One of the things about living in the South is that it has a different cultural approach to how one presents oneself. There is more of an emphasis here on what most people would call an “Aw Shucks” approach among many, but not all, down here. While it is true that in the big cities […]

Father Orthoduck has actually met some “enlightened” Orthodox who actually have convinced themselves that they are mocked simply because people are jealous of them. Frankly, Father Orthoduck much prefers people who are able to mock themselves. Father Orthoduck thinks that is why he likes the postings of Pithless Thoughts so much. Father Orthoduck just returned […]

So as not to possibly cause problems to someone else, Father Orthoduck will not mention from where he got the demotivator above. Sadly, as Father Orthoduck was trying to think of some witty comments to go with the poster above, he could think of none. Then Father Orthoduck thought he would go through the history […]

This comic reminds Father Orthoduck of some errors that he has made in his time. Fortunately, none of the errors have been of lasting damage, though some have certainly been embarrassing. There was the time when Father Orthoduck baptized a baby using the wrong name. Afterwards, the worried mother wondered whether she needed to legally […]

The cartoon above gives what is one of the more popular views of research fund-raising. It is often seeing as a self-perpetuating attempt to keep money flowing rather than an enterprise oriented towards finding new knowledge. That is all too often true nowadays, but it was not always so. Frankly, we are a great part […]

I have often jokingly told couples who are thinking of marriage that someday in the future, their sins will catch up to them when they have teenagers, particularly if they are daughters. I have also jokingly said that the reason that fathers, in particular, say so many “no’s” to their daughters and are so suspicious […]

OK, I will admit it. I could easily see myself having a conversation of this type. It brings up an interesting story that my wife tells me about a certain member of her family asking why Duran Duran had two first names. Unfortunately, if I were to tell the story she would have to kill […]

Father Orthoduck knew that the Deep South is a place of strongly held religious beliefs. In returning to Alabama, Father Orthoduck knew that he would encounter those strongly held beliefs. However, even Father Orthoduck was unprepared for the strength of the committed beliefs found in Alabama on a certain subject. Yesterday, at the VA Medical […]