The perfect relationship
Anybody heard of Pinterest? If you haven’t, count your lucky stars because you’ve just "gained" back hours and hours of time to waste on...
Efficiency and computers
I neither like nor dislike computers. I suppose I think computers are rather ugly things, useful for doing boring or repetitious tasks quickly, but...
Equality
Most years, the last week of Advent finds my family scrambling to finish the Christmas preparations. This year, it looks like everything will be...
Blessings of monotony
(From our archives, but which may help in these days of isolation. Editor)
In the vast collection of literature that has been written throughout the...
How to fix a phone line
Running a phone line is, according to every tutorial on the internet, one of the simplest, most basic, and least dangerous wiring tasks that...
Argo: Hollywood gets the hostage treatment
R for some language and violent images
Warner Bros. Pictures
Directed by Ben Affleck
Cast: Ben Affleck, Alan Arkin, Bryan Cranston, Victor Garber, John Goodman
Screenplay: Chris Terrio
Ben...
Ideas incarnate
A few weeks ago I began the gargantuan task of liberating my family’s books. They were jailed several years ago when we began traveling...
Always rejoice
There is something about whining and complaining that’s utterly depressing, isn't there? Not only does it bring you down, it drags down everyone else around you...
Catholic marriage: you’re worth it.
A few days ago, one of my fellow bloggers posted an article entitled, “Marry that virtuous Atheist!” I respect Mary’s opinion—but I think she...
Waiting and Knitting and Hoping
About twelve years ago, I learned how to knit. I learned the basics and then set it aside for a few years. Eventually, I...