R.M. ArceJaeger's Blog

The Mayflower and Thanksgiving: Fact or Fiction?

The Mayflower and Thanksgiving: Fact or Fiction?

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Are There Benefits to the Anti-Christmas Movement?

Are There Benefits to the Anti-Christmas Movement?

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War on Guns

War on Guns

Did you know there are more gun killings in the U.S. than terrorist-related deaths in the ENTIRE WORLD!? Where is the real war?

#GunControlNow #...

The Real-Life Difference Between Huggies Little Snugglers and Little Snugglers Plus

The Real-Life Difference Between Huggies Little Snugglers and Little Snugglers Plus

Huggies is a well-known name when it comes to diapers, but that doesnt mean all its diapers are the same. Reality can often be very different than what charts and figures claim. Here is my experience with two of Huggies most popular diapers, Little Snugglers and Little Snugglers + Plus.

This is what Huggies claims about...

U.S. Government Drops Fourth of July Holiday After Complaints

“Justice for all” was the message from the White House today when it announced it was eliminating the Fourth of July as a federal holiday.

“The idea of celebrating our nation’s declaration against oppression, when in fact many of our founding fathers were slaveholders themselves, is offensive in the extreme. We will no longer glorify an event connected with an era of slavery.”

The move is in keeping with popular calls for h...

How to Hyperlink to the First Empty Cell in an Excel Column Range

It’s easy to hyperlink to a cell, or even a named cell/range. It’s even easy to get the first empty cell in column range (a range of cells in a column). But hyperlinking to that cell is a bit of a process. The following command though makes it super easy!

Summary of Behavior

If the column range is empty, goes to the first cell in the range If the column range is full, goes to the last cell in the range Otherwise, goes to t...

Giving in to the Solemnity of the Occasion

Everyone knows about them, but we try not to talk about them — Holy Days of Obligation, a.k.a. (for the most part) Solemnities. These are days that typically fall during the work week when we’re suppose to rest, not work, pray, and of course, go to Mass.

Yeah, sure. Try explaining that to the boss!

In all seriousness, whereas at one time, Solemnities were something everyone followed and a whole nation would essentially shut...

Giving in to the Solemnity of the Occassion

Everyone knows about them, but we try not to talk about them — Holy Days of Obligation, a.k.a. (for the most part) Solemnities. These are days that typically fall during the work week when we’re suppose to rest, not work, pray, and of course, go to Mass.

Yeah, sure. Try explaining that to the boss!

In all seriousness, whereas at one time, Solemnities were something everyone followed and a whole nation would essentially shut...

The Effect of Gender Restriction on the Catholic Church Today

I find it fascinating the extent to which the Catholic Church goes to minimize the effect of living women on the Church (it has no problem with women being powerful as long as they’re dead). Even to taking the most unlikely path of reinterpreting female names in Acts as male, or finding any other reason for mention other than deaconization or apostle-ship.

Still, gender-thinking has led to some change in the Church. It has...

God and Time: A New Perspective on the Different Roles of the Father, Son, and Spirit Hypostases with Respect to Time

Is God “Outside of Time” and Immutable, or “Inside of Time” and Responsive?

I (like many theologians) believe that God is outside time (their arguments have been described enough in books that I’m not going to rehash them here). I have not until recently thought that was incongruent with God’s ability to change, though, and I’m still not convinced it is. It seems a human definition to say that change can only happen over ti...