A Saintly Salmagundi

2003-11-07T09:48:00.000-06:00

I've Moved!!!

You can visit my new home at:

http://britius.stblogs.org/

2003-11-06T10:20:00.000-06:00

Bad-A** of the Month, and Probably the Year!

An Icelandic fishing captain, known as "the Iceman" for his tough character, grabbed a 660-pound shark with his bare hands as it swam in shallow water toward his crew, a witness said Thursday.

The skipper of the trawler "Erik the Red" was on a beach in Kuummiit, east Greenland, watching his crew processing a catch when he saw the shark swimming toward the fish blood and guts -- and his men.

Captain Sigurdur Petursson, known to locals as "the Iceman," ran into the shallow water and grabbed the shark by its tail. He dragged it off to dry land and killed it with his knife.

2003-11-06T09:31:00.000-06:00

Best Behind-Kicking Westerns of All Time

I have been in a Western mood lately. Not the Gene Autry-Roy Rogers type, but the behind-kicking type. So, I am trying to make a list of the best behind-kicking westerns of all time. Here is what I can come up with so far:

Just about any Clint Eastwood Western
The Wild Bunch
The Magnificent Seven

Any other ideas?

2003-11-06T08:52:00.000-06:00

Vocation Prayer

2003-11-06T07:53:00.000-06:00

Casta Meretrix

With all the ranting and raving going on about whores here a few weeks ago, I thought it appropriate to give everyone the opportunity to read some theology of whoredom - more specifically "The Chaste Whore." I know of two fine sources:

Cardinal Biffi's Short Work on the Casta Meretrix in the Writings of St. Ambrose
Von Balthasar's Magnificent Essay entitled Casta Meretrix in Sponsa Verbi
Gianfranco Ravasi, The World's Leading Scholar on The Song of Songs, on the Topic (ma, in italiano)
There Seems to be A Gothic Band with the name Casta Meretrix

2003-11-06T07:43:00.000-06:00

Couple Expects Dead baby to Do a Lazarus

2003-11-05T17:30:00.000-06:00

Template Problem

I've been trying to resolve my blogger problem, of my links block being too far to the right. I can't seem to get it to work. What do you people out there in blogland see? I think it might be the picture I had up this morning that upset it all.

2003-11-05T15:26:00.000-06:00

I'm An Experimenter

(Dominant Introvert Abstract Thinker)

Like just 4% of the population you are an EXPERIMENTER (DIAT). Although you're slightly shy (admit it!), you love control. When a problem comes in your way, you stomp on it swiftly and decisively. You are bothered easily by failure in others and failure in yourself. You don't like people that you don't think are intelligent. Rather than arguing with them, however, you would just as soon ignore them altogether.

In relationships, you have a strong heart. And because you're introverted, people take you as someone they can trust. But the fact is that in addition to solving problems, you like to create them. So there's a decent chance that you'll cheat on a loved one. If you do, you'll likely get away with it.

You're a good person at heart, but then again, who isn't?

2003-11-05T12:31:00.000-06:00

Keep this man away from your children. Listen to his "Zip Zap Rap" and check out what he is doing now.

2003-11-05T12:29:00.000-06:00

Bizarre Record Covers

I think Victor Lams would like this site. It is filled with strange record covers. Some of them even have song excerpts. Man, this is an excellent site.

2003-11-05T10:03:00.000-06:00

Bush to Sign Partial Birth Abortion Ban

A victory for sure, but the Pro-Abortionists will not take this one sitting down. To argue in favor of this procedure knowing well what a horror it is clearly reveals the influence Moloch has on individuals in our nation.

2003-11-05T09:50:00.000-06:00

Fine Analysis on Why LSU is getting Lo Shaft in the BCS Rankings

2003-11-05T08:13:00.000-06:00

Blogger Help

Goofing around on my template I seemed to have pushed the link bar to the right a bit far out. Can anyone help me to repair this?

Update: It is still not working.

2003-11-05T07:41:00.000-06:00

More Halloween Nuttiness

2003-11-05T05:00:00.000-06:00

White Cassock

More clerical fashion fun. Down in Southern Louisiana it can get oppressively hot and humid during the summer months. As a result of our tropical climate clergy in the Diocese of Lafayette have been granted the indult to wear the white soutane. Here I am two summers ago doing a blessing while wearing my white cassock.

