Instructions: Go to your music player of choice and put it on shuffle. Say the following questions aloud, and press play. Use the song title as the answer to the question. NO CHEATING.
How does the world see you? Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head (BJ Thomas)
Will I have a happy life? Turn Me Loose (Loverboy)
What do my friends really think of me? New York State of Mind (Billy Joel)
What do people secretly think of me? Pep Talk from Animal House (John Belushi)
How can I be happy? Head Like a Hole (Devo)
What should I do with my life? What Day is It (Space Ghost)
Will I ever have children? Don't Be Cruel (Devo)
What is some good advice for me? You've Got to Hide Your Love Away (Elvis Costello)
How will I be remembered? Chemical Beats (Chemical Brothers)
What is my signature dancing song? Girl Boy Song (Aphex Twin)
What do I think my current theme song is? Mustang Sally (Committments) (Good song, bad cover)
What does everyone else think my current theme song is? In the Navy (Village People)
What song will play at my funeral? Prayer of St. Francis (Sarah McLachlan)
What type of men/women do you like? Principles of Lust-Sadeness (Enigma)
What is my day going to be like? Iko Iko (Cindy Lauper)
What Baby and Mommy Do When Daddy's Not Home -
We dance to the Beastie Boys! Baby V likes the song "Intergalactic."
Hearing God's Call In Search for Happiness - a little article on the Church's efforts to promote vocations.
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We got the house!!!!!
Sorry I did not post it right away. We have been so stressed over this process that we are not even taking care of basic needs like sleeping much less blogging. But we got the house of our dreams and we are so thrilled. Unless they find the world's largest termite inside it we will close the sale on 4/24. Then move in in May sometime. Then we will do the first time homeowner dance. I wonder what the baby will think.
We are hoping to be first in line with an offer on a house to be delivered in the morning.
Please pray that we are first in line and that the seller accepts our offer.
The Howard Center
The Poetic Truth About Homosexuality:
Since the scandal surrounding British poet and playwright Oscar Wilde, homosexuality has claimed no literary figure more prominent than the 20th-century Anglo-American poet W. H. Auden (1907-1973). However, after considerable personal experience, Auden delivered a remarkably negative judgment on this kind of sexual activity.
According to a newly published critical study, Auden made decidedly negative comments about homosexuality during a 1947 conversation with Alan Ansen: 'I've come to the conclusion that it's wrong to be queer, but that's a long story. Oh, the reasons are comparatively simple. In the first place, all homosexual acts are acts of envy. In the second, the more you're involved with someone, the more trouble arises, and affection shouldn't result in that. It shows something's wrong somewhere.'
Nor did Auden's perspective on homosexuality grow more favorable in the years that followed. In 1969, just four years before his death, Auden wrote candidly, 'Few, if any, homosexuals can honestly boast that their sex-life has been happy.'
(Source: Arthur Kirsch, Auden and Christianity [New Haven: Yale University Press, 2005], 172-173.)
Since the scandal surrounding British poet and playwright Oscar Wilde, homosexuality has claimed no literary figure more prominent than the 20th-century Anglo-American poet W. H. Auden (1907-1973). However, after considerable personal experience, Auden delivered a remarkably negative judgment on this kind of sexual activity.
According to a newly published critical study, Auden made decidedly negative comments about homosexuality during a 1947 conversation with Alan Ansen: 'I've come to the conclusion that it's wrong to be queer, but that's a long story. Oh, the reasons are comparatively simple. In the first place, all homosexual acts are acts of envy. In the second, the more you're involved with someone, the more trouble arises, and affection shouldn't result in that. It shows something's wrong somewhere.'
Nor did Auden's perspective on homosexuality grow more favorable in the years that followed. In 1969, just four years before his death, Auden wrote candidly, 'Few, if any, homosexuals can honestly boast that their sex-life has been happy.'
(Source: Arthur Kirsch, Auden and Christianity [New Haven: Yale University Press, 2005], 172-173.)
