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Highlander wrote: ↑Thu Apr 30, 2026 1:18 am Keep on keeping on.

That's all a fella can do.

I have "Monsignor Quixote" by Graham Greene waiting in the bullpen.

Part 1 was good. Towards the end of it there were a few discursions that weren't nearly as enjoyable as the earlier side stories of failed romances. With these latter ones I found myself reading simply to get done with those sections. It took a bit to get into Part 2. The one interesting difference ...

Michael Voris was someone I would occasionally watch when I started coming back to the faith. He had his early Vortex episodes about how "lies and falsehoods" get sucked down into that vortex. Initially I remember seeing him involved with pro life demonstrations. Voris and Shea had a debat...

Sam Kinison's brother, Bill, tells a story about when Sam was up and coming and getting some popularity. A couple of "wise guys" were in the audience who really took a liking to Sam. These mafia underlings started to hang out with Sam and they'd use all different types of drugs together ge...

Norm's joke about Harrison Schmitt not getting to walk on the moon is one of the funniest bits I've seen in years.

"They've got a dune buggy?!?!"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykza4L41N4s

I was actually thinking about making a Life Site News post too recently. I used to follow them as did a good Catholic friend of mine. A few years back she told me to avoid them because they were getting more and more into sensational and outright sinful posts. I initially didn't want to hear it beca...

I was in high school when Kinison died. Watching stand-up comedians was a regular event with my family. It's weird to think of it now considering how crass most of it was. Kinison either hosted or was a guest on some of the shows we watched. I can't say I found him funny, but clearly alot of people ...

Milwaukee’s numbers seem low from what people involved with administration told me just regarding two churches in one parish. Those two comprising the 58 Easter confirmations only (not including the baptisms)

Does the site allow you to search for Confirmations/Baptisms for previous years?

For Wisconsin:

Green Bay diocese is quite a bit smaller than Milwaukee, but they had more confirmations.
Madison had even more, though the more populated areas are pretty liberal.

Very interesting.

Edit:
Whoops... I read that wrong.

That was pretty funny.

Along the lines of his joke I saw a Dollar General wedged into a cutout section of a forest that lined a road in a smaller town near my hometown. It almost is like a Mike Myers type character hiding in the woods.

The Easter Vigil Mass in my small community (bordering on Milwaukee) had 20 confirmations and 15 baptisms and lasted close to 4 hours. My friend’s parish which is closer to Milwaukee, had 38 confirmations and 9 baptisms. He said it went beyond midnight. His fiancé is from Kansas City and her parents...

So many funny moments. One of the best: DQ is expressing his love for the beauty, grace, an undimmed femininity of Dulcinea del Toboso to Sancho. Then at one point during his speech he says her real name. To which Sancho says something like, "oh her?! Yeah, great gal! Stronger than most of the ...

Thank you for all of this info. I feel like Johnny5 (Short Circuit). Regarding the topic of Luther - Oh how I miss the simpler days of the internet and Catholic apologetics. Back when Taylor Marshall was known for his (pardon if I get the title wrong) "Paul is Catholic" podcast. I remember...

I was listening to a history on Erasmus vs Luther, focusing specifically on their debate. It sounds like Erasmus not only ended up in disagreement with Luther, but accidently made his position sound in opposition to the Catholic Church as well. The video stated that Luther won pretty easily (albeit,...

peregrinator wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2026 3:17 pm If you go to an empty field in Pennsylvania and say "Dollar General" 3 times, one will appear.

I'll try this in an empty field in Wisconsin and get back to you.

And, though I do temper it, still a degree of disdain for those who can't so much as respond a kind word for a kind word. When it is my 15th interaction of the day and I just want to get the hell out and go home, a polite grunt is all you're gonna get from me. :laughhard :laughhard :laughhard I’ll ...

What Riverboat said.

I just started my day at work and looked at the beginning of the article.... yeah, this is good. I'll have to come back to it later today.
Thanks for sharing.

It’s so weird to think… but back when I was in high school and dating my girlfriend, I used to stand by her till while she was working. I’m stunned, in retrospect, that the store manager even allowed me to do that. Whenever she would greet a customer and they would ignore it, this ol White Knight h...

It’s so weird to think… but back when I was in high school and dating my girlfriend, I used to stand by her till while she was working. I’m stunned, in retrospect, that the store manager even allowed me to do that. Whenever she would greet a customer and they would ignore it, this ol White Knight ha...