2003-11-05T04:43:00.000-06:00

Spanish Biretta

Since everyone seemed to enjoy the picture of me in the black pianeta and Roman biretta, here is one of me from last year sporting a Spanish-Style Biretta. I got it a few years back when I was vacationing in Madrid. There are all sorts of hat-shops near the main square and I knew of this style of biretta from images of St. Ignatius Loyola. Although a bit more combersome than the Roman-style biretta what it lacks in flexibility it makes up for in style. I have found that nine Catholics out of ten prefer the Spanish biretta.

2003-11-05T04:21:00.000-06:00

Irish Elk on Cardinal Ouellet

Mark over at Irish Elk has a post on Cardinal Ouellet where he mentions me and my biretta towards the end. Cardinal Ouellet (then Father and Bishop Ouellet) directed my license thesis at the JPII Institute in Rome. I wrote on "Man and Woman as the Image of God in the Thought of John Paul II." I have said it before at this blog, that Cardianl Ouellet is a true "prince" of the Church and the persecutions he has undergone during his priesthood have made him the great man and the great priest that he is. One little note, Cardinal Ouellet's Episcopal motto of Ut Unum Sint was personally given to him by the Holy Father.

2003-11-04T21:46:00.000-06:00

More Leftist Rot from the Village Voice

Mel Gibson's Jesus Christ Pose
The Perils of Banning Late-Term Abortions

2003-11-04T20:54:00.000-06:00

The Right To Call Another to a Vocation

While I am not the biggest Fr. Ronald Rohlheiser fan, I believe he is correct in what he writes in this brief column. It is something that I am more and more convinced of everyday - that strategy (as useful as a tool as it can be) is not the solution to the so-called "Vocation Crisis" but sanctity of life. Rohlheiser calls it a deep giving our lives over to Christ and cites the example of the witness of Mother Teresa's life. But I think we must add that a radical orthodoxy and fidelity to the truth must co-exist along with it.

2003-11-04T20:43:00.000-06:00

Great Chirstmas Gift Idea

2003-11-04T20:34:00.000-06:00

Opus Returns on November 23rd...

But when will Bill The Cat Return? That is what I want to know.

2003-11-04T17:47:00.000-06:00

My New Review is Up at Crux News

2003-11-04T17:42:00.000-06:00

Finger Lickin' Good Holiday Fun

2003-11-03T09:12:00.000-06:00

Victor Lams on "28 Days Later"

Victor and I more or less disagreed on the value of the movie, but I do have to concur with his final analysis drawn from the film.

Anyway, this movie reinforced one thing for me: for the love of Pete, if the human race is to have any hope of future survival, we must exterminate all chimanzees now. From 12 Monkeys to SARS to AIDS, chimpanzees spell T-R-O-U-B-L-E for humankind. Though I will miss all the times they dress up in diapers and people clothes and stick out their tongues and blow raspberries... those were some funny times. So maybe we don't have to kill them all: just stop eating them and getting bitten by them.

2003-11-03T09:02:00.000-06:00

Visit The Summa Mamas

I am one of Smock Mama's CoolMoe Blogs.

2003-11-03T08:53:00.000-06:00

In Honor of Gene Robinson's Episcopal Consecration

2003-11-03T08:51:00.000-06:00

This Guy Really Doesn't Like Bishop Robinson

Bishop Robinson - Lucifer's Gay Handmaiden

Gay Bishop Robinson and the new or nude Episcopal church doing the work of Beelzebub.

His first decree, on the urging of his boss Lucifer, is to promote and encourage gay marriage in the "church" which will become a seedy little sex club for pervert & soddomists.

2003-11-03T08:49:00.000-06:00

Trick or Treat You @#*&$@$!!!!

2003-11-03T08:47:00.000-06:00

12.5 %

My weblog owns 12.5 % of me.
Does your weblog own you?

2003-11-02T06:17:00.000-06:00

This All Souls Day

Good guys wear black...

Assuredly it is a wise and most laudable thing to return in spirit and affection to the sources of the sacred liturgy. For research in this field of study, by tracing it back to its origins, contributes valuable assistance towards a more thorough and careful investigation of the significance of feast-days, and of the meaning of the texts and sacred ceremonies employed on their occasion. But it is neither wise nor laudable to reduce everything to antiquity by every possible device. Thus, to cite some instances, one would be straying from the straight path were he to wish the altar restored to its primitive tableform; were he to want black excluded as a color for the liturgical vestments; were he to forbid the use of sacred images and statues in Churches; were he to order the crucifix so designed that the divine Redeemer's body shows no trace of His cruel sufferings; and lastly were he to disdain and reject polyphonic music or singing in parts, even where it conforms to regulations issued by the Holy See. - Pius XII, Mediator Dei 62

2003-11-01T22:24:00.000-06:00

OK, Maybe Dracula Was A Pretty Nasty Fellow...

