Cetaceans

This post has no particular reason behind it, but cetaceans sure are fascinating creatures.

Orca (Orcinus orca)

Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas)

Narwhal (Monodon monoceros)

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Three New Links for my Blogroll

Today, I found three new blogs which I find quite interesting and would like to add to my blogroll and to my regular blog reading.  They are “Domine Non Sum Dignus” , “Uncovering Orthodoxy” , and a blog by a priest, Fr. Daren Zehnle, “Servant and Steward“.  I doubt whether my post will bring them [...]

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Fresno State Shooting

In case you haven’t heard the story, here is a link from the Los Angeles Times.  I thought I ought to post on it considering that my girlfriend goes to Fresno State, and in fact had a class there today.  Apparently, according to the story, one young man accused of stealing a video game system [...]

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California Youths Desire Marriage?

This article at California Catholic Daily was quite interesting to me.  It discusses a recent telephone poll of young Californians which reveals that they are interested in traditional family structures such as marriage, but may doubt that such institutions still “work” in today’s world.  I believe this to be partly true.
From my experience in college, [...]

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Fundamentalist Maiden Aunts

Mark Shea today posted a link to a story about Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort debating two atheists on the subject, presumably, of religion.  The story and the comments about it are well worth reading.  The title of my post is inspired by the first of the comments, by Sean P. Dailey, who points out [...]

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“St. Michaels on his Mountain”

I have long wondered why, exactly, St. Michael the Archangel is associated with island-mountains off the mainland of various European countries.  Of course there is the famous Mont Saint-Michel in France, as well as a similarly monastic site, St. Michael’s Mount in Cornwall.  These are in fact so similar in many ways that when I [...]

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Father Elijah

I just finished reading the book Father Elijah by Michael O’Brien.  I found it to be rather interesting, quite gripping in the beginning.  It was difficult to put down, and even after the story became a bit bogged down I could not stop reading until I had finished the book.  Overall I would certainly recommend [...]

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Merit and Prestige

First of all, this being my first post for today, I wanted to welcome all of you who have come from Mark Shea’s blog, and thank him for providing a link.  I hope you all enjoy my blog, and that my posts have proved interesting to you.
Anyway, I wanted to discuss an observation I have [...]

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Pride and Confession

I have often heard people discussing whether or not it is acceptable to “priest-shop” for confession.  Of course there are many reasons to do it: the priest has heard you confess that sin before,  confession is only face to face and you know the priest, you don’t wish to be embarrassed, or, more spiritually, you [...]

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My Brief Hiatus is Over

Sorry to have left so soon after starting my blog…I was out of town for the weekend, and I expected to have internet access but I did not.  And then I got sick with a bad cold, and I was unable to even think about blogging for a couple days.  Anyway, I’m back, and I [...]

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