March 2010
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You know, this place is real nice, but it just doesn't feel very homey. Do y'all agree? Maybe this weekend I'll have some time to do some painting and minor remodeling. I see posts don't have to have a title. I did this one with their quick post option–just type a bit and click 'publish'.…
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I'm thinking that maybe next year I'll simply refuse to acknowledge it as far as possible. I mean, I'll acknowledge it where I have to, but not operate on it where I don't. If the rest of the world wants to change its schedule–for instance, if St. Lawrence wants to have the Sunday evening Mass…
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I tend not to bother writing about the standard big controversies of the day. It's not that I don't care, or don't think they're important, but most of what I have to say about them is being said perfectly well by other people, and most people already have well-defined views on them, and many other…
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(Weekend Music) Yes, I know, the weekend is almost over, and I remember that I've posted this before, but I don't have time to write anything except the Sunday journal, which I won't be able to do till later. It's spring here. This will be appropriate for those of you who are already experiencing spring…
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As is so often the case with anything involving computers, this process has taken much longer than expected. And even now, only posts going back to mid-January or so have been converted. The reason for that is…well, never mind, you don't care about the details. Suffice to say that there is a limit, a fairly…
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Prologue One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Epilogue Prologue I wrote this account of my conversion in 1981 and, in one of the nicest things anyone has ever done for me, the editor at the time of the National Catholic Register, Francis X. Maier, published the entire thing as a special insert to the…
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(Weekend Music) A few days ago someone wondered why Germans can’t sing. My response: they can, as the video below confirms. The singing doesn’t start until about the 40-second mark. http://js-kit.com/for/lightondarkwater.com/comments.js
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Here is one of many exhibits illustrating that fact. And yes, I would think so even if this study claimed that Catholics or southerners or people with brown hair are smarter than others. The data may be factual, although even that depends on ill-defined and shifting terms like "liberal" and "conservative." But beyond that, it's…
Light On Dark Water 