I Wish My Diet Worked Like This...

Happy Feastday St. Augustine!

A great "catholic" tune in honor of St.Augie ( Doggie & Doggie Daddy )

A Little Trinket I Picked Up This AM...

Not For Those With a Case of Scruples

C.S. Lewis' devilish tale The Screwtape Letters adapted for stage in U.S. tour

Another Great Movie Line...

I pray "God, please don't take me off this Earth 'til I learn how to forgive..."
I'll be 83 next month

the Parson in Blue Valley Songbird with Dolly Parton

Thank God for COFFEE!

or Why I Drink the Stuff...

Twitchy on Caffeine


from the movie Hoodwinked!

Brad Has Done It Again!

...our look at all things American which we came to realize as we were writing this song are pretty much borrowed from somewhere else. We are a country of mutts.

Brad Paisley - Invitation Only: Brad Paisley - CMT - August 2009

Makes that feldercarb between that Harvard "perfessor" & the police officer look idiotic. This song points out that we're not Italian, African, etc.; we are 100% American Mutts! (Can't wait for the video!)

Just As I Needed a Reason to Take Monday Off...

Please Don't Answer This Question!

Finally! The 100th Post!

Never thought we'd make it! Thanks to all my viewers over the last 2 years.

Happy Feastday!

I consider myself an Ignatian in my spirituality, and I'm sending out a Happy Feastday to all my fellow Ignatius fans out there!

I think the Church has done a great disservice to Iggy by not making him a Doctor of the Church, as his spirituality has, positively and negatively, influenced modern development of Catholic theology and philosophy since the Protestant so-called Reformation. Most of the negative influence was not generated by Iggy himself, but by 1960's & 70's pseudo-intellectuals of his Society who thought psychology and sociology were more important than Orthodox Catholic Teaching. In my not-so-humble opinion, this distortion of Ignatian spirituality (along with the suppression of the Society in the 18th century) have kept Iggy from getting his "Doctorate".

Another Year Down the Tubes...

I'm glad (today at least) that I'm not married. I seem to have this bad habit of missing anniversaries. But Gem is celebrating her's and when I looked I found out I started this blog on 07/15/2007. Sorry dear, I'm bad.

The Obamas Visit the Holy Father...

and as typical Ugly American tourists what did they do
but buy some tacky souvenirs

Heard in Passing...

Another Day, Another Dollar.
So you got a raise?

from In Plain Sight

Mondays. I Hate Mondays

Oh! No! The Media Fell for the Hype (in JibJab Fashion...)

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A New Twist on an Old Tale..

I love it when an old folktale is told in a 21st Century environment...

A Public Announce Mint...

Happy Dad's Day to all you Fathers, fathers, and father-types (those of ya'll who exert a good male role to those who need a daddy-figure).

Also, today's the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year, and it only goes downhill from here.

Sounds like 2 good reasons for a drink *Clink!*

I so love county music for this reason. It may may be 10 AM here in CA, but It's 5 O'clock Somewhere...

For Those Crying in Their Beer...

OK, the last of the blog awards has been awarded. Therefore, for those of us who didn't win (or weren't nominated) I offer the Award For Whatever I Want AKA "the Whatever's". The advantage of this award is that

• you nominate yourself
• your vote is the only vote that counts
• you win something shiny
• and this year, if you want, it even rotates

Get yours here: http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn42/mricher999/trophy.gif
and let us know in the combo box for what you won your award!

California Be Forewarned...

This individual is the most unqualified person to declare his candidacy for California governor. I was living in San Francisco when he was first elected as mayor. He immediately was discovered to be having an affair. Like his predecessor and demigod, "Slick" Willie Brown, all part of the Burton machine of San Francisco along with Nancy Pelosi et. al., he is no Liberal but a Libertine who believes he's above the law. He decided California state law could be ignored with regards to Gay unions ( so called "Gay Marriage"). So let's make sure he stays in San Francisco and out of Sacramento or Washington D. C.!