MANY PEOPLE don’t know that Dracula was a real man.

He defended Eastern Europe against invading Turkish Muslims in the 15th century.

If it weren’t for warriors like Dracula, Europe would have been conquered by Turkish and Moorish Muslims. To save their lives, most Europeans would have converted to Islam, as did many Bosnians, Albanians and others. Many would now be speaking Turkish and Arabic. The average European today would likely have little need of sun-tan lotion.

From reading the comments, it seems that even though Dracula helped fight the Mohammedans, he also was somewhat of a psychopath - impaling his own people and generally being a murderous fellow. He has a nice mullet though.

2003-11-01T20:05:00.000-06:00

Squiskins

These look awesome. They are made by practicing Catholics - and you can get nuns, priests, and bishops. Fun.

2003-11-01T19:52:00.000-06:00

Are You A Eurotard?

2003-11-01T07:34:00.000-06:00

Quote of the Day

I believe . . . that few things are so likely to vitalize and rejuvenate theology, and therefore the whole of Christian life, as a blood transfusion from hagiography. - Hans urs von Balthasar

2003-11-01T07:33:00.000-06:00

The Patron Saints Index

For all of your All Saints Day needs.

2003-10-31T23:04:00.000-06:00

Two Pet Extremes

Marry Your Pet or Eat Your Pet.

2003-10-31T23:00:00.000-06:00

Final Exit

Final Exit is a production put on by various evangelical churches around the nature around Haloween time to give teens a "reality" check and make them face their own mortality. It is a sort of religious haunted house where they show videos and have abortions and suicides acted out. I haven't been but I know there is a 3 hour wait every day just ot get in. The kids love it, the only down side is they try to prostelytize the Catholics at the end.

2003-10-31T16:19:00.000-06:00

Christian Slavery in Sudan

Sad. Sad. And what's worse both they and Mauritania are on the UN Human Rights Commission.

2003-10-31T07:44:00.000-06:00

Catholics and Halloween

Here are several articles which show the Catholic "roots" of Halloween.

From About.com
From Fr. Scott Archer
From St. Anthony's Messenger
From CERC

2003-10-31T06:31:00.000-06:00

Hell-Bound of the Month

You want to see uncharitable and judgemental? Visit these two sites. First we have this Hell-Bound of the Month from a much larger site. Here's what they have to say about July's selection:

This selection should come as no surprise. Currently Dick Campbell’s chances of making it into Heaven are at a big fat zero. Not just because he cuddles with sodomites and prefers to stand with them rather than those preaching the word of God, but because he neglected to perform his duty.

The next one is Yourgoingtohell.com (aka Laststophell.com). They also have their own Hellbound of the Month. If you look at the left habd frame, you'll see they have something for everybody!

2003-10-30T22:18:00.000-06:00

More Nuns with Guns

Thanks to Nick at Fides for all of the recent nun photos.

2003-10-30T21:09:00.000-06:00

The Singing Nuns

Very POD. Lovely voices. Too bad they are all sedevacantists (read what Pope Pius XIII has to say about their community. He is mad that they don't recognize him as pope).

2003-10-30T21:03:00.000-06:00

Possible Captions?

Dude, Sr. Anacletus - I hear this new Iron Maiden CD Rocks!

2003-10-30T20:57:00.000-06:00

Of what material is your chapeau made?

First we had the Hat of Meat, now we have the Wood Hat.

2003-10-30T07:04:00.000-06:00

Soul Therapy

After all the bad karma here over the past three days, I think what we all need is a trip to the Omaha Soul Therapy Center.

We can meditate in the Metatron Pyramid. Use an Etheric Weaver (ot sure how you use it though). Stare at a Tibetan Thangka. Or read some of the many pages of esoteric babble. I think it would makes us all happier.

