Category Archives: personal

Don’t Blame Me, I Voted For Ales Rarus!

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It was rigged! I demand a recount! I’m taking this to the Supreme Court!

Not. 😉

I’d like to thank everyone who voted for this blog in the 2005 Wizbang Weblog Awards. We didn’t win, but we made a good showing. Maybe next year we’ll take home the trophy. 😉

I’d also like to thank all of my guest bloggers, frequent commenters, and lurking readers, without whom this blog would just be cranky ol’ me pontificating to crickets.

Be sure to visit my worthy competitors. Also, check out Radical Civility. The blogger there has been reviewing the finalists for Best Religious Blog.

Stay tuned for the 2006 Catholic Blog Awards in January…

A Humble Example

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The following lyrics and unattached music received an honorable mention in a carol writing competition for the Amadeus Choir near Toronto, Canada. (If someone wants the music, please email FD to let me know where to email the .pdf. If performed, I request that you let me know the performance date and location.)

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Meeting Mark Shea

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MARK.JPGTonight I got to listen to fellow St. Blog’s parishoner Mark Shea speak. Some of his speech material came from his essay "The Critics Rave". It was a fun and interesting talk about countering the Church’s detractor’s questions with another question, "Who do you say that the Church is?", a play off of a question Jesus posed to the apostles.

After the talk, I introduced myself and chatted for a bit. I’m not entirely certain he actually knew what blog I write, but he was polite enough to pretend he did. 😉 I bought a copy of "Making Sense Out of Scripture" and got him to autograph it. Then Donna Lewis and I talked his ear off for almost as long as he’d lectured. Poor fella.

Anyhow, check out his blog and see what the fuss is all about. 🙂