More Baby -
Hey, it's my blog. So Baby news it is. She seems to go for a while without doing new things, and then to do several new things all at once. She has learned to turn the crank on her Jack-in-the-Box and pop him out, and we think she said "no" today. Hard to tell. She has also figured out that one of the cabinets is not locked and likes to get her baby spoons out and spread them around the house like Easter eggs. She likes to wear hats, especially the Stride Rite baby shoe box I have convinced her is a hat. She is getting into VERY animated conversations with her stuffed animals too. And of course, trying to pick up things that are almost as big as she is, like 2-liter bottles of Coke.
WVEC.com News for Hampton Roads, Virginia Virginia News: "In addition to allowing altar girls, Loverde also decided Tuesday to allow two churches to celebrate the 1962 Latin Mass, sometimes known as the Tridentine Mass. St. Lawrence in Alexandria and St. John the Baptist in Front Royal plan to offer the Latin Mass in addition to regular services. "
Baby V Update - 14 monts
Today is Miss V's 14 monthiversary. She surprised us by saying "Jesus." I thought it was just a fluke - a baby sound that happened to sound like "Jesus" until I looked over and saw that she was pointing at a painting of Jesus and Mary on our wall. She likes art so we are always holding her up to our many religious paintings and telling her that they show Jesus and Mary. So it IS sinking in even though she doesn't say much. Also, she has her molars mostly in, and has mastered the art of drinking from a sippy cup.
The Smiths turned down $5 million reunion offer - Yahoo! News: "AUSTIN, Texas (Billboard) - Pioneering U.K. modern rock band the Smiths turned down a $5 million offer to reunite at the upcoming Coachella Valley Arts & Music Festival in southern California, former frontman Morrissey said Thursday. "
RealEstateJournal New Floor Plans Provide Peace, Quiet and Privacy: "After two decades of pushing the open floor plan -- where domestic life revolved around a big central space and exposed kitchens gave everyone a view of half the house -- major builders and top architects are walling people off. They're touting one-person "Internet alcoves," locked-door "away rooms" and his-and-her offices on opposite ends of the house. ...
Designers say the new antisocial architecture is partly a backlash against the enforced camaraderie of the residential layouts of the '80s and '90s, with their "great rooms" and shared spaces that made it tough to get away from it all (and tougher to hide messes from guests). "
Designers say the new antisocial architecture is partly a backlash against the enforced camaraderie of the residential layouts of the '80s and '90s, with their "great rooms" and shared spaces that made it tough to get away from it all (and tougher to hide messes from guests). "
What I'm not watching:
Leprechaun 2 (1994)
31 SCIFI: Friday, March 17 4:00 PM
1994, R, *1/2, 01:25, Color, English, United States,
An evil Irish fairy (Warwick Davis) travels 1,000 years to California in search of a suitable bride."
31 SCIFI: Friday, March 17 4:00 PM
1994, R, *1/2, 01:25, Color, English, United States,
An evil Irish fairy (Warwick Davis) travels 1,000 years to California in search of a suitable bride."
BREITBART.COM - Man Hits His Own Car Then Sues Himself: "Mar 16 7:17 AM
LODI, Calif.
When a dump truck backed into Curtis Gokey's car, he decided to sue the city for damages. Only thing is, he was the one driving the dump truck. But that minor detail didn't stop Gokey, a Lodi city employee, from filing a $3,600 claim for the December accident, even after admitting the crash was his fault.
After the city denied that claim because Gokey was, in essence, suing himself, he and his wife, Rhonda, decided to file a new claim under her name.
City Attorney Steve Schwabauer said this one also lacks merit because Rhonda Gokey can't sue her own husband.
'You can sue your spouse for divorce, but you can't sue your spouse for negligence,' Schwabauer said. 'They're a married couple under California law. They're one entity. It's damage to community property.'
But Rhonda Gokey insisted she has 'the right to sue the city because a city's vehicle damaged my private vehicle.'
