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Ales Rarus
A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog
random thought of the moment:
There are no nations; there are no peoples. There are no Russians. There are no Arabs. There are no third worlds. There is no West. There is only one holistic system of systems; one vast, interwoven, interacting, multivaried, multinational dominion of dollars.
— Arthur Jenson in Network
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Attention Attraction for the Attention Deficient Generation
Andy Warhol famously quipped, "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." His appraisal of the fleeting nature of fame was mostly right. However, he said that before the advent of repeated episodes, re-run and syndicated series, reality TV, blogs, and social networking. Had he seen these, perhaps he'd have suggested "15 episodes", […]
Should Chaste Gay Catholics Come Out?
I don't have an answer to this question, which is why I am posing it here. Should those who are gay/lesbian/bisexual and CHASTE (i.e., not engaging in gay actions) be out? I'm not talking about going to gay pride parades or anything, but being open about their homosexual attractions to others.
I guess the question […]
Investigating NFP: How Effective is It?
Thisentryis part 11 of 10 in the series Investigating NFPYou know what they call people who use Catholic-Church-Approved methods of birth control?
"Parents" - comment on a Championable post
Boy, I'd love to have a dollar for every time I've heard that. Studies have been done before that have shown the periodic abstinence aspect of NFP to […]
Chastity Lifestyle Education
Did you hear the new statistic about premarital sex? 90% of people surveyed have had premarital sex.
The results of the analysis indicate that premarital sex is highly normative behavior. Almost all individuals of both sexes have intercourse before marrying, and the proportion has been roughly similar for the past 40 years.
NFP Joke
Wife: I think my cervix is closed and my temperature's up.
Husband: I love it when you talk dirty to me
(I'm not hereby admitting that such a conversation actually took place, but only that it could have.)

