Yeah, I shouldn't care anymore, but I will admit to keeping an eye on CNN this afternoon (while working on a short freelance assignment) to see who the new pope would be ( Read more... )

Found on Facebook: Another brief note on the importance of proofreading.

(As in, "We don't need no editur's" Editur's are going to HELL!")

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According to Wikipedia, Keith Olbermann was raised a UU, and so if you hear some familiar themes and phrases, you're not smoking something.

Did anyone else watch "ER" tonight? ( Cut for spoilers... )

From today's Worcester Telegram:

Out-of-court settlements have been reached in three sexual abuse lawsuits filed in Texas against convicted child molester Thomas H. Teczar, who was stripped of his priestly duties and forced to leave the Catholic Diocese of Worcester in the mid-1980s amid numerous allegations that he sexually assaulted young boys ( Read more... )

This week's question from On Faith:

This July 4, Pagans are rallying outside the White House. They want the military to add a Pagan chaplain. Should they get one? Would you vote for a Pagan for public office?

They should and I would, but you can go ahead and read the discussion if you want.

The book I'm currently reading on my commutes is The Weaker Vessel by Antonia Fraser. I've been wanting to read it for years ( Read more... )

Thank you to all who responded to my previous message (ranting about the fragility of modern cotton knits). I still would like to know what's happening physically to the cloth, but I've also begun to muse about the bigger picture of used clothing in a society with an excess of everything ( Read more... )

I forgot to mention that I haven't had much chance to participate in the "sharing of joys and sorrows" in church services lately, because when I am at church on Sunday morning, I'm teaching RE. But since today was an all-ages service about RE, I was there, so I went up to the microphone to mention the deaths of three educators in the last 12 months ( Read more... )

Here's my tribute to Father Drinan, congressman and human-rights advocate extraordinaire. It's not just for Catholics ( Read more... )