2003-10-30T06:56:00.000-06:00

2003-10-29T14:03:00.000-06:00

The Answer to Your Questions

Some of you have been wondering what is with pictures of the behind-kicking tough guys being apparently randomly posted on my blog over the past few days. It has been my attempt to establish equilibrium or balance out the chi or whatever you call it on my blog as a result of all the whining going on over my Valtrex advertisement comments - whining even going on in other blogs. I am usually one to let discussions in the comments area rage without interfering, but the constant harping by certain individuals on this topic and their inability to see what I was really trying to say began to really get on my nerves. I tried banning them, but they have various IP addresses, so they keep coming back. I am going to stick by my policy and not get into any long discussion or interfere, but I will make a brief retort here. I think I have already clarified my statements enough though. But it seems their argument can be summed up in two main points:

1. I am being uncharitable. How is that possible when I was commenting on an advertisement and the way the product was being marketed and not toward a real person? Some were offended - well, personal offense does not necessarily equate with uncharity. And since when is it uncharitable to call a spade a spade? Was Jesus being uncharitable when he called the Pharisees "hypocrites"? Being charitable is not being "nice." You want charity, go read the letters of St. Jerome or the homilies of St. John Chrysostom. The Church Fathers have a lot to teach this milquetoast generation about true charity.

2. I am being judgmental. Ah the paradox, isn't it being judgmental to call me uncharitable and judgmental? Anyhow, my response to this is the picture of Cookie Monster. Cookie Monster with the way he scarfs down those cookies is a glutton and slob. Am I being judgmental? Of course not - how can I "judge" a fictional character? In the same way how can I "judge" the character on some TV ad played by some anonymous actress in a bathing suit. You can't judge fictional characters. Neither can you be uncharitable to them. They aren't real. Are they Cookie Monster?

2003-10-29T06:01:00.000-06:00

2003-10-28T23:34:00.000-06:00

Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammo

Christian Bowhunters of America and The Christian Guide to Small Arms

2003-10-28T23:30:00.000-06:00

Cardinal Ouellet on the Pope's Health

2003-10-28T23:16:00.000-06:00

OK, this Doesn't Make Me as Mad as It did Last Night

Alright, I went back and re-read this after a good night sleep and not being so tired nor so irritated with some of the whining that is been going on in the comments section of my blog as of late, and see that what Bush actually said was that Congress would not pass a total ban on abortions nor would it seem that the American people would support it. I can see the first one, but I don't necessarily agree with the last. All in all, I just hope this isn't a vague hint of Bush caving in to the liberals and political pressure on his at one time apparent strong pro-life stance. One last question though, if the culture is not ready for a ban on abortion, are we all then ready to celebrate Ramadan?

2003-10-28T16:24:00.000-06:00

My New Review is Up at Crux News

2003-10-28T11:24:00.000-06:00

Saint Jude Shrine in New Orleans

2003-10-28T10:44:00.000-06:00

Abortion Holocaust Museum

Located in Baton Rouge, LA - an abortion mill turned into a museum. The web site (and quite possibly the museum) seems a bit over the top. But then again, it is only fitting.

2003-10-28T10:31:00.000-06:00

2003-10-27T10:37:00.000-06:00

2003-10-27T09:19:00.000-06:00

Saintly Vocation Stories

A request from a friend who does vocation work. She is looking for stories of how some of the saints discovered their vocation and answered the call. She wants "stories that get to the heart of a vocation... ones that show the very personal nature of the call to belong to Jesus entirely. They can be ones that are immediately received or only intimated but eventually consented to with a generous heart."

If you have any stories, please post them in the comments.

2003-10-26T21:33:00.000-06:00

2003-10-26T16:49:00.000-06:00

Americans Thinks They are Going to Heaven, Not to Hell

While 71 percent of Americans believe in hell, only half of one percent think that they are likely to end up there. And those who are headed that way had better be prepared for a genuinely hellish time.

There's a St. Padre Pio anecdote that tell of a man who went to confession to Padre Pio and told him that he did not believe in hell. Padre responded, "You'll believe in it when you get there."

2003-10-26T16:44:00.000-06:00

Phony priest ordered to jail, must pay back victims

A San Antonio man who posed as a priest as part of a scam to rip off more than $25,000 from local businesses was given a 30-day jail penance and ordered to pay back the loot by working and living at a quasi-prison center for a year.

George Persyn, 43, advertised his store-front church in a newspaper and offered emergency priest services that included scooting to places in a police-like vehicle.

Can anyone find a picture of the vehicle for me?

