I found out today just how angry a cat can become. My wife and I are currently visiting our daughter, who has just delivered her second child, our fourth grandchild. I am staying at a hotel. Tonight my wife washed our clothes at our daughter and son-in-law’s house. After they were done, they were ironed and […]
God and extraordinary evidence
Yesterday Father Orthoduck quoted Carl Sagan who himself was quoting another scientist. Carl Sagan said: “Extraordinary claims demand extraordinary levels of evidence if they are to be believed.” – Carl Sagan Father Orthoduck agreed with Carl Sagan, and at the end of yesterday’s post suggested that God appears to hold the same opinion! When Father […]
Comic with cute definition
Father Orthoduck quite liked the definition that is found in the last two panels of this comic. Please ignore the rest of the comic. Unless you have been following the story arc, it will make no sense to you. But catch what one of the characters says about bureaucratic power. She defines it as, “the […]
Extraordinary claims, extraordinary evidence
“Extraordinary claims demand extraordinary levels of evidence if they are to be believed.” – Carl Sagan It may surprise you to read that I completely agree with Carl Sagan on the quote above, though I disagree with his application. Carl Sagan popularized that quote, though it probably came from a gentleman named Marcello Truzzi. He started […]
Some respect for Ron Paul in today’s debate
I am not only a priest, I am also a citizen of this country. As such I feel it my civic duty to listen to at least some of the debates going on during the primary season. This primary season that has meant only the Republican debates since there is no opposition to President Obama […]
Unexpected things picked up from missions
When one spends several years as a missionary, one does not always realize what one picks up from another culture until some time has passed back in the home culture. In my case, I just saw something one of our daughters picked up during our years in mission. You see, we went to missions as […]
Xenophobia and American politics
A recent attack advert came out against Romney. Sadly, the attack advert points out yet again what many of us feared, particularly those of us who have lived in more than one country. You can see the attack advert above. [Note: what Romney is saying in French on the top advert is NOT what is […]
Hmm, can we say dumb pirates?
From ABC News: Somali pirates may be terrorizing the waters off of East Africa, but maybe they should pick their targets a little more carefully and stop targeting European warships. Earlier today, some Somali pirates got a little too greedy and attacked the Spanish warship serving as the flagship for the European Union’s fleet of […]
Interesting Tebow post
From NBC Sports: Poll: 43 percent of people think Tebow’s success is due to divine intervention … including 54 percent of Republicans Who would have thought that a football player would be every bit as good a witness for Christ as many an evangelist? Here are some more statistics. The numbers fluctuate greatly with the […]
Battle of the Bulge – 67 years ago
The comic above refers to an incident that happened during the Battle of the Bulge. Sixty-seven years ago today Allied soldiers were fighting a desperate battle to stop the Nazi attempt to break the encircling Allied Armies. It was an attempt that came too close to success for comfort. This battle was the largest and […]
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