not pictured: The Devil pissing his pants)”
LOL! THAT is priceless!
And they keep trying to convince us catnip’s just a harmless herb…
I thought Nora the Piano-Playing Cat was pretty cool. It’s nice to see she’s inspiring kittens out there to follow in her pawsteps. But somebody needs to bring that kid a couple of phone books.
As the Writer of the Gospel According to Matt preached:
It has to be co-ed so that we can show off more than merely our superior athletic, I mean, strategic skills.
I think Nora the Piano Playing Cat has, what, 6 million You Tube views… my daughter probably accounts for at least 1 million of them 🙂
By popular demand:
As you can plainly see, we are all devout Cat-holics 🙂
Ouch!
Nora now has her own Wikipedia entry, which includes the following:
“The Times of London, in its online edition, characterized her music as being “something halfway between Philip Glass and free jazz.” Public Radio International challenged its listeners to distinguish between Nora’s music and the atonal compositions of composers like Alban Berg, Arnold Schoenberg, and Anton Webern.”