...turns out it would be the 2024 Kindle Paperwhite Signature edition that I picked up a month ago and on which I have now read two translations of "Inferno" and half of the Ciardi translation of "Purgatorio". `bout time.

I believe it’s absolutely necessary to enjoy a Guinness on a day such as this. Sláinte!

First time in NYC. Headed to Katz’s Deli first.

I prayed for you all at Mass this morning. StPatsNYC is truly beautiful!

"Young people want more than just a service. We grew up in a time disconnected from history, had our traditions stripped from us, and had no heritage handed down to us. In culture at large, there is NO 'meaning' or 'purpose', no guardrails, no 'expectations' of us. We are

Not going to lie: my Walmart experience preordering my Nintendo Switch 2 was 👌. And, against all odds, my delivery showed up at 6:22 AM. Thanks, “Eric”!

LET’S GO, Quinn Simmons! WIN THIS STAGE YOU GLORIOUS BASTARD! #TDF2025 #America

SHE SAID “YES”! YOU FOUND A WAY TO WIN YOU GLORIOUS BASTARD! #TDF2025 #America

The well-ordered soul should be angered by injustice: "If one is angry in accordance with right reason, one's anger is deserving of praise." St. Thomas Aquinas ST II-II.158.1

“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. — J.R.R. Tolkien

I prefer “Mackerel-Snapping Papist”, personally.

A week ago, I was given a sourdough starter. After a week of feeding it and figuring it out, I find myself with two (seemingly) healthy starts and will begin the process of baking today. It seems to be rising well, despite the lower-than-optimal temperature in the house!

Almost time to try out the first product!

A few days later and I went with some all-purpose flour. Oh, and baked three loaves today! Although I had to chuckle a bit that the last one didn’t seem to rise as much…immediately thought of the “derpy” dragon head meme.

I know very few people around my age and younger (I’m 37) who feel they can go to their parents for genuine wisdom (or for that mater, other older adults). I’m not talking about “woke” or hyper-politicized young people. I’m talking orthodox, conservative, sometimes even

For the people that don’t understand why so many of us are ecstatic about The Weather Channel retrocast it’s because it takes us back to a simpler time. The internet wasn’t filled with rage bait and attention driven algorithms. Cell phones were just good enough to keep us connected

I will NEVER use another weather app again as long as I can get my weather through The Weather Channel Retro. I'm dead serious.

Christus Resurréxit! Resurréxit Vere!

Americans are suffering. It is way too expensive just to live for most families. Our cities aren’t safe. Our country is being transformed every day by foreign migration. Our elections aren’t secure. The SAVE act was not passed and won’t be passed. It’s time to end this war in

Absurd and inhuman violence is spreading ferociously through the sacred places of the Christian East, profaned by the blasphemy of war and the brutality of business, with no regard for people’s lives, which are considered at most collateral damage of self-interest. But no gain