“A Letter To My Sad, Skinny Single Self” is up today. Boy, that was a harder assignment than I expected it to be. What advice would you give to your pre-relationship self?
Month: August 2012
Stupid game for your Monday morning!
I don’t know about you, but I had quite a weekend. How about a stupid little game, to ease ourselves into another stupid week?
Just open up a comment and press ctrl + V. Whatever you copied last will get pasted in. Then we’ll see who we’re dealing with here.
Here’s mine:
hid his eyes behind his wing) Doubled the flames of sevenbranched candelabra
Don’t that make me sound smarty and arty? It’s from Eliot’s The Wasteland, asMelanie Bettinelli surely knows. But the truth is, someone quoted this line on Facebook, and it sounded vaguely familiar, like maybe Shakespeare or the Bible or one o’ them thick books. I had to Google it to find out who said it. Oh, well. College was a long time ago.
Okay, now yours! Fun! Fun!
Catholic Speaker Month!
Voting opened yesterday at BrandonVogt.com! He’s collected the names of 250 Catholic speakers, and is asking people to vote for their favorites — or for lesser-known names who deserve more recognition. You can choose 15 names.
You may notice my name is on the list — thanks, Brandon! I am now booking speaking engagements, mostly in the New England area for now, because Benny is only 8 months old and she wuvs her muvver.
I am especially interested in finding a reason to be in the D.C. area around November 11. I’ve been invited to join a panel of U.S. Bishops and Catholic bloggers to discuss Catholicism and social media. I really want to go, but D.C. is a little further than I want to travel at the moment — but if I could combine trips, it would make more sense to attend. (Anyone else going to be there?)
Oh noez, he’s sending the wrong message!
Ms. Brown tried to walk forward to greet him, but she started tottering. Archbishop Dolan spotted her and jogged up the steps to help. Meanwhile, the school’s marching band burst into the Cardinal Hayes marching song, inspiring the archbishop to take Ms. Brown in his arms and twirl her around.
The dancing lasted only for a minute or so, Mr. Meenan said, but he will not soon forget the image of the bearlike archbishop squiring Ms. Brown. He wore his black bishop’s garment and a pink cap; she wore a drop-waist dress, black fur and lace-topped stockings.
(full story here)
It gets me every time
Here, by the way, are some links to the books and movies I recommend. Buying anything through these links will contribute to the “Don’t Make Simcha’s Children Wear Discarded Newspaper For Their Back-To-School Outfits” Fund. Thanks!
Sound and Sense by Laurence Perrine
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fairy Tales (including “The Selfish Giant”) by Oscar Wilde
Mouse Tales by Arnold Lobel
Fiddler on the Roof (DVD)
The Iron Giant (DVD)
Dumbo (DVD)
Children’s books about love (LINKS FIXED, I HOPE!)
Yay, a book post! I decided to go with this instead of my original topic, which was wifely obedience, because I’m only 37 and I’m not ready to have my first stroke.
As always, if you are inclined to buy any of the books I recommend (or to buy anything from Amazon!), it would be wonderful if you could click through using the links below. I get a small percentage of the sale. Thank you so much to my readers who have been clicking through! It really ads up, and is a huge help.
One Potato, Two Potato By Cynthia DeFelice and Andrea U’ren
The Clown of God by Tomie dePaola
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen
Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss
Five Chinese Brothers by Claire Huchet Bishop, illustrated by Kurt Weise
The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf, illustrated by Robert Lawson