I had tried to read to read Michener’s The Source on the flight from Atlanta to Paris, but for some reason, I just couldn’t get into it. So, Kathy suggested that I go buy a book during the layover that we had in Paris on the return flight. I consequently wandered around DeGaulle airport finding [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Venice: The Trip, The Novel, The Pictures
Posted in Travel on March 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Trip to Assisi, Italy
Posted in Roman Catholicism, Travel on March 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We climbed up the road in Assisi. At the end of the road was a cathedral. We all thought that the cathedral had been built to honor St. Francis of Assisi, but it hadn’t. I had been built to honor the patron saint of Assisi, St. Rufinus, another of those Catholic Saints of whom I [...]
The Great American Sucker
Posted in Politics, The New Economics on March 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am beginning to feel like a real sucker. I won’t comment about my joining the military when there was no draft and watching as those who didn’t join settled into lives when there were no moves every three years (minimum), bullets flying at you, and unaccompanied tours to areas where it got really cold. [...]
A Novel Idea (I Really Don’t Need A Reason to Buy Another Book)
Posted in Books, Religion and Life on March 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Before we left for Italy, I had started reading Michener’s The Source. As some of you may know, I also started reading Moby Dick, but I still have that goal to accomplish (half way through the book). This post, however, is about The Source. I tried reading it during the flight to and from Paris, [...]
Comments on the Novel, Executive Priviledge, written by Phillip Margolin
Posted in Books on March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I finished Executive Privilege by Phillip Margolin a couple of days ago. This was the first time that I had read any of Margolin’s work. The book was okay, nothing special because I figured out the plot way too early to keep my interest. Also, the characters were stamped out of the ordinary detective story [...]
We Don’t Warrant An Insult
Posted in Religion and Life on March 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Catholic On-line has an article today in which it states that “the Obama Administration announced that on Monday the President will nominate Governor Kathleen Sebelius to be the Secretary of Health and Human Services. This President removed limitations on abortion by overturning the Mexico City Policy and recently announced he will remove the conscience protections [...]
I Don’t Know Who Is Poor Anymore.
Posted in Religion and Life on March 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“I just don’t know who is poor anymore.” This remark was made with as much conviction and sincerity as the speaker could muster. She realized that Jesus commanded us to help the poor, care for the disadvantaged, and visit the sick and infirm. She wondered, however, “how do you know which of the people around [...]
We Missed the Snow Storm–Yea/Darn
Posted in Just Stuff on March 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We just got back from the Rite of Election conducted by Bishop Boland in Savannah, Georgia. We left early this morning form Mass and rode a chartered bus down to the Cathedral of Saint John The Baptist. I remarked to Kathy as we rode through the streets to the church that I had been stationed [...]
