Apr
24
Off to Texas
April 24, 2006 | Leave a Comment
I’m leaving for a conference in Austin, and I won’t have much access to the internet until I get back on Sunday.
So, play nice in the comments section. And I’ll see you when I see you.
Apr
23
Wilkerson’s op-ed
April 23, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Courtesy of Lawrence Wilkerson, here is one of the most embarassingly bad editorials that I have ever read.
Methinks it’s time for a little Sunday fisking.
We Americans came not from a revolution but from an evolution.
That is essentially correct. This is also pretty much the only correct thing Wilkerson writes.
That is in large [...]
Apr
23
The most holy generic trinity
April 23, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Courtesy of the Cafeteria is Closed is the schedule of the next meeting of the General Assembly of Presbyterian church USA.
No. 4Church Orders - Repeal G-6.0106b and the current Authoritative Interpretation on ordaining homosexuals.
No. 11Peacemaking and International Issues - Divestment of PCUSA holdings in corporations that do business with Israel.
No. 13Theological Issues and [...]
Apr
22
Poor Mikey
April 22, 2006 | Leave a Comment
“They’re ain’t no island left for Islanders like me. Ai-ai-aia-oh!”- Billy Joel
There was a feature article in this week’s SI on Jaromir Jagr. I was surprised to see they had had a quote from Islanders’ GM Mike Milbury - surprised because I had no idea the Islanders still were around. Anyay, here’s [...]
Apr
20
Boo me
April 20, 2006 | Leave a Comment
It’s a lovely night here in the hopping city of Silver Spring - a good night to sit on my balcony to smoke a fine El Rey del Mundo. Actually, pretty much any night is good for a cigar - I’ve been out there in gloves and a jacket smoking. Anyway, with the [...]
Apr
20
Memo:
April 20, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Dear ESPN.com
Do you think you might be able to construct your page in some way so that it doesn’t take me several minutes to get to your content? I mean, it’s not like you’re a poor institution that doesn’t have a lot of money to spend on servers. It would be nice to [...]
Apr
20
Interesting
April 20, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Ramesh Ponnuru links to this press release from the Catholic League, and I find it interesting on a couple of levels.
First, I’m glad Opie and Anthony have patched things up with Donohue. They seemed to really regret the St. Patrick’s Cathedral incident, and apparently there is no ill will on either side.
Second, I’m just [...]
Apr
20
A petition of sorts to sign
April 20, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Jeff Goldstein’s got a “petition of sorts” and its realted to the Michelle Malkin mess. For those unaware of the situation, the background is here. Long story short: Malkin had written about a group of anti-war moonbats at UC-Santa Cruz who assaulted a military recruiter. She posted contact information for the group [...]
Apr
18
Hypocrites indeed
April 18, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Courtesy of the Digital Brownshirt is this story about how Mexico deals with its illegal immigrants.
Mexico to US: You have a moral obligation to take our poorest people. And we will aid these individuals in their attempts to steal accross your border.
Mexico to its neighbors to the south: Stay the fuck away from our [...]
Apr
18
Why?
April 18, 2006 | Leave a Comment
It’s the year 2006. We are firmly in the grasp of the 21st Century. Technology is advancing at a rapid clip. The very fact that you are able to read this little post of mine mere seconds after I type it out is a testament to the advances of the communications era. [...]
Apr
18
Well, I guess that explains the Soriano trade
April 18, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Jim Bowden arrested for DUI.
Apr
17
I bet you think this Mass is about you
April 17, 2006 | 1 Comment
Amy Welborn has a semi-open thread going about liturgical abuses over the Easter Triduum. I personally went to three different Churches over the Triduum (St. Matt’s for Holy Thursday, Basillica of the National Shrine for Good Friday, and St. Aloysius in New York for Easter), and was blessed by beautiful services, save for [...]
Apr
17
It begins
April 17, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Is there such a thing as a critical series in the middle of April? Tonight the Mets and Braves begin what might be considered such a series. The Mets stand at 9-2, while the Braves are 6-7. The Mets are rolling, getting timely hits, great pitching and sound defense. The Braves [...]
Apr
15
Happy Easter
April 15, 2006 | Leave a Comment
I’m off to New York for the weekend, so I want to wish all of you a happy and bessed Easter. I would also like to extend my congratulations and warm wishes to Mrs. Francase, who will be baptized into the Roman Catholic faith tonight at the Easter Vigil.
Apr
12
A night at the game
April 12, 2006 | 6 Comments
I’ve just come from my first game of the year, a lovely game at RFK which the Mets won 3-1. A few observations:
On the Mets - This is a new club. Yes, it’s only a week in and they’ve only beaten the lower-rung of the division, but good teams beat up on the [...]
Apr
12
Language
April 12, 2006 | Leave a Comment
It’s been a while since I picked apart obnoxious liberals, so I thought I’d devote this post to two of the more inane comments I’ve read on the internet. The first comes from the Park Slope thread I linked to last night. Here is “Liza”:
I have been a little bit saddened by the [...]
Apr
11
Could it be?
April 11, 2006 | Leave a Comment
There has been a lot of speculation all over St. Blogs, particularly over at Amy Welborn’s site, that the Pope is prepared to grant universal permission to celebrate the Tridentine (1962 Rite) Mass. This is welcome news for many, worrying for others.
This will not be the magical cure all for the Church, but I [...]
Apr
11
More on Immigration Economics
April 11, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Not that I need validation for my opinions (my ego is pretty big already), but it is nevertheless good to see that at least one very smart, well-regarded individual, Eugene Volokh has similar thoughts to mine regarding the “jobs American’s won’t do” argument. Hopefully this dispels and of the “conservative” v. “liberal” portions of this line [...]
Apr
10
Note to self: don’t move to Park Slope
April 10, 2006 | Leave a Comment
A woman found a (boy’s) hat in park Slope, and posted a message to the List Serve. The initial response was indignant that the poster could have used a non gender-neutral term. The rest of the exchange is posted by the Gawker. This is some funny - and really sad - stuff.
Kudos [...]
Apr
10
Fun moments in fantasy baseball
April 10, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Morgan Ensberg - a member of my fantasy team - homers off of Chad Cordero - also a member of my fantasy team - to tie the game in the 10th. Ah well, at least I got a save earlier from Jenks. I’ll take the homer (and run and RBI).
Now I need some [...]