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I'm sure it's a lovely, inspiring song. I hesitate to click on the link for fear of having to hear that pitchy, off-key singer's voice. Couldn't he get someone else to sing it, like Alisson Krauss?

Never heard of this guy, and when I Giggled him up, the search yielded his self-description as an activist and a community organizer. One or the other is bad enough, but both?

Obviously. Obviously, indeed. I had overlooked this entire thread until today, and your mention of Alison Krauss. I was always a late bloomer, and the same goes for my affinity for bluegrass music. Thankfully, I came around, and discovered this girl with the golden fiddle. When my feelings are in t...

This reminds me of a movement I was going to start. In the French Revolution, the partisans were distinguished by red caps, sans-culottes, and pikes. I'd like to show up at Mass with a pair of pliers. Guitar liturgy? Not today!

Highlander wrote: ↑Tue Feb 11, 2025 11:07 am "But they do good stuff. Which negates the bad stuff." Somehow that argument did not convince me.

Nor yours truly. Funneling money to Hamas is really, really bad. Nothing could remove that stench.

If you trust Scorsese, that is.

I want to take in the Nixon library, too. My wife doesn't. Says it's the other direction. "And?" I like going to places like this, but I already made it clear I will not go to anything connected with Carter, Obama or BIden. I won't stop her, of course, but I'll sit somewhere else that serv...

The missus and I had hoped to visit our daughter in LA at the end of February. While there, I want to visit the Reagan library. I wonder if we should bother? She lives just inside Laurel Canyon, if that helps.

p.falk wrote: ↑Sat Jan 11, 2025 2:39 amIt’s almost comical how arduous it is to slog through some of his paragraphs. And there’s been others longer . . .

Looks like William Faulkner without the boats.

Stella wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2024 4:56 pm Many of the greatest Saints were subject to bullies, the Little Flower St Terese comes to mind.

I wasn't aware of this. Did I overlook something in her autobiography?

Doom wrote: ↑Thu Jan 23, 2025 8:19 pm Okay, but it surely was not intended as an attack on the Church

Maybe. I can't help shake the idea that this was intended as a poke in the ribs. We all "know" that Catholics aren't allowed to read the Bible, so here come the Gideons to the rescue.

We hate you mayor Adam’s. Mayor Adam’s… YOURE FIRED GET OUT WE DONT WANT YOU!!!!!!!! Hoo-boy , again. First, I'm going to send a link to help you with the appropriate use of the apostrophe mark. Second, I'm sending a link to help you understand the difference between the Protestant and Catholic Bib...

Inthepews wrote: ↑Thu Jan 23, 2025 7:05 am I also do not believe Jesus was Jewish.

Hoo-boy. This right here explains everything you've posted so far.

It's the Protestant version, so seven books are missing. You get what you pay for.

Inthepews wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2025 11:05 pm What do you think?

I've put some time researching this as well. I'm convinced it's genuine. Either way, it does not alter my faith.

Doom wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2025 4:05 pmWhat a weird poll

As a rule, I ignore most of them. This one seemed harmless enough.

Inthepews wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2025 10:39 pm On the other hand, I believe the Shroud of Turin is a sham.

What evidence does not meet your threshold?

I came out Greek.

Opa!

Signum Crucis wrote: ↑Sun Dec 15, 2024 11:10 am Welp, when the killer is a "hot assassin", that changes things.

Chicks really dig eyebrows that look like throw rugs, eh?

Other than Moby Dick, I had better luck with Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life. I finished reading Moby Dick for the third and last time ever. After wading through all that salt water, I'm hesitant to pick up another book by Melville.