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Obi-Wan Kenobi wrote: ↑Tue Nov 11, 2025 9:34 pm We're all about barycenters now.

Does that make me an influencer?

Pluto's biggest moon is Charon, which is about half the diameter and 1/8 the mass of Pluto. It's big enough that both bodies rotate around a point outside of Pluto, but Charon isn't bigger. This is true for all bodies. They orbit about a barycenter, a common center of mass. As it turns out the bary...

Highlander wrote: ↑Sun Nov 09, 2025 7:25 pm A cursive "C", it seems to me. So they got a report for each class.

Looks like she earned "le __." The letter grade may have faded. But I'm stumped why a German teacher would use a French article for a grade.

Do it! Better yet, drive there yourself and drop it off. Get the media involved. If it doesn't violate any FERPA law, maybe let the camera hone in on it. I'm betting a great-grandkid or two would love to be involved.

Edit: So, what did this flower of the Great War earn on her report card anyway?

I believe we should welcome immigrants to this country. But I would expect them to "knock on the door" rather than "barge in." I don't see any way that expectation can be characterized as unreasonable or "inhumane." This entire post is save-worthy. Thanks for the thoug...

This is a really good question, and I hope someone with the expertise in this area will post a response. Meanwhile, I think you may look into what the Knights of Columbus may have to offer.

I said it has a moon. Ergo, it's a planet. Obi-Wan pointed out it has several (five that we know of). To my way of thinking, this makes a more powerful argument than a single moon.

Point of fact, I was pretty sure it had two, not just one. So much to learn here!

Obi-Wan Kenobi wrote: ↑Sun Oct 12, 2025 9:38 pm It has several moons!

That seals the deal.

I still consider it a planet. It has a moon. So there.

peregrinator wrote: ↑Thu Oct 09, 2025 10:25 am soixante-huitards

Now, there's a term I need to work into my conversation. All I gotta do is learn how to pronounce it.

Highlander wrote: ↑Sun Oct 05, 2025 1:09 pm I used to have to go out in the woods to practice my trumpet.

When I first looked at this picture, I saw someone grilling burgers. Okay. Was he consistently burning them? Having read your post, now this makes sense.

Obi-Wan Kenobi wrote: ↑Wed Oct 01, 2025 5:54 pm Not sure what makes Stephen King intellectual.

Absolutely agree. I read The Shining and 11/22/63 because my wife 𝚍̶𝚎̶𝚖̶𝚊̶𝚗̶𝚍̶ requested it. I slammed the book shut after finishing the second and swore I would never pick up another one again.

Did you know that it is racist and white supremacist to be against arson? GIA publications think so. Incredible. Out of curiosity, I looked up this publication site. The front page asked "Where do you want to go?" Well, so many options! How about Elmira, New York? I've always wanted to vi...

If you want a good look at the parlous state of liturgical music, read Why Catholics Can't Sing: The Culture of Catholicism and the Triumph of Bad Taste by Thomas Day. Here's one of my favorite lines: "An anonymous wag once defined the modern liturgical expert as 'an affliction sent by God, so ...

p.falk wrote: ↑Mon Sep 15, 2025 6:36 am It's a 80-year-old book (time-tested!) that Catholics are willing to read.

Pfft. I was about to swear I started it twice and gave up. According to my meticulous records, I actually read it in 2017. Nothing stuck, evidently.

I am frankly relieved to hear that there are still places that assign the traditional, modern childhood classics. I shudder to think of the alternative reading in other schools. Pfalk, be grateful the kid is reading this book. You realize she wrote this when she was a teenager, right? And that mean...

Doom wrote: ↑Fri Sep 05, 2025 4:01 pm I am frankly relieved to hear that there are still places that assign the traditional, modern childhood classics.

I shudder to think of the alternative reading in other schools. Pfalk, be grateful the kid is reading this book. You realize she wrote this when she was a teenager, right?

p.falk wrote: ↑Sun Aug 17, 2025 8:51 pm I'm never stunned by the things i see in the National Catholic Report. . . They dared to question his orthodoxy?? The horror of it all.

That's rich coming that bastion of heterodoxy.

VeryTas wrote: ↑Fri Jul 18, 2025 4:09 pm The Devil sins against us when he leads us astray, but we are to forgive those who trespass against us; so should we forgive him? Does God?

Forgiveness implies the sinner may change. Satan, the father of lies, will never change.