In fact, her claim, currently pending at Lodi City Hall, is for an even larger amount - $4,800.
'I'm not as nice as my husband is,' she said. "
LODI, Calif.
When a dump truck backed into Curtis Gokey's car, he decided to sue the city for damages. Only thing is, he was the one driving the dump truck. But that minor detail didn't stop Gokey, a Lodi city employee, from filing a $3,600 claim for the December accident, even after admitting the crash was his fault.
After the city denied that claim because Gokey was, in essence, suing himself, he and his wife, Rhonda, decided to file a new claim under her name.
City Attorney Steve Schwabauer said this one also lacks merit because Rhonda Gokey can't sue her own husband.
'You can sue your spouse for divorce, but you can't sue your spouse for negligence,' Schwabauer said. 'They're a married couple under California law. They're one entity. It's damage to community property.'
But Rhonda Gokey insisted she has 'the right to sue the city because a city's vehicle damaged my private vehicle.'
In fact, her claim, currently pending at Lodi City Hall, is for an even larger amount - $4,800.
'I'm not as nice as my husband is,' she said. "
Dumbbell: Love handles: "Smaller scabies than ours presentable safety-catches to Santa Wabausee and aprise the portraitist, the loyalest story ever told, of the Rahmkaese who came to Mary and through her to all the daughters and levy-strauss of slipslop on that winter night on the Bethlehem antiphlogistics."
TWO WEEKS BACK - Follow the journey of a 33 year old youth minister who goes back to High School as a Sophomore.
You can't make this stuff up.
Today my Microsoft Outlook spellcheck asked me if I wanted to replace "USCCB" with "SUCK."
I took this political quiz (via Greg), here are my results:
#1 Paleo-libertarian
#2 Paleoconservative
#3 Libertarian
#4 Conservative
#5 Centrist
#6 Left-libertarian
#7 Neoconservative
#8 Radical
#9 Third Way
#10 Liberal
#1 Paleo-libertarian
#2 Paleoconservative
#3 Libertarian
#4 Conservative
#5 Centrist
#6 Left-libertarian
#7 Neoconservative
#8 Radical
#9 Third Way
#10 Liberal
Beaver Damage Control Techniques Manual: "The purpose of this manual is to provide information on the most effective techniques available for resolving beaver/human conflicts."
Baby V Update - 13.5 months.
The state of Baby V is strong. She can now run and enjoys racing around the apartment. She can kick a ball around the room and turn a light switch on and off. She has just learned how to stand on things in order to reach other things. She enjoys putting things in piles and then moving them across the room into another pile.
She makes the following signs:
Eat, Light, Love, What now? (arms akimbo)
She says the following words, more or less:
Hi, Moo, Baa, Dada, Mama, Woof
She understands the following words:
No, Gentle, Dolly, Lion, Teeth, Ear, Eye, Brush, Sheep, Cow, Doggy, Big, probably others too.
She makes the following signs:
Eat, Light, Love, What now? (arms akimbo)
She says the following words, more or less:
Hi, Moo, Baa, Dada, Mama, Woof
She understands the following words:
No, Gentle, Dolly, Lion, Teeth, Ear, Eye, Brush, Sheep, Cow, Doggy, Big, probably others too.
O.O. and Zorak are watching a TV commercial for a collection of 70s soul music.
O.O.: "There's Tina Turner! She doesn't look that good. She looks great now, but that's just because she's in her 50s and still looks about the same. That's like Avery Dulles, whose views did not change much, but because the Church moved left he is now considered to be on the right."
Zorak: "Did you just compare Tina Turner to Avery Dulles?"
O.O.: "There's Tina Turner! She doesn't look that good. She looks great now, but that's just because she's in her 50s and still looks about the same. That's like Avery Dulles, whose views did not change much, but because the Church moved left he is now considered to be on the right."
Zorak: "Did you just compare Tina Turner to Avery Dulles?"
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