2003-10-26T16:11:00.000-06:00

Disturbing

A family renovating a rural home they had lived in for three years found an old trash bag in an attic crawl space containing the mummified bodies of three infants. Authorities said Sunday they were investigating the deaths as homicides.

2003-10-25T08:48:00.000-05:00

Record Number of Women Remain Childless

Anne Hare and her husband made a momentous decision three years ago: They would not have children. It's not that they don't like kids, she says. They simply don't want to alter the lifestyle they enjoy.

"With kids, especially young kids, infants and toddlers, you really can't do the active stuff we like to do," said Hare, 43, a fitness program coordinator from Gainesville, Ga.

Hare is among 26.7 million women aged 15 to 44 who are childless, a record number, according to new Census Bureau data from a June 2002 survey. They represent nearly 44 percent of women in that age group.

2003-10-24T19:47:00.000-05:00

What Would PETA Think of This?

Surrealist Meat Art.

2003-10-24T17:15:00.000-05:00

Morphing the Last Two Posts Into One

2003-10-24T17:11:00.000-05:00

Who is Going to Get Me This for Christmas??!!

Or am I going to have to get it for myself?

2003-10-24T14:24:00.000-05:00

Nuns with Guns

2003-10-24T13:52:00.000-05:00

My "Kill Bill, Vol. I" Review at Crux News

2003-10-24T13:09:00.000-05:00

Brach's Exec Claims Generic Candy Corn Will Give You AIDS

2003-10-24T13:01:00.000-05:00

A Few Brief DVD Reviews

Things Change - A 1988 comedy from David Mamet I had never seen. Perfectly constructed. I give it strong A.
Time Out - Critics loved it. I found it compelling, although I was ultimately disappointed. I give it a low B.
Oleanna - They have finally put Mamet's Oleanna on DVD. Not as good as Glengary GlenRoss, but it gets an A.
Kurosawa's Dreams - Brilliant direction and cinematography, albeit a bit tedious and preachy. A visual delight. I have to give it an A.
The Five Senses - Tries way to hard to be like Egoyan. Doesn't work. C or a C+.

2003-10-24T12:52:00.000-05:00

Escape from Slavery

I did not read this book, however I am very interested. It is an autobiography of a Christian man's struggles and trials as a slave at the hands of the "peace loving" Muslims in Sudan. Has anyone read this? Can you recommend it?

2003-10-24T12:44:00.000-05:00

Cavaziel Strck By Lightning

Actor Jim Caviezel, who plays the son of God in Mel Gibson's controversial film "The Passion of Christ" has been struck by lightning during shooting.

2003-10-23T16:27:00.000-05:00

Today is the Memorial of St. John of Capistrano

After the fall of Constantinople at the hands of the Muslims, St. John of Capistrano was asked to he lead a Crusade against the Muslim Turks in Hungary. At age 70 marched off 70,000 Christian soldiers and accompanied Hunyadi at the battle of Belgrade in the summer of 1456 leading the left wing of the Christian army against the Turks bearing the papal crucifix. Pope Callixtus III asked the entire Catolic world to recite the Angelus everyday for the victory of the Catholic warriors, and under the spiritual leadership of St. John the Turks were handily defeated, losing 40,000 of their numbers while the Christian fatalities were almost non-existent. Pope Calixtus later called the victory "the happiest event of my life".

2003-10-23T15:14:00.000-05:00

PETA Idiots offer Town called Rodeo $20,000 of Veggie Burgers to Change its Name

What about Beefhide, Kentucky? Or Hamburger Lake, Utah? Or Cow Springs, Arizona?

2003-10-23T14:17:00.000-05:00

Christina Blogs 4 Jesus

2003-10-23T13:58:00.000-05:00

People - Take A Pill!

I came back from a few days off and saw a group of people upset comments on the Valtrex ad. Goodness gracious - don't you understand what I was trying to say with my comments? Maybe you don't read my blog enough. I was not insinuating any of you are your children or relatives were whores. I was commenting ON THE AD FROM TELEVISION. Maybe you didn't see the ad. I do feel for all of those innocent folks who suffer from this disease, but I do not feel for the makers of this ad who are peddling it as a way to continuously engage in licentious sexual practices. Please, do not let your own personal emotions and situation cloud the way you see something which is satirical social commentary as some sort of personal affront. If you cannot help from doing that, please do not frequent my blog.

