Title Varies Slightly

Via Sandro Magister, rabbi Jacob Neusner (whose book A Rabbi Talks to Jesus was acclaimed by Pope Benedict XVI), and bishop Gianfranco Ravas discuss the revised Good Friday prayer in the Missal of Blessed John XXIII.
If you’ve read some of the recent US press discussion on this topic, which has a “how dare you!” tone [...]

From a Web site whose anonymity I am protecting:
ANNOUNCEMENT: Next drawing is on Saturday, February 30, 2008
Ummm, okay. I won’t count on winning, then….

This is one of those awkward situations I hate even to say anything about, but it bothers me.
Let’s recap how receiving the Eucharist works for me at my home parish. On the Sundays when I arrive in time, I sit in front of the front row, on the tabernacle side, and the minister of communion [...]

Editor Mom alerts us to this advertising campaign gone very, very wrong.
Good Idea: Make parents aware that ADHD, autism-spectrum disorders, depression, OCD, and related problems can be serious, and can be treated.
Atrocious Idea: Anthropomorphize these conditions as violent kidnappers. Play on the fear and guilt of parents who, if their children are having problems, are [...]

Well, the trip home was frightening on several counts. Although the chair didn’t come through with any additional damage, I did. Though nothing serious. I have to use an aisle chair to get on an off the plane.

An aisle chair is a special torture device used to move people who can’t walk onto and off [...]

I don’t know who first decided on the phrase “exposing metadata,” but it had to be someone without a vivid imagination. To me, the verb “expose” has three connotations, none of them positive:

What a fellow with a trenchcoat gets arrested for; indecent exposure.
Dying of the effects of the elements, as the weak and sickly were [...]

This brilliant analysis from Big Arm Woman is an illustration of how ugly conversations can become on the Internet. I hate how shallow and vicious people can be when they are speaking about strangers.
I love Big Arm Woman. She is a marshmallow in a cynic mask.

Ruth of Wheelie Catholic (I think she’s my only reader) was talking on Sirius radio about being inspirational. In my untenured state, I’ve been keeping this blog sort of anonymous. But although this post may give me away to those who’ve heard it before. I still have to tell the story.
One of my favorite [...]

Here it is, folks, a juxtaposition you won’t find anywhere else.
Last week, the Rosary Army podcast got a severe case of the bawdy sillies over the double meaning of the word “mount”.
And today, the library world is all atwitter with consternation over where the rattlesnake bit the dog.
Now, in neither case was the [...]

Feminists for Life cites a student newspaper report that pregnant students at UCLA may be pressured to abort.
Lila Rose, a sophomore at the University of California-Los Angeles, posed as a pregnant student seeking support for an unplanned pregnancy from the UCLA health center. The Advocate, a new student newspaper, reported today that university health center [...]