Mark P. Shea's Blog, page 1353

In Which We Deal with a Delicate Subject

A response to a reader who is somewhat incredulous that, well, *that* could really be a mortal sin as serious as, or worse than adultery, as well as sundry suggestions for what to do about it.

Note the Date and Time

Happy Pi Day and Minute!

3.14 1:59 PM!

Things will get even better in the near future when we can count down to 3/14/15 9:26:53 AM and/or PM. (Purists say AM is better and AM Greenwich time is best of all. I'm more latitudinarian about these matters. And don't even get me started about the weak-kneed Euros who date things 14/3/11. They screw things up for everybody.

Oh! I nearly forgot!

I had never heard of Linda Gibbons before this piece was sent to me, but she deserves to be praised far and wide as a hero and white martyr of the prolife movement. May God grant her justice in this life and a golden crown in the next. Canada should be ashamed and repent in dust and ashes for this miserable crime against her.

Sometimes the job has it's perks!

I've been asked to write a piece on the Pope's new book for OSV. So I get a freebie copy and get to start reading it today! The piece should be out soon, though I'm not clear on the deadline. Anyway, how fun to get to read something I wanted to read anyway and even get paid for it!

Which, by the way, means I'll see all y'all tomorrow cuz today I'm reading B16 all day!

Here's a happy little cover

Don't forget!

You can help support the Chesterton Academy and even get twice as much bang for the buck because of a matching grant! Plus, it's a spiritual work of mercy!

Oh Goody!

Pacific Northwest Megaquake Imminent

Of course, my response is: "Like they know". Sorry, but this is the sort of disaster journalism one comes to expect from the "Fear sells beer and shampoo" brigades of the MSM. I'm *highly* skeptical they really have any clear idea of when a serious quake is due here. Sure, we're bound to get one sooner or later. But this is basically just capitalizing on Japan's woes to grab some headlines. They don't have a clue when the next Cascadia event will happen. God willing, it will just jiggle my coffin. At any rate, there's little I can do to stop it.

Way to go, Father Pavone!

Kudos to you for saving this child!

Ayn Rand!

This is just an experiment. When I put that name in a blog entry title, people I've never heard of suddenly show up in comboxes, like moths drawn to a flame, to evangelize for their Cult Leader. I was just wondering if it would happen again. Here's a little something just to provoke them into chanting some Objectivist Mantras about the Manifold Glories of the Dear Leader, courtesy of a reader:

"There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orc[s]."

There is good news too

Such as a parish with 55 people in RCIA.