This was an emotional day for me. I cried several times from sheer joy. I can't get over how moving it is having the Holy Father in the United States ( Read more... )

Well, it was one of those days were I spent a bunch of time on the computer. I needed to go through email here at home (as I did yesterday at the office ( Read more... )

Okay, so it's NOW actually 2:00-ish on Wednesday morning -- but I want to cover what happened on Tuesday. So I'm backdating (as always) to reflect the day before. Just a heads up, guys ( Read more... )

Marilyn and I are watching Christmas Eve mass at the Vatican right now on NBC. (We actually tried watching it earlier on the Catholic channel, but their programming was messed up so we couldn't, which is okay. Thankfully we get it now -- with lots of wonderful explanations ( Read more... )

Note that today is Holy Thursday (or if you prefer, Maundy Thursday -- which is what I grew up calling it). So, yes, my focus SHOULD be on spiritual matters. I realize that... (sigh ( Read more... )

Marilyn and I had such a lovely Christmas ( Read more... )

First, I didn't sleep at all well last night. I was just lying awake for ages. It sure made it hard to get up this morning ( Read more... )

I just turned on EWTN and they're showing the EASTER VIGIL MASS FROM ROME (His Holiness celebrating the Easter Vigil Mass, live from Rome). It's hard to believe it's Good Saturday, and Easter is tomorrow. It's very solemn as they walk quietly in the dark with only one candle against the darkness. Soon the candles of the Faithful will be slowly be ( Read more... )

Marilyn and I watched both "The Walking Dead" and "The Talking Dead" tonight. (Normally we never watch the second show.) It was interesting listening to Michael Rooker talking about his role as Merle...

SPOILER ALERT!!! I'm going to talk about the events of this episode, so if you don't want to know, stop reading now.You can read about the episode ( Read more... )

I was over at my sister Sue's house, setting up a computer for her granddaughter Nicole this morning. Buddy (Candy's boyfriend) was a big help -- we used a folding table Sue gave me, plus a piece of board we had cut down to size, to create a computer station for Nicole. Frankly, it went so smoothly that I hardly know what to say. (It took more time ( Read more... )