Lunch Break

John Paul Jansen was born at our house at 7:47pm last night, weighing in at 7 pounds even. He is named for — well, duh — Pope John Paul the ...

An interesting column ran in Salon last week entitled "How Ayn Rand Ruined My Childhood" . Reading it, I was reminded of something...

This reminds me of this .

A few friends of ours in recent years have bought beef in large quantities from local farmers — which seemed to me like a pretty neat idea f...

It was inevitable that we'd have to upgrade sooner or later, and what with (a) our 6th child due in a mere 23 days, and (b) our minivan ...

What with today's being the feast of the Annunciation, I figured it would be as good a day as any to post an excerpt from this article ...

...in light of yesterday's Gospel reading :

Where else can you part with four bucks and get a portrait of the only pope to be canonized in the last 439 years ?

And there is rather a lot of snow on the ground. What with wind gusts as high as 60mph while it was snowing last night and early this mornin...

A while back I came across these examples of signage with unnecessary quotation marks, and I've since discovered there's a blog de...

Our staff Christmas Party is tonight. You might be thinking: Isn't January 5 a little late for a Christmas party? To which I would reply...

After today, I'm off until January 3. Thus, I won't have a lunch break until January 3. Thus, I won't be blogging until at lea...

Explanation here . 22 December Religion has had to provide that longest and strangest telescope - the telescope through which we could see t...

Explanation here . 21 December Christ commanded us to have love for all men, but even if we had equal love for all men, to speak of having t...

Explanation here . 20 December Meanwhile, it remains true that I shall eat a great deal of turkey this Christmas; and it is not in the least...

Explanation here . 17 December Damn it, I sometimes think the only English thing left in England is cherry brandy. — The Quick One 18 Decemb...

Explanation here . 16 December Comfort, especially this vision of Christmas comfort, is the reverse of a gross or material thing. It is far ...

Yesterday I mentioned two friends of mine, the late Frank and Ann Petta, whom I knew through the Chicago Area G. K. Chesterton Society . Eve...

Today is the 25th anniversary of the death of Catherine Doherty: Servant of God Catherine Doherty (August 15, 1896–December 14, 1985) was a ...