Jesus accused those persecuting the woman accused of adultery of hypocrisy, but he also told that woman to go and sin no more.

And once again, I remind everyone. If you do not post your e-mail and post a contrary comment, you risk getting banned.

2003-10-22T08:45:00.000-05:00

Yisrayl Hawkins and the Sabbatarians

You can read more about these folks here. Here are a few of their more "unique" beliefs:

Satan is a female who has been in indirect control of all of the world's governments and religions by appointing all political and religious leaders.

Catholicism and Protestantism are evil faith groups, symbolized by the two horns of the beast mentioned in Revelation 13:11.

Yahshua Messiah (Jesus Christ) and Yahweh (God) are two separate beings. The Trinity does not exist.

Yahshua Messiah did not exist from the creation of the world; he was conceived late in the 1st century BCE, but not before

Yisrayl Hawkins has stated that the two witnesses mentioned in Revelation 11 are himself and his now deceased brother Jacob.

Seems too that their leader was once a rockabilly singer.

2003-10-22T07:36:00.000-05:00

Marc Cardinal Ouellet

See more images here.

2003-10-21T21:37:00.000-05:00

Valtrex - Livin' The Life I Want

So, I was flipping channels during the World Series rain delay and I stumbled upon the commercial for Valtrex, a medicine for genital herpes. The basic gist of it was this - there was this woman who had herpes (presumably from whoring around) and wanted to keep on with her life, so takes this medicine to keep living her lifestyle. So they show her frolicking and swimming with some anonymous man looking happy and lusty. At the end she says something like "Getting to make the choices I want is true freedom to me." All the while the sung verse "Living the Life I Want" is playing in the background. So the basic message is - Valtrex helps you go back to your harlot lifestyle even though you have genital herpes which should really be making you reconsider the things you did to get this disease. When will these people get it?

2003-10-21T16:34:00.000-05:00

How would you like to be from this town in Italy?

2003-10-21T16:33:00.000-05:00

Brilliant!

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, yesterday urged America to recognise that terrorists can "have serious moral goals".

2003-10-21T16:31:00.000-05:00

She's A Fun Nun

It seems she has passed away though.

2003-10-20T14:55:00.000-05:00

Happy Halloween from Jack Chick

2003-10-20T11:12:00.000-05:00

Pamela Anderson Mad at KFC

If people knew how KFC treats its chickens, they'd never eat another drumstick...Please face the facts: KFC is torturing birds and then trying to pretend that there is nothing wrong with that.

Absorb more of her vegan wisdom at her official PETA site. Here is the entire KFCCruelty site.

What would Mike the Headless Chicken have to say about all of this?

2003-10-20T10:45:00.000-05:00

"Walking in the Light" Perspectives for Moral Theology Ten Years After Veritatis Splendor

Interesting looking Congress put on by Mons. Melina at the JPII in Rome. Too bad I won't be able to make it.

2003-10-18T20:18:00.000-05:00

Papal Dead Pool

As a side note to the post on beting on the papal elections:

On March 21, 1591, the newly minted Pope Gregory XIV, in his Papal Bull "Cogit nos," forbade under pain of excommunication all wagering on the duration of the pontificate, i.e. when the Pope would die, as well as on the creation of new cardinals and the election of a new pope. Such wagering had reached epidemic proportions in the Curia Romana, the body of congregations, offices and permanent commissions that assist the pope in the government and administration of the Church.

Noted one writer, "Some persons (who were) engaged in that illicit and indecent wagering, in order to save themselves from loss, sometimes disturbed the elections; and others, to increase their chance of winning, did not blush to circulate calumnies against worthy men who were thought likely to be raised to the purple." (The Chevalier Artaud De Montor in The Lives and Times of the Popes, 1911). And surely Gregory didn't want people trying to arrange the end of his pontificate to score some extra lire. He did well to worry; he died on Oct. 15, 1591, after just 10 months and 10 days under the papal tiara.

Betting on cardinals and popes continues to this day; in January 2001, Irish bookmaker Paddy Power was offering odds of 1000-1 against Sinead O'Connor succeeding Pope John Paul II.

2003-10-18T20:07:00.000-05:00

What is The Scariest Food?

2003-10-18T11:42:00.000-05:00

Our Lady Appears to Holy Father???

The Vatican is in an uproar over a series of visitations from the Virgin Mary that have left Pope John Paul II severely shaken and fearful for the future.

