Predicting the Future is Challenging
2000 is the year when I could first got McClarey Manor and the Law Mines hooked up to the internet, access to that technology…
Saint of the Day Quote: Blessed Giuseppe “Pino” Puglis
I’ve been expecting you. Blessed Giuseppe “Pino” Puglis said these words to Mafia hitman before they murdered him on his 56th birthday…
Southwest Chief
My Bride and I this week will be traveling on the Sowthwest Chief, an Amtrak train that goes from Chicago through the Southwest…
You Do Not Distrust Polling Enough
What a bad farce polling has become. Polling worked, barely, when almost all adults had a land line phone and almost all phone…
October 21, 1879: Thomas Edison Invents the Incandescent Light Bulb
“We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles.” Thomas Edison, 1879 “ Ah, Thomas…
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Bertilla Boscardin
We should never allow ourselves to be disturbed by things that are transitory and not eternal. Saint Bertilla Boscardin
Open Thread
The usual Open Thread rules apply: be concise, be charitable and, above all, be amusing!
October 20, 1918: Germany Responds to Wilson’s Second Note
On October 20, 1918 the German government, through the Swiss, sent out a response to President Wilson’s Second Note: In accepting the…
October 19, 1984: Martyrdom of Blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko
We are to speak the truth when others are silent. Express love and respect when others sow hatred. Be silent when others…
Saint of the Day Quote: Blessed Agnes de Jesus Galand
Make yourself a slave of the Blessed Virgin and she will protect you. Blessed Agnes de Jesus Galand
She Wants You In Jail or Dead
She billed herself as a moderate when she barely won her senate race in Michigan in 2024. Now she stands shoulder to shoulder with…
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Luke
1 Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a narration of the things that have been accomplished among us; 2 According…
Saint Michael the Archangel, Defend Us in the Battle
Many of the problems in the Church are directly due to bad leadership from Bishops and above who seem to have a malign…
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint John the Dwarf
Humility and the fear of God are above all virtues.
Symphony Number 7
Something for the weekend: Beethoven’s Symphony Number 7.
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque
My love reigns in suffering, it triumphs in humility and enjoys itself in unity. Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque
Hiroshima Myths
Too many people don’t read history anymore, they merely recycle congenial lies that have been transmitted by others for fools and knaves to bite…
Angels Weep
May the souls of the murdered kids, and their teacher, be now with the Holy Innocents in Heaven. May the two wounded, one…
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Teresa of Avila
The devil frequently fills our thoughts with great schemes, so that instead of putting our hands to what work we can do to serve…
Three Perfect Films
Perfection of course belongs to God alone. That being understood, here are three films that come close: The Passion of the Christ (2004) …
Norman Conquest Thanks to My Bride’s Family
Tostig: “If I accept this offer, what will he give King Harald Sigurdsson for his trouble?” The Rider: “He will give King Harald seven…
Saint of the Day Quote: Blessed Alexandrina Maria da Costa
Do not sin anymore. The pleasures of this life are worth nothing. Receive Holy Communion; pray the Holy Rosary daily. This resumes everything. Blessed…
October 14, 1947: Yeager Breaks the Sound Barrier
I was always afraid of dying. Always. It was my fear that made me learn everything I could about my airplane and my emergency…
Open Thread
The usual Open Thread rules apply: be concise, be charitable and, above all, be amusing.
October 13, 1775: Birthday of the Navy
“I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast, for I intend to go in harm’s way.” John Paul…
The Pope Has Lung Cancer
Let us all pray for the swift recovery of Pope Leo from this dread disease.
Prayer Deal
For some years I have been making a “prayer deal” with family, friends, inlaws, outlaws, and perfect strangers. Here’s how it goes: “Let’s…
October 13, 1917: Miracle of the Sun
“From the road, where the carriages were crowded together and where hundreds of persons had stayed for want of sufficient courage to advance across…
Saint of the Day Quote: Seven Friars Minor
FIVE Franciscan missionaries having glorified God by martyrdom in Morocco in 1220, on the 16th of January, as has been related on that day;…
