Hey, great, it’s snowing. It’s okay. It’s fine. Here’s what we had this week: SATURDAY Pizza and birthday cake . Poor Elijah. He keeps having his birthday during Lent. Some people put dry peas in their shoes, some subsist on nothing but dewdrops collected off the tombstone of St. Nicholas of Myra. Elijah gets terrible … Continue reading “What’s for supper? Vol. 164: Nailed it!”
Abortion is part of a quick-fix culture, said Morgan Korth of We Dignify. A woman finds herself with a scary pregnancy, and the pro-choice world tells her she can solve all her problems by simply getting an abortion. But the pro-life world sometimes looks for a quick fix of its own, explained Korth and her guest … Continue reading “Pro-life spotlight #5: We Dignify mentors pro-life students to lead with charity and humility”
You know what the real thing is about being in your mid-40’s? You can do everything you used to do in your 30’s, but you cannot bounce back. I was in Chicago at the FemCatholic Conference last weekend, and it was completely wonderful. Met Mikayla Dalton, Corita Ten Eyck, Theresa Scott, Leticia Adams, Donna Provencher, … Continue reading “Dreamlike reviews: Hadesdown, The Ghost Keeper, and The Sopranos (again)”
We promised we’d have a podcast review of Kirk Cameron’s life-changing movie FIREPROOF for Valentine’s Day. And we lied! But we do have it just before midnight on the day after Valentine’s Day, and that’s, you know, fine. The good news is, we said twenty, but it’s actually twenty-seven. This here is a special free … Continue reading “Special Valentine’s FREE Episode: 20 things we hated about FIREPROOF”
January got me down. So I did an “ask me anything” on Facebook. I skipped a few hard ones, but here’s most of my answers: Are you pregnant?! I am pregnant with ennui and will soon give birth to a red-faced, squalling bundle of . . . I dunno, more ennui or whatever. Are you … Continue reading “In which I answer anything, Vol. 3!”
Oh lordy, I’m running so late. But we finally did a podcast! Did you hear our podcast? You might like it! I thought it was pretty funny, and we have a name, a logo, and new mics, and are taking a slightly different approach. This one is free, and we’re working on moving toward getting … Continue reading “What’s for supper? Vol. 151: Sauté, girls, sauté!”
New podcast episode! New logo! New microphones! Same old terrible people. Normally, our podcast is accessible only to patrons of this site who pledge $1 or more, but since we went on such a shamefully long hiatus, we’re just putting this new episode out there. Free! Free! And worth every cent. Our podcast (which we … Continue reading “Episode #60: Who or what is a Malcolm Gladwell?”
You’re too generous! I had to save about half the questions for next time. . Q. Who was worse – Samantha Bee or Roseanne? . A. This is like asking which is worse, the color of the carpet in the Hindenburg or the color of the barstool upholstery in the Hindenburg. There may be a … Continue reading “In which I answer anything, Vol. 2”
Seeing as I was so far behind in all kinds of all work of all kinds, I said “Ask me anything!” on Facebook. Here are (most of) the questions, with my answers. By the way, “Ask me anything!” is commonly abbreviated as “AMA,” and so is “against medical advice.” MAKE OF IT WHAT YOU WILL. … Continue reading “In which I answer anything!”
Today, on International Women’s Day, a conservative Catholic Twitter personality retweeted a story about a gubernatorial candidate who breastfed her baby in an election ad. He added this comment: “Lady, cover that up. Breast feeding in public is fine but cover up. No one needs to have to avert their eyes uncomfortably.” (I’ve taken out his … Continue reading “What is women’s responsibility to men while breastfeeding?”