In his private chambers, the aging pontiff was granted a number of visions of the Virgin Mary, including one shared by two cardinals and two nuns during a midday conference. All five witnesses report seeing the same vision, and hearing the same warning of coming troubles-although each heard the warning in his or her native language.

"This was clearly a warning for all humanity,” says a high-ranking source close to the pope. “Currently, it is going through the official process of authentication …"

2003-10-17T06:30:00.000-05:00

Worst Halloween Costumes of All Time

Although I don't think I can condone all the links on this page, this site is a riot. Check all of these freaky 70's vinyl Halloween costumes out. I don't know which one is my favorite.

2003-10-16T22:48:00.000-05:00

The Mormons are At It Again

Archaelogical Proof that Christ was in North America.

2003-10-16T22:45:00.000-05:00

Whoa man! Check Out How POD This Guy Is!

2003-10-15T23:24:00.000-05:00

Mother Teresa - The Musical!

"I dream, I hope, I pray for you," the sprightly Teresa character sings to dancing members of the chorus, representing the sick and destitute, in the upbeat production.

To a series of reggae, funk and pop tunes, the show focuses on the five decades Mother Teresa spent caring for slum-dwellers in Calcutta, India - for which she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.

2003-10-15T12:21:00.000-05:00

Universe People

I give up. Just when you think you have found a kook that tops them all, another one rolls around. This Czech fellow here is priime candidate for Kook of the Century. His name is A. Ivo Benda and he is the head of Universe People. From a brief perusal of his page seems he is talking to some cosmic friends who are giving him some type of knowledge. Jesus seems to be a spaceman too. He also has commentary on the Third Secret of Fatima.

I can't take it anymore...

2003-10-15T06:27:00.000-05:00

Put Your Money On Who Will Be The Next Pope

2003-10-14T22:49:00.000-05:00

It Seems They will NOT be Exhuming Mother Teresa's Body

But they will be giving the Pope some of her blood. Very POD.

2003-10-14T22:41:00.000-05:00

Not Tonight, Honey. I'm Logging On

“It was like a drug,” Dan says. “I just started to feel so bad about it. I’d think about how these girls I looked at were being exploited, but then I still couldn’t stop. It was totally screwing with the way I thought I should be seeing women.”

I wouldn't normally post an article as "graphic" as this - but it is right on the money. It is from New York Metro and is about the growing problem of Internet pornography, especially among educated metropolitan men. It focuses in on the way it negatively impacts relationships these men have with women. The language and subject matter is a bit harsh at times, but if you can handle it is well worth the read and shows you the problem we as a society are facing.

2003-10-14T14:46:00.000-05:00

My New Movie Review at Crux News is Up

2003-10-14T12:19:00.000-05:00

Way to Go Chief!

KENNER, LA -- A sexual fetish convention has been canceled because of the police chief's efforts to stir up opposition to the event, the convention's organizer said. Fearing the event would "seriously jeopardize the family atmosphere" in Kenner, Police Chief Nick Congemi mailed letters last week urging 15 motels not to host the event, dubbed "Fetish in the Fall."

As you might expect, the perverts are not happy and think that this is discrimination. Boo hoo hoo.

2003-10-14T10:49:00.000-05:00

Incense at Mass Causes Cancer?

The Botafumiero at Santiago de Compostela

An Irish Government minister has warned that burning incense in churches could be harmful to the altar boys and girls who help Roman Catholic priests celebrate mass.

The burning of incense is popular in Roman Catholic churches
Jim McDaid, who is a former family doctor, said the children were at risk because they inhaled the carcinogenic smoke produced when incense is burnt close by.

So I guess there must be a very high cancer rate at Santiago de Compostela? See more of the amazing thurible (of which I have a key chain) here, here, and here.

Thanks to Nick for this link. She has the nice little graphic below. Only problem with it, is that Father should be in a cassock and surplice - not in a tab collar.

2003-10-14T10:38:00.000-05:00

Fight the Pro-Abortion Matrix

2003-10-13T14:48:00.000-05:00

TAFCAP (or is it Prince now?) Seen Prostelytizing for Jehovah's Witnesses

Hello Baby, would you like a copy of The Watchtower?

An Eden Prairie woman, who prefers to be identified only as Rochelle, said, "Door bell rings. My husband runs upstairs and says, 'Prince is at the door!' I said, 'No way.' "