Glib & Superficial

The Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month

2009-11-11T08:50:00.000-05:00

At the Brandenburg Gate

2009-11-10T06:31:00.001-05:00

The anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall got me thinking about the fact that Ronald Reagan left office in 1989. I voted for him twice, but today's 20-something citizens don't remember living in a United States with an actual President. Perhaps they remember Papa Bush as a grandfatherly but largely irrelevant face on TV; they certainly remember Bill Clinton, the charming rogue with a seedy past and the morals of a stoat; and they grew to adulthood being told by every organ of media that Mr. Bush was pretty much a dumb version of Hitler. And so they elected an incompetent hard-left organizer. Good luck with that.

In the interest of reminding our children what it was like for there to be a President of the United States:

It is Right to Give Me Thanks and Praise

2009-11-08T04:13:00.002-05:00

You Have Nothing to Fear!

2009-11-07T12:19:00.001-05:00

We Visitors wish for nothing but friendship with the people of Earth. Our technology is far more advanced than yours: our physicians can cure rabies and distemper. We offer these as gifts to our new friends. We ask in return for little: your mice and rats and birds and fish to feed our people, your milk to quench our thirst. Many of you already have close relationships with those who came before us as scouts, before our great interstellar ships appeared over each of your great cities. We apologize for this small deception, but we are small and weak, and feared for our safety if we walked among you openly. Welcome us into your homes. What possible harm can come of it . . . . .

Tonight's the Night!

2009-11-07T10:28:00.000-05:00

Our Kind of Girl

2009-11-06T14:42:00.001-05:00

Fort Hood hero: "It was an amazing and an aggressive performance by this police officer."

Ora Pro Nobis

2009-11-06T05:28:00.000-05:00

"An executive has won the right to sue his employer on the basis that he was unfairly dismissed for his green views after a judge ruled that environmentalism had the same weight in law as religious and philosophical beliefs."

More at Public Secrets.

"You Might Want to Think About . . .

2009-11-05T09:59:00.000-05:00

. . . . joining the Episcopal Church. Because they have gay people everywhere, but they are way too classy to ever serve Jello."

Today we rest from Anglican bashing, to extend the hand of Catholic friendship to our Lutheran brothers and sisters. Certain recent actions by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America are both controversial and little understood. We hope this short video will clear up the confusion.

Provided by The Oldtimer.

Acts 9:1-19

2009-11-03T05:00:00.000-05:00

"As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him."

Planned Parenthood Leader Resigns After Watching Abortion Ultrasound.

Workin' For the Man Every Night & Day

2009-11-02T11:26:00.001-05:00

The Tax Foundation computes the income tax rates necessary to close the deficit:

Via TaxProf Blog.

You Be The Judge

2009-11-02T01:37:00.010-05:00

Does this little video count as treason or blasphemy? Or perhaps it doesn't matter anymore.

From Mr. Moto's Diary.

The Solemnity of All Saints

2009-11-01T03:00:00.001-05:00

Even Cats . . . . .

2009-10-31T04:32:00.000-04:00

. . . . have relationship problems.

Today's WTF? Moment is brought to you by . . . .

2009-10-30T09:24:00.000-04:00

. . . HBO.

It's a good thing BushHitler didn't do this.

Grownups: Go Away

2009-10-30T05:14:00.000-04:00

Getting Nowhere

2009-10-29T11:10:00.000-04:00

What Does Barbie Want?

2009-10-29T09:39:00.000-04:00

Of course Freud didn't get to ask quite that question, but we think he would have. Mattel has a new answer: Palm Beach Sugar Daddy Ken. And why not?

Cool sophistication in breezy Palm Beach! Sporting a dashing jacquard-patterned jacket with a light pink polo shirt and crisp white pants, Ken doll is ready for Palm Beach social season, sunning by the pool and a stroll with his little companion.

We can't be sure until ours arrives, but we don't think that collar will actually fit Barbie.

"Damn it feels good to be a victim . . . "

2009-10-29T05:37:00.001-04:00

Crap!

2009-10-28T05:06:00.001-04:00

I hate it when that happens. The goalposts keep moving. How can a poor, broken, tired seeker-of-truth make any progress when truth keeps changing!

Here I am wasting my time studying Jerome, Augustine, Athanasius, even golden-mouthed St. John, only to learn from a former priest, writing in the Boston Globe (of all places) that the meaning of existence has changed!

Equally damaging, the Vatican’s preemptive exploitation of Anglican distress explicitly ducks the large and urgent challenge facing every religion and every religious person, which is how to positively reconcile tradition with the massive changes in awareness, knowledge, and communication that come with the scientific and technological breakthroughs that daily alter the meaning of existence.

Daily! Did you hear that? The entire meaning of existence changes daily! I've "ducked the challenge" to figure out, every morning, what the meaning of existence might be today. (I hope it's nachos today. I love nachos.)

How can I ever catch up if I'm still wasting my time studying the "meaning of existence" in Alexandria in 350 A.D.? As it stands, I've got something like 600,000 daily meanings-of-existence to plow through before I even get to Cardinal Newman.

I'm really bummed. I hate it when that happens.

Snakes on His Chain

2009-10-27T09:04:00.000-04:00

"When the man dropped his pants, the officers found 10 cans taped to his legs, each containing a lizard . . . "

Free Marketplace of Ideas

2009-10-27T08:55:00.000-04:00

"So we are clear: A prominent University censored content from a book based on the opinions of experts who had not read the book in question."

Gumbo, Oreos, Jambalaya

2009-10-27T08:48:00.000-04:00

Say what? Careful, they're all racist.

A Browncoat for Halloween

2009-10-27T05:02:00.000-04:00

Excellent costume, Nate.

The Nacho Cycle

2009-10-26T11:15:00.000-04:00

Sigh . . . . .

2009-10-26T09:46:00.000-04:00

Charlize Theron reacts to the news that GF would NOT bid $150,000.