Some Thoughts on Catholic Culture

Ever since discovering Arturo Vasquez’s blog I have found myself thinking a great deal about Catholic culture: what it is, what it should be, and how we can achieve it.  I want to go over the issue in more depth soon, and I am really hoping to start blogging on a more regular basis.  However, [...]

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Generations

It seems to be an article of faith among many today that we are all members of specific generations.  That is, since I was born in 1984 I am a “Millenial” (which sounds like someone who lives in a cave and thinks the local town mayor is the Anti-Christ, but anyway).  As a Millenial, I [...]

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Back to Blogging (and settled in Fresno)

This is just a quick update: I have been away from my blog for a while because I have been interviewing for jobs since graduation.  I found one in Fresno, and I have now moved down here.  I am excited because I will be starting an interesting job, I like the culture and environment of [...]

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Politically Correct Terms for “Transgendered” People

Today I was reading Wikipedia about various topics, and I started to look over different Roman Emperors.  While reading about Elagabalus, a well-known weirdo, I decided to take a look at the Talk Page.  The Talk Page, for anyone who is not familiar with Wikipedia, is where users discuss factual, stylistic, and other issues regarding [...]

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Why do we do it?

I keep coming to the same realization. It may seem strange that I would continuously have the same realization, but I think this is the best way to describe it, as you will see as I go on. The realization is quite simple, disturbingly accurate, and profoundly pessimistic. We have everything we [...]

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My Return

Well, I have now mostly finished my senior thesis paper for my Classics major. That, of course, was the source of my lengthy departure from blogging. Anyway, I am now back, and I have a few ideas which I have been wanting to blog about lately, so you should be seeing [...]

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Computer, Heal Thyself!

Recently I cracked the LCD screen of my laptop. A black hole with radiating tendrils appeared, looking something like a palm tree, or the Nile Delta seen from the air. I took the computer to GeekSquad as well as another local computer repair place, and they all told me essentially the same thing: [...]

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An Overview of Catholic Traditionalism

Traditionalism, as readers who were have read my first few posts know, is a word I was originally hesitant to use.  It seems to me to have many possible definitions, and that many definitions that are used for it do not match what I or any Traditionalist I know believe.  Thus, I avoided using the [...]

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Meeting Online

As many of you who read my earlier posts may know, I met my girlfriend, Catherine, on CatholicMatch.com.  I had searched the website for a little, and eventually paid for a full membership and began sending chat invitations.  I was about to send one to Catherine when, in fact, she sent me one.  We talked [...]

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Thanking Bishops

This post over at Fr. Zuhlsdorf’s What Does the Prayer Really Say has given me an excellent idea. I am lucky enough to be able to attend the Tridentine mass, both in my own diocese of San Jose and when I travel to the diocese of Fresno. Fr. Zuhlsdorf points out that oftentimes [...]

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